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Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of bending, curving, or turning. It extends to physical objects that are bent or curved, such as bows, bones, and land formations, as well as abstract concepts like similarity. It also encompasses related actions like affection and the act of making something bent.

Derived headwords

حَنَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bend itboth

    To cause something to bend or curve.

حَنِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to bendboth

    To become bent or curved.

تَحَنَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to bend overboth

    To bend oneself over or to curve inwards.

انْحَنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to bend, to curveboth

    To become bent or curved, often in a bowing or yielding manner.

لَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    to twist, to bendboth

    To twist or bend something, particularly a hand or limb.

الحِنْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bowboth

    A bow, as in a weapon for shooting arrows.

حَنَاياnoun
  1. 1.
    bows, curvesboth

    Plural of Hinya, referring to bows or curved things.

حَنَوتُهاverb
  1. 1.
    to make itclassical

    To make or craft something, specifically referring to making a bow.

حَنَتْ عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be affectionateboth

    To be affectionate or compassionate towards one's offspring.

أَحَنَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be affectionateclassical

    To show affection or compassion, similar to 'hanat 'ala awladiha'.

الحَانِيَةadjective
  1. 1.
    affectionateclassical

    Describing a female animal, particularly a ewe, that is intensely affectionate towards her young.

  2. 2.
    bending its neckclassical

    A sheep that twists its neck without a cause.

مَحْنِيَةُ الوَادِيnoun
  1. 1.
    valley bendboth

    The bend or curve of a valley.

مَحْنُوتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    valley bendboth

    The bend or curve of a valley.

مَحْنَاتُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    valley bendboth

    The bend or curve of a valley.

الحَنوnoun
  1. 1.
    curve, crookednessboth

    Anything bent or crooked in the body, such as bones, or in other things like a hump or a bent stick.

أَحْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    bends, curvesboth

    Plural of Hano, referring to bends, curves, or crooked parts.

  2. 2.
    complexitiesclassical

    The intricate or complex aspects of matters.

حِنْيٌnoun
  1. 1.
    curve, bendboth

    A curve or bend, often referring to parts of the body or objects.

الحِنْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    carrying frameclassical

    Two bent wooden pieces with a net between them, used for transporting grain to a haystack.

المَحْنِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    bent part of the groundboth

    A part of the ground that is bent or depressed.

  2. 2.
    leather containerclassical

    A container made from camel hides, used to hold sand and then dried into a bowl-like shape.

الحَوَانِيnoun
  1. 1.
    longest ribsclassical

    The longest ribs of an animal.

الحِنَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bending, curvatureboth

    The act or state of being bent or curved.

نَاقَةٌ حَنْوَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    humpbacked camelboth

    A female camel with a prominent hump.

الحَانُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    shop, storeboth

    A shop or a small store.

الحَانِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wine, vintnersclassical

    Wine, or sometimes referring to vintners or those who sell wine.

الحَنَوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plant, horseclassical

    A type of desert plant, possibly marigold, or a type of herb, or a horse.

الحِنْيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two valleysclassical

    The names of two specific valleys.

Parallel reading

حَنَاهُ: عطفه
He bent it: he made it affectionate.
فَانْحَنَى وَتَحَنَّى
So he bent and he bent himself.
وَيَدَهُ: لَوَاهَا
And his hand: he twisted it.
وَالحِنْيَةُ، كَغُنْيَةٍ: القَوْسُ
And the Hinya, like Ghunya: the bow.
ج: حِنِيٌ وَحَنَايَا
Plural: Hini and Hanaya.
وَحَنَوْتُهَا حَنْوًا: صَنَعْتُهَا
And I made it (a bow) with Hano: I crafted it.
وَحَنَتْ عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا حَنْوًا، كَعَلَا: عَطَفَتْ، كَأَحَنَّتْ
And she was affectionate towards her offspring with Hano, like 'ala: she was compassionate, like Ahannat.
وَالحَانِيَةُ: الَّتِي اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا الاِسْتِحْرَامُ، وَشَاةٌ تَلْوِي عُنُقَهَا بِلَا عِلَّةٍ
And the Haniya: she whose desire for mating intensified, and a sheep that twists its neck without a cause.
وَمَحْنِيَةُ الوَادِي وَمَحْنُوتُهُ وَمَحْنَاتُهُ: مُنْعَرَجُهُ
And the Mahniya of the valley, and its Mahnutuhu, and its Mahnatuhu: its bend.
وَالحَنوُ، بِالكَسْرِ وَالفَتْحِ: كُلُّ مَا فِيهِ اعْوِجَاجٌ مِنَ البَدَنِ، كَعَظْمِ الحِجَاجِ وَاللَّحْيِ وَالضِّلْعِ وَالحِنَى، وَمِنْ غَيْرِهِ كَالقَفِّ وَالقُفِّ، وَكُلُّ عُودٍ مُعْوَجٍّ
And the Hano, with Kasr and Fath: everything in which there is crookedness from the body, like the bone of the brow, the jaw, the rib, and the Hina, and from other than the body like the hump, and every bent stick.
ج: أَحْنَاءٌ وَحِنِيٌّ وَحِنًى
Plural: Ahnaa', Hini, and Hina.
وَالحِنْوَانُ، بِالكَسْرِ: الخَشَبَتَانِ المُعْطُوفَتَانِ، وَعَلَيْهِمَا شَبَكَةٌ، يُنْقَلُ بِهَا البَرُّ إِلَى الكَدْسِ
And the Hinwan, with Kasr: the two bent wooden pieces, and upon them is a net, by which grain is transported to the haystack.
وَأَحْنَاءُ الأُمُورِ: مُتَشَابِهُهَا
And the Ahnaa' of matters: their similarities.
وَالمَحْنِيَّةُ: مَا انْحَنَى مِنَ الأَرْضِ، وَالعُلْبَةُ تُتَّخَذُ مِنْ جُلُودِ الإِبِلِ يُجْعَلُ الرَّمْلُ فِي بَعْضِ جِلْدِهَا، ثُمَّ يُعَلَّقُ، فَيَيْبَسُ، فَيَبْقَى كَالقَصْعَةِ
And the Mahniya: what bends from the ground, and the container made from camel hides, sand is placed in some of its skin, then it is hung, and it dries, remaining like a bowl.
وَالحَوَانِي: أَطْوَلُ الأَضْلَاعِ كُلِّهِنَّ
And the Hawani: all the longest ribs.
وَالحِنَايَةُ، بِالكَسْرِ: الاِنْحِنَاءُ
And the Hinaya, with Kasr: the bending.
وَنَاقَةٌ حَنْوَاءُ: حَدْبَاءُ
And a Hanwaa' camel: a humpbacked one.
وَالحَانُوتُ وَالحَانِيَةُ وَالحَانَاةُ: الدُّكَّانُ
And the Hanoot, and the Haniya, and the Hanaah: the shop.
وَالحَانِيَةُ، مُشَدَّدَةً: الخَمْرُ، أَوِ الخَمَّارُونَ
And the Haniya, with shadda: the wine, or the vintners.
وَالحِنْوَةُ: نَبَاتٌ سَهْلِيٌّ، أَوْ هُوَ آذَرِيُّونُ البَرِّ، وَالرَّيْحَانَةُ، وَفَرَسٌ
And the Hinwa: a desert plant, or it is wild marigold, and basil, and a horse.
وَالحِنْيَانِ، كَغِنِيٍّ: وَادِيَانِ
And the Hinyan, like Ghini: two valleys.
وَحَنُو قَرَاقِرَ، بِالكَسْرِ: ع
And Hanu Qaraqir, with Kasr: a place name.