هنع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a curvature, bending, or downward inclination, particularly of the neck. It extends to describe shortness, a stooped posture, and specific astronomical and zoological terms.

Derived headwords

الهِنَعnoun

1.
stoop, bendboth
A downward curvature or bending, especially in the neck. It can also refer to a stooped posture.
2.
shortnessclassical
Shortness, particularly in reference to the neck or an elevated place.
3.
submission, subservienceclassical
A state of submission or subservience, likened to a bent neck.

أَهْنَعadjective

1.
stooped, bent neckboth
Describing a male animal or person with a stooped or bent neck.
2.
short-neckedclassical
Having a short neck, applied to animals like ostriches or gazelles.

هَنْعَاءadjective

1.
stooped, bent neckboth
Describing a female animal or person with a stooped or bent neck.
2.
short-neckedclassical
Having a short neck, applied to female animals like ostriches or gazelles.

هَنَعَverb

1.
to stoop, to bendboth
To have a stoop or bend, particularly in the neck.

يَهْنَعُverb

1.
to stoop, to bendboth
Present tense of the verb meaning to have a stoop or bend, particularly in the neck.

هُنُوعًاnoun

1.
stooping, bendingboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of stooping or bending, especially of the neck.

أَكَمَةٌ هَنْعَاءadjective

1.
short hillclassical
A hill that is short and low, contrasting with a tall or prominent one.

جَنَأًnoun

1.
stoop, hunchclassical
A stoop or hunch, often referring to a posture of the body or neck.

الهِنْعَاءnoun

1.
camel with bent neckclassical
A female camel whose hump is lowered and head raised, giving it a distinctive posture.
2.
camel with stooped neckclassical
A camel with a naturally stooped neck, considered a defect.

الهِنَاعnoun

1.
neck ailmentclassical
A disease or ailment affecting the neck of a human.

الهِنْعَةnoun

1.
camel brandclassical
A specific brand or mark placed on camels in the hollow of the neck.
2.
star cluster (Gemini)classical
A star cluster in the constellation Gemini, part of the lunar mansions.
3.
arc of Geminiclassical
A part of the constellation Gemini, described as an arc or bow.

مَهْنُوعadjective

1.
branded camelclassical
A camel that has been branded with the 'هنعة' mark.

الهَقْعَةnoun

1.
star cluster (part of Orion)classical
A star cluster, specifically mentioned as being near the 'الهنعة' and part of the lunar mansions.

تَحْيَاةnoun

1.
star (plural)classical
Stars located opposite the 'الهنعة', mentioned in relation to lunar mansions.

الهِنْعَةnoun

1.
astronomical event markerclassical
A celestial event, specifically the rising of the 'الهنعة', which signals the ripening of dates in Hijaz.

Parallel reading

الهنع: تطامن والتواء في العنق

Al-hin'a: A downward curvature and twisting in the neck.

وقيل: في عنق البعير والمنكب وقصر

And it was said: in the neck of the camel and the shoulder and shortness.

وقيل: الهنع تطامن العنق من وسطها

And it was said: Al-hin'a is the downward curvature of the neck from its middle.

الذكر أهنع والأنثى هنعاء

The male is ahna' and the female is hancaa'.

وقد هنع، بالكسر، يهنع هنعا

And he stooped, with a kasra, he stoops a stooping.

والهنع في العفر من الظباء خاصة دون الأدم لأن في أعناق العفر قصرا

And the stoop is in the gazelles of the desert specifically, not in the domestic ones, because the necks of the desert gazelles are short.

وظليم أهنع ونعامة هنعاء

And a male ostrich is ahna' and a female ostrich is hancaa'.

وهي التواء في عنقها حتى يقصر لذلك كما يفعل الطائر الطويل العنق من بنات الماء والبر

And it is a twisting in its neck until it becomes short because of that, like the long-necked bird among water and land fowl does.

وأكمة هنعاء أي قصيرة، وهي ضد سطعاء

And a short hill is hancaa', meaning short, and it is the opposite of sat'aa' (tall).

وفيه هنع أي جنأ؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And in him is hin'a, meaning a stoop; from Ibn al-A'rabi.

أن عمر قال لرجل شكا إليه خالدا: هل يعلم ذلك أحد من أصحاب خالد فقال: نعم رجل طويل فيه هنع

That Umar said to a man who complained to him about Khalid: Does anyone from Khalid's companions know that? He said: Yes, a tall man with a stoop in him.

أي انحناء قليل، وقيل: هو تطامن العنق

Meaning a slight curvature, and it was said: it is the downward bending of the neck.

والجن والإنس إلينا هنع أي خضوع

And jinn and humans are to us hin'a, meaning submissive.

والهنعاء من الإبل: التي انحدرت قصرتها وارتفع رأسها وأشرف حاركها؛ وقيل: التي في عنقها تطامن خلقة

And al-hancaa' from the camels: is one whose hump has descended and its head is raised and its shoulder prominent; and it was said: one whose neck has a natural downward curve.

ندعو البعير القابل بعنقه إلى الأرض أهنع وهو عيب

We call a camel that bends its neck towards the ground ahna', and it is a defect.

الهناع: داء يصيب الإنسان في عنقه

Al-hinaa': A disease that afflicts a person in their neck.

والهنعة والهنعة جميعا: سمة من سمات الإبل في منخفض العنق

And al-hin'a and al-hancaa' both: are a brand of camels in the hollow of the neck.

يقال: بعير مهنوع، وقد هنع هنعا

It is said: a branded camel, and it has stooped a stooping.

والهنعة: منكب الجوزاء الأيسر، وهو من منازل القمر

And al-hin'a: is the left shoulder of Gemini, and it is one of the lunar mansions.

وقيل: هما كوكبان أبيضان بينهما قيد سوط على أثر الهقعة في المجرة

And it was said: they are two white stars between them the length of a whip's lash, following Al-haq'a in the Milky Way.

وهي ثمانية أنجم في صورة قوس، في مقبض القوس النجمان اللذان يقال لهما الهنعة وهي من أنواء الجوزاء

And it is eight stars in the shape of a bow, in the grip of the bow are the two stars called Al-hin'a, and it is from the rains of Gemini.

إذا طلعت الهنعة أرطب النخل بالحجاز، وهي خمسة أنجم مصطفة ينزلها القمر

When Al-hin'a rises, the date palms ripen in Hijaz, and it is five aligned stars that the moon passes through.