هتن

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the falling of rain, ranging from light and continuous to heavy and intermittent. It also extends to the falling of tears and, metaphorically, to a steady, continuous flow.

Derived headwords

هَتَنَverb

1.
to rainboth
The sky rained, indicating a falling of precipitation.

تَهْتِنُverb

1.
to rainboth
The sky rains; this is the present tense form of the verb 'to rain'.

هَتْنًاnoun

1.
rainingboth
The act or process of raining, a masdar of the verb 'hatana'.
2.
light, continuous rainclassical
Describing a weak, continuous rain.

هَتُونًاnoun

1.
rainingboth
The act or process of raining, another masdar form.
2.
light, continuous rainclassical
A weak, continuous rain.

هَتَنَانًاnoun

1.
rainingboth
The act or process of raining, a masdar form.

تَهْتَانًاnoun

1.
rainingboth
The act or process of raining, a masdar form.

تَهَاتَنَتْverb

1.
to rain heavilyclassical
The sky rained heavily; this form implies intensity or a specific manner of raining.

مَطَرٌ هَتُونadjective

1.
pouring rainboth
Rain that is falling continuously and heavily.

سَحَابَةٌ هَتُونadjective

1.
pouring cloudboth
A cloud that is raining heavily or continuously.

سَحَابٌ هَاتِنadjective

1.
pouring cloudboth
A cloud that is raining heavily or continuously.

سَحَابٌ هَتُونadjective

1.
pouring cloudsboth
Clouds that are raining heavily or continuously.

هَتَنnoun

1.
pouring rainclassical
A type of rain, often referring to a continuous or heavy downpour.

التَهْتَانnoun

1.
continuous rainclassical
A type of rain similar to 'daymah' (a long, steady rain).
2.
intermittent rainclassical
Rain that falls for a period, then stops, then returns.

هَتَنَ المَطَرverb

1.
rain fellboth
The rain fell, indicating the action of precipitation.

هَتَنَ الدَّمْعverb

1.
tears flowedboth
Tears flowed from the eye.

عَيْنٌ هَتُونadjective

1.
tearful eyeboth
An eye that is shedding tears continuously.

Parallel reading

هتنت السماء تهتن هتنا وهتونا وتهتانا وتهاتنت

The sky rained, raining with hatnan, hatunan, and tahtanan, and it rained heavily.

وقيل: هو من المطر فوق الهطل

And it was said: it is from rain above the heavy downpour (al-hatal).

وقيل: الهتنان المطر الضعيف الدائم

And it was said: Al-hatnan is the weak, continuous rain.

ومطر هتون: هطول

And hatun rain: pouring.

وسحابة هتون وسحاب هاتن وسحاب هتون

And a pouring cloud, and pouring clouds, and pouring clouds.

والجمع هتن مثل عمود وعمد

And the plural is hatun, like 'amud' (pillar) and 'umud' (pillars).

وسحائب هتن وهتن

And pouring clouds and pouring clouds.

وكأن هتنا على هاتن أو هاتنة، لأن فعلا لا يكون جمع فعول

And it is as if hatnan is for hatin or hatinah, because fa'lan cannot be the plural of fa'ul.

والتهتان: نحو من الديمة

And al-tahtan: a type of continuous rain (like al-daymah).

يا حبذا نضحك بالمشافر، ... كأنه تهتان يوم ماطر

How wonderful it is to laugh with our lips, ... as if it were a continuous rain on a rainy day.

والتهتان مطر ساعة ثم يفتر ثم يعود

And al-tahtan is rain for an hour, then it subsides, then it returns.

أرسل يوما ديمة تهتانا، ... سيل المتان يملأ القريانا

It sent down a continuous rain one day, ... the torrent of the strong ground fills the water channels.

ويقال: هتن المطر والدمع يهتن هتنا وهتونا وتهتانا قطر

And it is said: the rain and tears fall, raining with hatnan, hatunan, and tahtanan, dropping.

وعين هتون الدمع

And an eye shedding tears.