حتن

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of equality, similarity, and matching. It extends to notions of being equivalent, level, or occurring in pairs or succession, particularly in contexts of competition like archery or in the intensity of heat.

Derived headwords

الحَتْنnoun

1.
equivalent, peerboth
An equal, a peer, or something similar.
2.
pair, matchclassical
A pair or a match, especially in terms of equality.

حَتَنٌnoun

1.
equivalent, peerboth
An equal, a peer, or something similar.
2.
pair, matchclassical
A pair or a match, especially in terms of equality.

حَتَنَانِnoun

1.
two equivalentsboth
Two things that are equal or similar.

تَحَاتَنُواverb

1.
they became equalboth
They became equal or similar to each other.

أَفْحَتَنَهُverb

1.
he matched himclassical
He matched him or made him equal to something.

المُحَاتَنَةnoun

1.
equality, matchingboth
The state of being equal, similar, or matched.
2.
competitionclassical
A contest or competition, especially in archery.

أَحْتَانٌadjective

1.
equal, similarclassical
Plural of 'ahtan', referring to things that are equal or similar.

أَتْنَانٌadjective

1.
equal, similarclassical
Plural of 'atan', referring to things that are equal or similar.

التَحَاتُنnoun

1.
equality, competitionboth
The act of becoming equal, competing, or vying with each other.

حَتْنَىadjective

1.
equal, levelboth
Equal, level, or similar, often used to describe arrows hitting the target closely together.
2.
similar, alikeclassical
Similar or alike in appearance or nature.

تَحَاتَنَverb

1.
to compete, vieboth
To compete or vie with each other, especially in archery.
2.
to fall in successionboth
To fall or occur in succession, like tears or arrows.

الحَتْنَىnoun

1.
equality in archeryclassical
The state of equality or similarity in archery results.
2.
resumption of struggleclassical
A resumption or continuation of a struggle or contest.

حَتَنَverb

1.
to intensifyclassical
To intensify or become severe, used for heat.

يَوْمٌ حَاتِنٌadjective

1.
intense dayclassical
A day whose beginning and end are equally intense, especially in heat.

تَحَاتَنَ الدَّمْعُverb

1.
tears fell in successionboth
Tears fell in pairs or in a continuous, equal succession.

تَحَاتَنَتِ الخِصَالُverb

1.
hits landed closelyclassical
Hits or marks landed close together or equally on the target.

المُحْتَتَنadjective

1.
level, uniformclassical
Something that is level, uniform, or consistent, without variation.

اِحْتَتَنَverb

1.
to become levelclassical
To become level, uniform, or equal.

الخُصْلَةnoun

1.
hit on the targetclassical
A hit or mark that lands on the target, especially one that is close to others.

حَتَنَكَnoun

1.
your originclassical
Your origin or place of being.

حُوتَنَانname

1.
Hutnan (place name)classical
A place name, possibly referring to two valleys.

أَحْتَنَverb

1.
arrows landed togetherclassical
His arrows landed all in one spot.

Parallel reading

الحتن والحتن: المثل والقرن والمساوي.

Al-hatn and al-hatn: the equivalent, the peer, and the equal.

هما حتنان وحتنان أي سيان، وذلك إذا تساويا في الرمي.

They are hatnan and hatnan, meaning equal, and that is when they are equal in shooting.

وتحاتنوا: تساووا.

And they competed: they became equal.

أفحتنه فلان ؛ الحتن الحتن، بالكسر والفتح: المثل والقرن.

So-and-so matched him; al-hatn (with kasr) and al-hatn (with fath): the equivalent and the peer.

والمحاتنة: المساواة، وكل اثنين لا يتخالفان فهما حتنان، وهما حتنان وتربان مستويان، وهم أحتان أتنان.

And al-muhatanah: equality, and any two things that do not differ are hatnan, and they are hatnan and turbān equal, and they are ahtān atān.

والتحاتن: التساوي والتباري.

And al-tahātun: equality and competition.

والقوم حتنى وحتنى أي مستوون أو متشابهون؛ الأخيرة عن ثعلب.

And the people are hatnā and hatnā, meaning level or similar; the latter is from Tha'lab.

ووقعت النبل حتنى أي متساوية.

And the arrows fell hatnā, meaning equal.

وتحاتن الرجلان: تراميا فكان رميهما واحدا، والاسم الحتنى؛ وفي المثل: الحتنى لا خير في سهم زلج .

And the two men competed: they shot at each other and their shots were one, and the name is al-hatnā; and in the proverb: Al-hatnā, there is no good in a swift arrow.

ووقعت السهام في الهدف حتنى أي متقاربة المواقع ومتساويتها؛ أنشد الأصمعي: كأن صوت ضرعها تساجل، ... هاتيك هاتا حتنى تكايل، لدم العجى تلكمها الجنادل .

And the arrows fell in the target hatnā, meaning close in position and equal; Al-Asma'i recited: As if the sound of their udders was competing... those there, these hatnā measuring, for the blood of the hind, the rocks strike them.

والحتن: متابعة السهام المقرطسة أي التي تصيب القرطاس؛ قال الشاعر: وهل غرض يبقى على حتن النبل؟

And al-hatn: the following of the arrows that hit the target, meaning those that strike the parchment; the poet said: Does a target remain under the succession of arrows?

وحَتَنَ الحر: اشتد.

And the heat intensified: it became severe.

ويوم حاتن: استوى أوله وآخره في الحر.

And a hātin day: its beginning and end were equal in heat.

وتحاتن الدمع: وقع دمعتين دمعتين، وقيل: تتابع متساويا؛ قال الطرماح: كأن العيون المرسلات، عشية، ... شآبيب دمع العبرة المتحاتن .

And the tears fell in succession: two tears fell, two tears, and it was said: they followed each other equally; Al-Ṭarmaḥ said: As if the flowing eyes, in the evening... streams of tears, the successive ones.

والحتن: من قولك تحاتنت دموعه إذا تتابعت.

And al-hatn: from your saying 'his tears fell in succession' if they followed each other.

وتحاتنت الخصال في النصال: وقعت في أصل القرطاس على تقارب أو تساو.

And the hits on the arrows fell in succession: they landed at the base of the target closely or equally.

إذا وقعت خصلات في أصل القرطاس قيل تحاتنت أي تتابعت، قال: وأهل النضال يحسبون كل خصلتين مقرطسة، قال: وإذا تصارع الرجلان فصرع أحدهما وثب ثم قال: الحتنى لا خير في سهم زلج .

If several hits landed at the base of the target, it is said they fell in succession, meaning they followed each other. He said: And the archers count every two hits that strike the target. He said: And if two men wrestled and one threw the other, he would get up and say: Al-hatnā, there is no good in a swift arrow.

وقوله الحتنى أي عاود الصراع، والزالج: السهم الذي يقع بالأرض ثم يصيب القرطاس، قال: والتحاتن التباري؛ قال النابغة يصف الرياح واختلافها: شمال تجاذبها الجنوب بعرضها، ... ونزع الصبا مور الدبور يحاتن .

And his saying al-hatnā means resuming the struggle, and al-zālij: the arrow that falls to the ground and then hits the target. He said: And al-tahātun is competition; Al-Nābighah said, describing the winds and their variations: The north wind, the south pulls it across its width... and the east wind pulls, the west wind competes.

والمحتتن: الشيء المستوي لا يخالف بعضه بعضا، وقد احتتن؛ فأما ما أنشد ابن الأعرابي من قوله: كأن صوت شخبها المحتان، ... تحت الصقيع، جرش أفعوان .

And al-muḥtatan: the thing that is level, where one part does not differ from another, and it has become level; as for what Ibn Al-A'rābī recited from his saying: As if the sound of its milk was uniform... under the ice, the serpent hisses.

احتتن الشيء: استوى؛ قال الطرماح: تلك أحسابنا، إذا احتتن الخصل، ... ومد المدى مدى الأعراض.

The thing became level: it became uniform; Al-Ṭarmaḥ said: Those are our lineages, when the hit becomes uniform... and the extent extends the extent of the symptoms.

والخصلة: الإصابة.

And al-khuslah: the hit.

ويقال: فلان سن فلان وتنه وحتنه إذا كان لدته على سنه.

And it is said: So-and-so is the age of so-and-so, and his birth, and his equal, if he was born in the same year as him.

وجئ به من حتنك أي من حيث كان.

And he was brought from your origin, meaning from where he was.

وحوتنان: موضع، وقيل: حوتنانان واديان في بلاد قيس كل واحد منهما يقال له حوتنان؛ وقد ذكرهما تميم بن مقبل فقال: ثم استغاثوا بماء لا رشاء له ... من حوتنانين، لا ملح ولا زنن .

And Ḥūtanān: a place, and it is said: Ḥūtanānān are two valleys in the lands of Qays, each of them is called Ḥūtanān; and Tamīm ibn Muqbil mentioned them, saying: Then they sought help from water that had no rope... from Ḥūtanānayn, neither salty nor scarce.

ويقال: رمى القوم فوقعت سهامهم حتنى أي مستوية لم يفضل واحد منهم أصحابه.

And it is said: The people shot, and their arrows fell hatnā, meaning level, with no one among them excelling his companions.

ابن الأعرابي: رمى فأحتن إذا وقعت سهامه كلها في موضع واحد.

Ibn Al-A'rābī: He shot and achieved ahtana if all his arrows landed in one spot.