حمن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small parasitic insects, specifically young ticks or lice, and also describes land that is infested with them. It extends to a specific type of grape and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الحَمَنُnoun

1.
young ticks/liceclassical
The young of ticks or lice, particularly when very small.

الحَمَنَانُnoun

1.
young ticks/liceclassical
The young of ticks or lice, particularly when very small.
2.
type of grapeclassical
A variety of grape from Ta'if, described as black with a reddish hue, small-seeded, and the smallest type of grape.
3.
small seedsclassical
Small seeds found among larger ones.

حَمَنَةٌnoun

1.
young tick/louseclassical
The young of a tick or louse, especially in its early, barely visible stage.
2.
name of a womanclassical
A proper name for a woman, mentioned in connection with the slander against Aisha.

حَمْنَانَةٌnoun

1.
young tick/louseclassical
The young of a tick or louse, especially in its early, barely visible stage.

كم قتلت من حمنانة — How many young ticks/lice have I killed?

مُحَمَّنَةٌadjective

1.
infested with ticks/liceclassical
Land that is abundant with young ticks or lice.

الحَوْمَانَةُnoun

1.
type of terrainclassical
A type of rough, undulating terrain, often found between mountains.

الحَوَامِينُnoun

1.
types of terrainclassical
Plural of حَوْمَانَة, referring to rough, undulating terrain between mountains.

الحَوْمَانُnoun

1.
terrain above sandclassical
Terrain situated above sandy areas, either ascending or descending.
2.
type of terrainclassical
Rough, undulating terrain, often found between mountains.

حَمْنَانُ مَكَّةَnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A specific location in Mecca, mentioned in poetry.

Parallel reading

الحمن والحمنان: صغار القردان، واحدته حمنة وحمنانة.

Al-Haman and al-Hamanan: young ticks, the singular of which is hamnah and hamnanah.

وأرض محمنة: كثيرة الحمنان.

And land infested with hamnan: abundant with young ticks.

والحمنان: ضرب من عنب الطائف، أسود إلى الحمرة «1».

And al-Hamanan: a type of grape from Ta'if, black with a reddish hue.

وقيل: الحمنان الحب الصغار التي بين الحب العظام.

And it was said: al-Hamanan are the small seeds found among the large seeds.

وفي التهذيب: القراد أول ما يكون وهو صغير لا يكاد يرى من صغره، يقال له قمقامة، ثم يصير حمنانة، ثم قرادا، ثم حلمة، زاد الجوهري: ثم عل وطلح.

And in Al-Tahdhib: the tick is at its beginning when it is small and barely visible due to its size, called qumqumah, then it becomes hamnanah, then qirad, then hilmah, Al-Jawhari added: then 'all and talh.

وفي حديث ابن عباس، رضي الله عنهما: كم قتلت من حمنانة ؛ هو من ذلك.

And in the hadith of Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both: How many young ticks have I killed? It refers to that.

وحمنة، بالفتح، اسم امرأة؛ قيل: هي أحد الجائين على عائشة، رضوان الله عليها، بالإفك.

And Hamnah, with fatha, is the name of a woman; it was said: she is one of those who slandered Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her.

والحومانة: واحدة الحوامين، وهي أماكن غلاظ منقادة؛

And al-Haumanah: the singular of al-Hawamin, which are rough, undulating places.

أمن آل أوفى دمنة لم تكلم ... بحومانة الدراج، فالمتثلم .

Are these the remains of Awfa's dwelling, silent... in the terrain of Al-Darraj, then Al-Mutathallam.

والحومان واحدتها حومانة، وجمعها حوامين، وهي شقائق بين الجبال، وهي أطيب الحزونة، ولكنها جلد ليس فيها آكام ولا أبارق.

And al-Hauman, its singular is haumanah, and its plural is hawamin, and they are tracts between the mountains, and they are the best of the rough terrain, but they are tough ground with no hills or puddles.

وقال أبو عمرو: الحومان ما كان فوق الرمل ودونه حين تصعده أو تهبطه،

And Abu Amr said: Al-Hauman is what is above and below the sand when you ascend or descend it.

فليت لنا، من ماء حمنان، شربة ... مبردة باتت على طهيان .

Would that we had, from the water of Hamnan, a drink... cooled overnight on a tahyan.

والطهيان: خشبة يبرد عليها الماء.

And al-Tahyan: a wooden board on which water is cooled.