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الحندس

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to darkness and the night, specifically deep or intense darkness. It also extends to concepts of falling, weakness, and a specific period of darkness after the new moon.

Derived headwords

الحِنْدِسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightboth

    Refers to the deep, dark, and obscure part of the night.

  2. 2.
    darknessboth

    The state of being dark, obscurity.

حَنَادِسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightsboth

    The plural form of 'al-hindis', referring to multiple instances of dark nights.

  2. 2.
    three nights after new moonclassical

    Specifically refers to the three nights following the new moon, which are characterized by darkness.

تحندسverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkboth

    The night becomes dark and obscure.

  2. 2.
    to fallclassical

    A person falls down.

  3. 3.
    to weakenclassical

    A person becomes weak or feeble.

Parallel reading

الحِنْدِس، بالكسر: الليل المظلم
Al-hindis, with a kasra: the dark night.
ج: حنادس
Its plural: hanadis.
وتحندس الليل: أظلم
And the night became dark: it grew dark.
والرجل: سقط، وضعف
And the man: fell, and became weak.
والحنادس: ثلاث ليال بعد الظلم
And al-hanadis: three nights after the darkness (i.e., after the new moon).