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حنش

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to catching or hunting, particularly small creatures like birds and insects. It also extends to the meaning of a snake or viper, and by extension, a person named after it. The root can also signify affection or tenderness.

Derived headwords

الحنشnoun
  1. 1.
    everything that is hunted from birds and insectsboth

    everything that is hunted from birds and insects

  2. 2.
    the snakeboth

    the snake

  3. 3.
    the viperboth

    the viper

الأحناشnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of al-ḥanashboth

    plural of al-ḥanash

حنشverb
  1. 1.
    to huntboth

    To hunt or catch prey, specifically referring to birds and crawling creatures.

حنشتهverb
  1. 1.
    to be tender towardsclassical

    To be affectionate or tender towards someone, a variant of 'anashatuhu'.

أحنشهverb
  1. 1.
    to be tender towardsclassical

    To be affectionate or tender towards someone, a variant of 'anashatuhu'.

حنشاname
  1. 1.
    Hanish (male name)both

    A male given name, derived from the word for snake/viper.

Parallel reading

الحنش بالتحريك: كل ما يصاد من الطير والهوام
Al-ḥanash (with vowel movement) means everything that is hunted from birds and crawling creatures.
والجمع الأحناش
And the plural is al-aḥnāsh.
والحنش أيضا: الحية، ويقال الأفعى
And al-ḥanash also means the snake, and it is said to be the viper.
وبها سمي الرجل حنشا
And by it (the snake/viper), a man is named Ḥanashan.
حنشت الصيد: صدته
Ḥanashta al-ṣayd: I hunted it.
وحنشته أحنشه: لغة في عنشته، إذا عطفته
And ḥanashtuhu, aḥnashuhu: a dialectal variant of 'anashtuhu', meaning if you showed him tenderness.