الحضن

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the side of the body, encompassing the flank, chest, and arms, as well as the side or vicinity of objects and places. It extends to concepts of nurturing, protection, and holding close, and also includes specific geographical locations, animal features, and a type of clay vessel.

Derived headwords

الحِضْنnoun

1.
Flank, sideboth
The area from below the armpit to the waist, or the chest and upper arms and the space between them.
2.
Side, vicinityboth
The side or vicinity of an object or place.
3.
Hyena's denboth
The den or burrow of a hyena.
4.
Base of a mountainboth
The part of a mountain that surrounds it or its base.

أحْضَانnoun

1.
Flanks, sidesboth
Plural of حِضْن (ḥiḍn), referring to the sides or flanks.

الحَضْنnoun

1.
Ivoryclassical
Ivory, the material from elephant tusks.
2.
A mountain in Najdclassical
A specific mountain located in the Najd region.
3.
A tribeclassical
A tribe belonging to the Banu Taghlib.

الحَضَنِيَّةadjective

1.
Intensely black or redclassical
Describing the 'Anz al-Ḥaḍaniyyah, referring to animals or things that are intensely black or red.

حَضَنَverb

1.
To hold, embraceboth
To hold a child in one's lap or embrace it.
2.
To nurture, raiseboth
To bring up or nurture a child.
3.
To incubate eggsboth
For a bird to sit on its eggs to hatch them.

حَضَانًاnoun

1.
Holding, nurturingboth
The act of holding a child in one's lap or nurturing it.
2.
Incubationboth
The act of a bird incubating its eggs.

حَضَانَةnoun

1.
Childcare, upbringingboth
The act of nurturing and raising a child; childcare.
2.
Incubationboth
The act of a bird incubating its eggs.
3.
Location of incubationboth
The place where a bird incubates its eggs.

اِحْتَضَنَverb

1.
To hold, embraceboth
To hold someone or something close, to embrace.
2.
To nurture, raiseboth
To nurture or raise a child.
3.
To prevent, detainclassical
To prevent someone from something, to detain them.

حَاضِنَةnoun

1.
Wet nurse, nannyboth
A woman who nurses and raises a child; a nanny or governess.
2.
Short palm treeclassical
A palm tree with short clusters of dates, or one whose spathes have emerged and clusters have shortened.

حَضُونadjective

1.
Asymmetrical (body parts)classical
Describing sheep, camels, or women where one buttock or breast is larger than the other.
2.
Asymmetrical (genitals)classical
Describing the female genitalia where one labium is larger than the other.

أَحْضَنَverb

1.
To belittle, disparageclassical
To belittle or disparage someone or something.
2.
To take awayclassical
To take away someone's right or due.

حَوَاضِنnoun

1.
Stones for a potclassical
Stones placed under a cooking pot; trivets.

حَضِينnoun

1.
Clay vessel for pigeonsclassical
A wide, round clay dish made for pigeons.

أبو ساسان حضين بن المنذرname

1.
A Tabi'iclassical
A name of a Tabi'i (a successor to the companions of the Prophet Muhammad).

حَضْنَةnoun

1.
Bad situationclassical
A state of misfortune or hardship from which one cannot recover or retaliate.

Parallel reading

الحضن، بالكسر: ما دون الإبط إلى الكشح، أو الصدر والعضدان وما بينهما، وجانب الشيء وناحيته ج: أحضان

The ḥiḍn, with kasra: is what is below the armpit to the flank, or the chest and upper arms and what is between them, and the side and vicinity of a thing, plural: aḥḍān.

ووجار الضبع

And the den of the hyena.

ومن الجبل: ما أطاف به، أو أصله، ويضم فيهما

And from the mountain: what surrounds it, or its base, and both are pronounced with damma.

وبالتحريك: العاج، وجبل بنجد، ومنه المثل: "أنجد من رأى حضنا"

And with haraka (fatha): ivory, and a mountain in Najd, and from it is the saying: 'More fortunate than one who saw Ḥaḍan'.

وقبيلة من تغلب

And a tribe from Taghlib.

والأعنز الحضنية: شديدة السواد أو الحمرة

And the al-Ḥaḍaniyyah goats: intensely black or red.

وحضن الصبي حضنا وحضانة، بالكسر: جعله في حضنه، أو رباه، كاحتضنه

And he held the boy in his lap ḥaḍnan and ḥaḍānah, with kasra: meaning he placed him in his lap, or he nurtured him, like iḥtaḍanahu.

والطائر بيضه حضنا وحضانا وحضانة، بكسرهما، وحضونا: رخم عليه للتفريخ

And the bird incubated its eggs ḥaḍnan and ḥaḍānan and ḥaḍānah, with kasra for both, and ḥuḍūnan: meaning it sat on them for hatching.

واسم المكان: كمقعد ومنزل

And the noun of place: like maqʿad and manzil.

ومعروفه من جيرانه حضناً

And his benefactor from his neighbors held him.

وكفه، وصرفه

And he held him, and turned him away.

وفلاناً عن كذا حضناً وحضانةً بفتحهما: نحاه عنه، واستبد به دونه

And he pushed someone away from something ḥaḍnan and ḥaḍānah, with fatha on both: meaning he removed him from it, and replaced him with himself instead of him.

وعن حاجته: حبسه، ومنعه، كاحتضنه

And from his need: he detained him, and prevented him, like iḥtaḍanahu.

والحاضنة: الداية، والنخلة القصيرة العذوق، أو التي خرجت كبائسها، وفارقت كوافيرها، وقصرت عراجينها

And the ḥāḍinah: the wet nurse, and the short-fruited palm tree, or one whose spathes have emerged, and its clusters have separated, and its date stalks have shortened.

والحضون من الغنم والإبل والنساء: التي أحد خلفيها وثدييها أكبر من الآخر، وقد حضنت، ككرم، حضاناً، بالكسر

And the ḥaḍūn from sheep, camels, and women: is one whose one buttock and breast is larger than the other, and she has become ḥaḍinat, like karumat, ḥaḍānan, with kasra.

ومن أحد خصييه أكبر من الآخر، والفرج أحد شفريه أكبر من الآخر

And from one of his testicles is larger than the other, and the vulva one of its labia is larger than the other.

وأحضنه، وبه: أزرى، وبحقي: ذهب به

And he belittled him, and disparaged him: meaning he belittled him, and regarding my right: he took it away.

ويقال للأسافي: سفع حواضن، أي: جوائم

And it is said of the trivets: safʿ ḥawāḍin, meaning: trivets.

وكمكنسة: القصعة الروحاء المعمولة من الطينن للحمامة

And like miknasah: the wide, round clay dish made for a pigeon.

وأبو ساسان حضين بن المنذر، كزبير: تابعي

And Abu Sasan Ḥuḍayn ibn al-Mundhir, like Zubayr: a Tabi'i.

وأصبح بحضنة سوء، بالضم: إذا أصابته هضيمة فلم ينتصر

And he fell into a bad state, with damma: meaning if he was afflicted by a misfortune and did not get revenge.