هون

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of ease, gentleness, humility, and lowliness. It encompasses both the state of being easy or light and the act of making something easy or light. It also extends to meanings of disgrace, contempt, and weakness, often as a consequence of being humbled or treated lightly.

Derived headwords

الهونnoun

1.
disgraceboth
Shame and ignominy, a state of being disgraced.
2.
humiliationboth
The state of being humbled or brought low, often through disgrace.
3.
easeboth
The state of being easy, light, or gentle.
4.
gentlenessboth
A quality of being mild, soft, or unhurried.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ — and there seized them the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment

هانَverb

1.
to be easyboth
To be simple, uncomplicated, or not difficult.
2.
to be humbledboth
To become low, disgraced, or held in low esteem.
3.
to be gentleboth
To be mild, slow, or unhurried in movement or manner.

هوانnoun

1.
humiliationboth
The state of being disgraced, debased, or held in contempt.
2.
easeboth
The state of being easy or light.

وهان وهوان: نقيض العز — and hāna and hawānu: the opposite of honor

هينadjective

1.
easyboth
Simple, not difficult, or requiring little effort.
2.
gentleboth
Mild, slow, or unhurried in manner or movement.
3.
humbleboth
Of low status or condition; not proud.

وشيء هين، على فيعل أي سهل — and a thing is hayyin, on the pattern of fay'al, meaning easy

أهونadjective

1.
easierboth
Comparative form of 'easy', indicating a lesser degree of difficulty.
2.
easier (for God)classical
Used to describe something that is effortless for God, not implying a comparison between divine tasks.

وهو أهون عليه — and it is easier for him

استهانverb

1.
to underestimateboth
To regard something or someone as less important or capable than they are.
2.
to belittleboth
To make someone or something seem unimportant.
3.
to make light ofboth
To treat something as less serious than it is.

واستهان به وتهاون به: استحقره — and istahāna bihi wa tahāwana bihi: to consider it insignificant

تهاونverb

1.
to neglectboth
To fail to do something, often due to carelessness or underestimation.
2.
to belittleboth
To treat someone or something as unimportant or insignificant.
3.
to take lightlyboth
To not treat something with the seriousness it deserves.

واستهان به وتهاون به: استحقره — and istahāna bihi wa tahāwana bihi: to consider it insignificant

مهانةnoun

1.
humiliationboth
The state of being debased, disgraced, or held in contempt.
2.
weaknessboth
A lack of strength, resilience, or firmness.
3.
meannessboth
A quality of being base, ignoble, or contemptible.

ورجل فيه مهانة أي ذل وضعف — and a man has in him mahānah, meaning abasement and weakness

هونهverb

1.
to make easyboth
To cause something to become simple or less difficult.
2.
to lightenboth
To make a burden or difficulty less severe.

وهونه الله عليه أي سهله وخففه — and Allāh hawwanahu 'alayhi, meaning He made it easy and light for him

هوناًnoun

1.
gentlyboth
In a mild, slow, or unhurried manner.
2.
with easeboth
Without difficulty or great effort.
3.
calmlyboth
In a composed and tranquil manner.

الذين يمشون على الأرض هونا — those who walk upon the earth with gentleness

هينةnoun

1.
gentlenessboth
A mild, slow, or unhurried manner.
2.
easeboth
A state of being easy or uncomplicated.

تميل عليه هونة غير معطال — she leans on him gently, not a woman of strong build

هويناnoun

1.
gentlyboth
In a mild, slow, or unhurried manner.
2.
with easeboth
Without difficulty or great effort.

وبالهوينا دائبا — and gently, continuously

أهوناءnoun

1.
easy thingsboth
Plural of 'thing that is easy'.
2.
gentle peopleboth
Plural of 'person who is gentle'.

والجمع أهوناء كما قالوا شيء وأشيئاء — and the plural is ahwina' as they said shay' and ashya'a

مهونnoun

1.
gentle oneclassical
A person or thing characterized by gentleness or ease.

مهوانnoun

1.
gentle oneclassical
A person or thing characterized by gentleness or ease.

هينونadjective

1.
gentleboth
Mild, slow, or unhurried in manner or movement.
2.
easygoingboth
Not easily agitated or upset; calm.

وقوم هينون لينون — and a people gentle and soft

هونnoun

1.
gentlenessboth
A mild, slow, or unhurried manner.
2.
easeboth
A state of being easy or uncomplicated.

يمشي هونا — he walks gently

هونnoun

1.
disgraceclassical
Shame and ignominy.
2.
hardshipclassical
Difficulty, suffering, or adversity.

ولا أغضي على الهون — and I do not endure disgrace

هونةnoun

1.
gentlenessboth
A mild, slow, or unhurried manner.
2.
easeboth
A state of being easy or uncomplicated.

تميل عليه هونة غير معطال — she leans on him gently, not a woman of strong build

هينadjective

1.
easyboth
Simple, not difficult, or requiring little effort.
2.
gentleboth
Mild, slow, or unhurried in manner or movement.

ورجل هين ولين — and a man easy and gentle

أهونname

1.
Mondayclassical
The name of Monday in pre-Islamic Arabia.

بأول أو بأهون أو جبار — on the first, or on Monday, or on Jabbar

هاونnoun

1.
mortarboth
A bowl-shaped vessel in which ingredients are ground or crushed with a pestle.

والهاون والهاوون، فارسي معرب: هذا الذي يدق فيه — and al-hāwūnu and al-hāwūnu, a Persian loanword: this in which things are pounded

مهوئنadjective

1.
low-lyingclassical
Describing land that is situated at a low level.
2.
depressedclassical
Referring to land that is sunken or lower than the surrounding area.

والمهوئن: الوطيء من الأرض نحو الهجل والغائط والوادي — and al-muhawwi'in: low-lying land, like a marsh, a hollow, and a valley

Parallel reading

فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ

and there seized them the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment

وهو أهون عليه

and it is easier for him

واستهان به وتهاون به: استخف به

and to underestimate him and to belittle him: to consider him insignificant

ورجل فيه مهانة أي ذل وضعف

and a man has in him mahānah, meaning abasement and weakness

وهونه الله عليه أي سهله وخففه

and Allāh hawwanahu 'alayhi, meaning He made it easy and light for him

والذين يمشون على الأرض هونا

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth in humility

شم مهاوين أبدان الجزور، مخاميص العشيات، لا خور ولا قزم

Sniffing out the carcasses of the camels, hungry in the evenings, neither weak nor stunted

أصابه هون شديد أي شدة ومضرة وعوز

He was afflicted with severe hūn, meaning hardship, harm, and need

ولا أغضي على الهون

and I do not endure disgrace

إنه لهون من الخيل، والأنثى هونة، إذا كان مطواعا سلسا

It is a gentle horse, and the female is hunah, if it is obedient and smooth

الهون والهوينا: التؤدة والرفق والسكينة والوقار

Al-hūnu and al-huwaynā: deliberation, gentleness, tranquility, and dignity

يمشي هونا

he walks gently

أحبب حبيبك هونا ما

Love your beloved moderately

المسلمون هينون لينون

The Muslims are gentle and soft-hearted

فهينة لينة عفيفة

so she is gentle, soft, and chaste

أؤمل أن أعيش، وأن يومي بأول أو بأهون أو جبار

I hope to live, and that my day will be on the first, or on Monday, or on Jabbar