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هين

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being easy, gentle, or humble. It can also refer to the essence or nature of something, and has derived terms for specific foreign festivals.

Derived headwords

هَانَ يَهِينُverb
  1. 1.
    to be easyboth

    To be simple, uncomplicated, or readily achievable. This is the primary meaning, often contrasted with difficulty.

  2. 2.
    to be gentleboth

    To be mild, soft, or yielding in disposition or manner.

  3. 3.
    to be humbleclassical

    To be lowly, submissive, or lacking in pride or arrogance.

أَهَانَ يُهِينُverb
  1. 1.
    to belittleboth

    To treat someone or something as less important or valuable than they are; to disparage or humiliate.

  2. 2.
    to insultboth

    To speak or treat someone in a way that is rude or offensive.

هَيْنadjective
  1. 1.
    easyboth

    Simple, not difficult to do or understand.

  2. 2.
    gentleboth

    Mild in temperament or behavior.

  3. 3.
    humbleclassical

    Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance.

هَيْنٌnoun
  1. 1.
    easeboth

    The state of being easy or without difficulty.

  2. 2.
    gentlenessclassical

    The quality of being mild and soft.

هَيْنُونَةnoun
  1. 1.
    easeclassical

    The state of being easy or simple.

هَيْنَمَانother
  1. 1.
    festivalclassical

    A festival of Christians or other non-Arabs, considered to be of foreign origin.

هَيَازِمnoun
  1. 1.
    festivalclassical

    A festival of Christians or other non-Arabs, considered to be of foreign origin.

هَيَازِمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    festivalclassical

    A festival of Christians or other non-Arabs, considered to be of foreign origin.

هَيَازِمَنnoun
  1. 1.
    festivalclassical

    A festival of Christians or other non-Arabs, considered to be of foreign origin.

هَيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    affairclassical

    The matter, affair, or business of something.

  2. 2.
    essenceclassical

    The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something.

Parallel reading

مثل لان يلين
Like 'to be soft, to become soft'.
إذا عز أخوك فهن
If your brother becomes mighty, then be humble.
وما هيان هذا الأمر
And what is the essence of this matter?
أي شأنه
Meaning its affair/business.
وهيان بن بيان: لا يعرف ولا يعرف أبوه
And Hayyan bin Bayyan: he is unknown, and his father is unknown.
وقد ذكر أن نونه زائدة
And it has been mentioned that its 'noon' is extra.
الهنزمر والهنزمن والهيزمن، كلها: عيد من أعياد النصارى أو سائر العجم
Al-Hanzamar, al-Hanzaman, and al-Hayzaman, all of them: a festival of the Christians or other non-Arabs.
وهي أعجمية
And it is a foreign word.