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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of 'thing', 'time', and 'essence'. It also encompasses terms for female genitalia and significant events or calamities.

Derived headwords

هُنnoun
  1. 1.
    thingboth

    A general term for an object or entity.

  2. 2.
    timeclassical

    A specific period or moment.

  3. 3.
    tribe nameclassical

    The name of a tribe.

هُنَّnoun
  1. 1.
    thingboth

    A general term for an object or entity, often used possessively.

هُنَيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    small thingboth

    A diminutive form of 'hunnah', meaning a small or insignificant thing.

هُنْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thingclassical

    The original form of 'hunayyah', meaning a thing.

هُنَيْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small thingclassical

    A diminutive form of 'hunnah', meaning a small or insignificant thing, with a slight variation in pronunciation.

هُنَّاnoun
  1. 1.
    female genitaliaclassical

    A euphemistic term for the private parts of a woman.

هُنَانnoun
  1. 1.
    female genitaliaclassical

    A term referring to the female genitalia, possibly a dual form.

هُنْوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    female genitaliaclassical

    A term referring to the female genitalia, possibly a plural or dual form.

هُنَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great misfortune or disaster.

هُنَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Plural of 'hunnah', referring to great misfortunes or disasters.

هُنَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    Plural of 'hunnah', referring to great misfortunes or disasters.

Parallel reading

الهنو، بالكسر: الوقت، وأبو قبيلة.
Al-hunnu, with a kasra: time, and the father of a tribe.
وهن، كأخ معناه: شيء، تقول: هذا هنك، أي: شيئك.
And hunn, like akh, means: a thing. You say: hadha hunnuk, meaning: your thing.
وفي الحديث: "هنية" مصغرة هنة، أصلها: هنوة، أي: شيء يسير، ويروى: "هنيهة"، بإبدال الياء هاء.
And in the hadith: 'hunayyah' is the diminutive of 'hunnah', its origin is: 'hunwah', meaning: a small thing, and it is narrated: 'hunayhah', by substituting the ya with a ha.
وهن المرأة: فرجها.
And the hunn of a woman: her vulva.
وهما هنان وهنوان.
And they are hunnan and hunwan.
ويقال للرجل: ياهن أقبل، ولها: ياهنة أقبلي.
And it is said to the man: Yahunn, come forth! And to her: Yahunnah, come forth!
وهنت، بالفتح: لغة ج: هنات وهنوات.
And hunnah, with a fatha: a dialect, pl.: hunnaat and hunawaat.
والهنات: الداهية ج: هنوات.
And al-hunnaat: the calamity, pl.: hunawaat.