حرن

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of stopping or becoming stationary, particularly in animals like horses and camels. It extends to concepts of stubbornness, immobility, and a reluctance to move or change position, applied to both animate and inanimate things, and even abstract concepts like trade.

Derived headwords

حَرَنَverb

1.
to stop, become stationaryboth
Said of a horse or other hoofed animal when it stops after running, especially when its pace is quickened. It implies a sudden, almost stubborn halt.
2.
to be stubborn, refuse to moveclassical
To be immobile or unyielding, refusing to budge from a place or position.

تَحَرُّنverb

1.
to become stationaryclassical
A variant form of the verb 'harana', meaning to stop or become stationary, particularly used for animals.

حَرَنٌnoun

1.
stopping, immobilityboth
The act of stopping or becoming stationary, especially by a horse. It is the verbal noun of 'harana'.
2.
stubbornnessclassical
A state of being stubborn or unmoving.

حَرونٌadjective

1.
stubborn, unmovingboth
Describing an animal, especially a horse, that stops suddenly after running and refuses to move. It implies a characteristic of being unyielding.
2.
immobileclassical
Describing something that does not move or is fixed in place.

الحَرونname

1.
name of a horseclassical
A proper name for several famous horses, notably one belonging to the Baahila tribe and another to Muslim bin Amr al-Baahili, known for their characteristic stopping and then accelerating.
2.
nicknameclassical
A nickname given to Habib bin Al-Muhallab or Muhammad bin Al-Muhallab, due to his unmoving stance in warfare, a metaphorical extension of the horse's trait.

الحُرونِيَّةname

1.
type of horseclassical
Refers to horses of the lineage of Al-Harun, a famous horse, implying a breed or characteristic associated with it.

المَحارِينnoun

1.
bees clinging to the hiveclassical
Bees that stick to the hive and are difficult to remove, likened to something that 'harana' (became stationary) in a place.
2.
honey stuck to the hiveclassical
Honey that adheres to the honeycomb and is hard to extract, metaphorically 'harana' to the hive.
3.
dead bees in honeyclassical
Bees that die within their honey, a usage noted by Al-Azhari.

مِحرانnoun

1.
thing that clingsclassical
The singular form of 'maharin', referring to something that sticks or adheres firmly to a place, like bees to a hive or honey to the comb.
2.
cotton bollsclassical
Also refers to cotton bolls, a usage mentioned in the text.

حَرَنَةname

1.
tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe, 'Banu Harana'.

حَرّانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly derived from the root, with possible etymological variations in its form.

حَرينname

1.
nameclassical
A personal name.

Parallel reading

حرنت الدابة تحرن حرانا وحرانا وحرنت، لغتان، وهي حرون: وهي التي إذا استدر جريها وقفت

The animal stopped, it stops, 'harana' and 'hurana' and 'harinat', two dialects; and it is 'harun': it is that which, when its running is completed, it stops.

وإنما ذلك في ذوات الحوافر خاصة

And that is specific to hoofed animals.

ونظيره في الإبل اللجان والخلاء

And its equivalent in camels is 'al-lajjan' and 'al-khala'.

وفي الحديث: ما خلأت ولا حرنت ولكن حبسها حابس الفيل

And in the Hadith: 'It did not refuse (khala'at) nor did it stop (haranat), but rather the elephant's keeper detained it.'

وفرس حرون من خيل حرن: لا ينقاد، إذا اشتد به الجري وقف

And a 'harun' horse from 'khayl harn': it is not led; when its running intensifies, it stops.

وقد حرن يحرن حرونا وحرن، بالضم أيضا: صار حرونا، والاسم الحران

And it has become 'harana', it becomes stationary, 'hurunan' and 'haruna', with damma also: it became 'haruna', and the noun is 'al-hurana'.

والحرون: اسم فرس كان لباهلة، إليه تنسب الخيل الحرونية

And 'Al-Harun': the name of a horse that belonged to Baahila, to it are attributed the 'Haruniyyah' horses.

فإذا استدر جريه وقف حتى تكاد تسبقه، ثم يجري فيسبقها

And when its running pace is completed, it stops until it is almost overtaken, then it runs and overtakes them.

وكان يسبق الخيل ثم يحرن حتى تلحقه، فإذا لحقته سبقها ثم حرن ثم سبقها

And he used to outrun the horses, then stop until they caught up to him, and when they caught up, he would outrun them, then stop, then outrun them.

حرنت الناقة قامت فلم تبرح، وخلأت بركت فلم تقم

The she-camel 'harana': she stood and did not move, and 'khala'at': she knelt and did not stand.

هي التي لا تبرح أعلى الجبل من الصيد

It is that which does not leave the top of the mountain from the prey.

ويقال: حرن في البيع إذا لم يزد ولم ينقص

And it is said: 'He 'harana' in the sale' if he neither increased nor decreased.

والمحارين من النحل: اللواتي يلصقن بالخلية حتى ينتزعن بالمحابض

And 'al-maharin' from the bees: those that stick to the hive until they are pulled out with the 'mahabil'.

والمحابض: عيدان يشار بها العسل

And 'al-mahabil': sticks with which honey is indicated.

وهو ما حرن على الشهد من النحل فلا يبرح عنه

And it is what the bees 'harana' upon the honey and do not leave it.

المحارين ما يموت من النحل في عسله

'Al-maharin' are what die of the bees in their honey.

المحارين من العسل ما لزق بالخلية فعسر نزعه

'Al-maharin' from honey is what stuck to the hive and was difficult to remove.

وكأن العسل حرن فعسر اشتياره

And it is as if the honey 'harana' and its extraction became difficult.

كناس تنوفة ظلت إليها ... هجان الوحش حارنة حرونا

A den of the desert, to which the pure wild beasts remained... 'harina' and 'haruna'.

وهي أيضا حبات القطن، واحدتها محران

And they are also cotton bolls, the singular of which is 'mihran'.

والنسبة إليه حرناني، كما قالوا مناني في النسبة إلى ماني، والقياس مانوي، وحراني على ما عليه العامة

And the nisba to it is 'Haranani', as they said 'Manani' for the nisba to Mani, and the standard is 'Manawi', and 'Harani' according to the common usage.