الوهن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns weakness, frailty, and lack of strength, particularly in action or physical constitution. It extends to concepts of fatigue, illness affecting the body, and even specific times of the night associated with diminished energy.

Derived headwords

وَهَنَverb

1.
to be weakboth
To experience weakness or lack of strength, especially in action.

أَوْهَنَverb

1.
to weakenboth
To cause someone or something to become weak or feeble.

وَهَّنَverb

1.
to weakenboth
To make weak or feeble; to cause to lose strength.

وَهْنnoun

1.
weaknessboth
A state of being weak, lacking strength or vigor.
2.
fatiguemodern
A feeling of tiredness or exhaustion.

وَهَنnoun

1.
weaknessclassical
The state of being weak, especially in action.

وَاهِنadjective

1.
weakboth
Lacking strength or vigor; feeble.
2.
frailboth
Physically weak and delicate.

مَوْهُونadjective

1.
weakenedboth
Having been made weak or feeble.
2.
feebleboth
Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

وَهَنَانَةnoun

1.
listlessnessclassical
A state of lacking energy or enthusiasm, especially when trying to stand up.

وَاهِنَةnoun

1.
ailmentclassical
An illness or pain affecting the shoulders, arms, or neck, especially in old age.
2.
vertebraclassical
A specific bone in the neck or arm, or a part of the chest.
3.
chest ribclassical
The first ribs of the chest in a horse.

وَهِينnoun

1.
overseerclassical
A person who works alongside a hired laborer to urge them on.

Parallel reading

الضعف في العمل

Weakness in action.

والفعل كوعد وورث وكرم

And the verb is like (wa'ada, waritha, karuma).

والرجل القصير الغليظ

And a short, thick man.

ونحو من نصف الليل، أو بعد ساعة منه، كالموهن

And around the middle of the night, or an hour after it, like the weakened state.

ووهن وأوهن: دخل فيه

And 'wahana' and 'awhana': entered into it.

ووهنه وأوهنه ووهنه: أضعفه

And 'wahanahu', 'awhanahu', and 'wahanahu': weakened him.

وهو واهن

And he is weak.

وموهون: لا بطش عنده

And weakened: he has no grip.

وهي: بهاء ج: وهن

And she: splendor, plural: 'wahn'.

والوهنانة: التي فيها فتور عند القيام

And 'al-wahanah': that in which there is listlessness upon standing.

والواهنة: ريح تأخذ في المنكبين، أو في العضد، أو في الأخدعين عند الكبر

And 'al-wahinah': a wind that affects the shoulders, or the upper arm, or the jugular veins in old age.

والقصيراء، وفقرة في القفا والعضد

And 'al-qusayra', and a vertebra in the nape and the upper arm.

ومن الفرس: أول جوانح الصدر

And of a horse: the first ribs of the chest.

والوهين: رجل يكون مع الأجير في العمل يحثه عليه

And 'al-wahin': a man who is with the hired laborer in the work, urging him on.