ءهن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the stem or stalk of a fruit, specifically the cluster of dates or grapes. It also extends to the concept of a stalk or stem in a more general sense, and metaphorically to something that is weak or frail.

Derived headwords

الإِهَانnoun

1.
fruit stalkboth
The stalk or stem of a fruit, specifically referring to the cluster of dates or grapes, the part above the smaller branches (شماريخ).

أَهْنَةnoun

1.
fruit stalk clusterclassical
A plural form of الإهان, referring to the clusters of fruit stalks.

أَهْنnoun

1.
fruit stalk clusterclassical
Another plural form of الإهان, referring to the clusters of fruit stalks.

أَهْنَاnoun

1.
fruit stalk clusterclassical
A plural form of الإهان, referring to the clusters of fruit stalks.

العسيبnoun

1.
palm leaf stalkclassical
The stalk of a palm leaf, often used in contrast to the fruit stalk (الإهان) to denote different parts of the plant.

Parallel reading

هو العرجون، يعني ما فوق الشماريخ، ويجمع أهنا

It is the fruit stalk, meaning what is above the smaller branches, and it is pluralized as ahnan.

والعدد ثلاثة آهنة

And the number is three ahinah.

منحتني، يا أكرم الفتيان، ... جبارة ليست من العيدان

You granted me, O most generous of youths, ... a large one not from the branches.

حتى إذا ما قلت ألآن الآن، ... دب لها أسود كالسرحان، بمخلب، يختذم الإهان

Until when I said 'now, now', ... black lions like wolves stalked it, with claws, tearing the fruit stalks.

فما بين الردى والأمن إلا ... كما بين الإهان إلى العسيب.

And there is nothing between destruction and safety except ... as between the fruit stalk and the palm leaf stalk.