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وحن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to negative emotions like hatred and malice, but also encompasses concepts of humility, destruction, and physical attributes like slippery mud.

Derived headwords

الحِنَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    hatredboth

    A strong feeling of dislike or animosity.

وَحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to harbor hatredboth

    To hold a deep-seated resentment or malice towards someone.

حِنَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    hatredclassical

    A strong feeling of dislike or animosity, used similarly to 'عدّة' (a promise).

التَّوَحُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    swollen bellyclassical

    A condition characterized by a large or distended abdomen.

التَّحَوُّنnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationclassical

    The state of being subjected to shame, disgrace, or loss of dignity.

  2. 2.
    destructionclassical

    The state of being ruined or annihilated.

الوَحْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slippery mudclassical

    A type of mud that is slick and difficult to traverse.

Parallel reading

الحنة: الحقد.
Al-ḥinnah: hatred.
وحن عليه حنة: مثل وعد عدة
Waḥana 'alayhi ḥinnatan: like wa'ada 'iddatan (he promised a promise).
وقال اللحياني: وحن عليهم، بالكسر، حنة كذلك.
And Al-Laythiyānī said: Waḥina 'alayhim, with a kasra, ḥinnatan likewise.
ابن الأعرابي التوحن عظم البطن
Ibn Al-A'rābī: Al-tawaḥḥun is a swollen belly.
والتحون الذل والهلاك
And Al-taḥawwun is humiliation and destruction.
والوحنة الطين المزلق.
And Al-waḥnah is slippery mud.