حرن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root 'حرن' primarily describes a state of stubbornness, refusal to move, or halting, particularly in animals like horses. It extends to a figurative sense of being unyielding or stationary in other contexts, such as trade or even geographical locations.

Derived headwords

حَرَنَverb

1.
he became stubborn (verb form from the root dakhala)both
he became stubborn (verb form from the root dakhala)
2.
he became stubborn (verb form with ḍamma)both
he became stubborn (verb form with ḍamma)

حَرُنَverb

1.
he became stubborn (verb form from the root dakhala)both
he became stubborn (verb form from the root dakhala)
2.
he became stubborn (verb form with ḍamma)both
he became stubborn (verb form with ḍamma)

حُرُونٌnoun

1.
plural of ḥarrah with waw and nunboth
plural of ḥarrah with waw and nun
2.
a stubborn horse that does not obeyboth
a stubborn horse that does not obey

حَرُونٌadjective

1.
plural of ḥarrah with waw and nunboth
plural of ḥarrah with waw and nun
2.
a stubborn horse that does not obeyboth
a stubborn horse that does not obey

الحَرُونُname

1.
Al-Harunclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Abi Salih Muslim bin Amr Al-Bahili, the father of Qutaybah. It was known for its speed and tendency to halt.

الحَرُونُname

1.
Al-Harunclassical
The name of an ancestor of the horse Al-Harun, tracing back to A'waj.

الحَرُونُname

1.
Al-Harunclassical
A nickname given to Habib bin Al-Ahlab, possibly due to a characteristic of being unyielding or halting.

الحَرُونُadjective

1.
stationaryclassical
Used to describe a mountain goat that remains in place on the mountain, not moving from its hunting spot.

المُحَارِنُnoun

1.
stubborn beeclassical
A type of bee that clings to honey and is difficult to extract, requiring force.

حَرَنَ في البيعverb

1.
to be firm in tradeclassical
To refuse to negotiate or change one's price in a sale, neither increasing nor decreasing it.

حَرَّانname

1.
a name of a country/cityboth
a name of a country/city

حَرْنَانِيّadjective

1.
from Harranclassical
An adjective indicating origin from the place named Harran. This is an irregular formation.

Parallel reading

فرس حرون: لا ينقاد، وإذا اشتد به الجري وقف.

A stubborn horse: it does not obey, and when the running intensifies, it stops.

وقد حرن يحرن حرونا.

And it became stubborn, it becomes stubborn, a state of stubbornness.

وحرن بالضم، أي صار حرونا.

And he said 'haruna' with dammah, meaning he became stubborn.

والاسم الحران.

And the noun is 'al-hurun' (stubbornness).

وحرون: اسم فرس أبى صالح مسلم بن عمرو الباهلى والد قتيبة.

And Hurun: the name of the horse of Abi Salih Muslim bin Amr Al-Bahili, the father of Qutaybah.

إذا ما قريش خلا ملكها فإن الخلافة في باهله لرب الحرون أبى صالح وما ذاك بالسنة العادله

When Quraysh's kingship is vacant, then the caliphate is in Bahilah, belonging to the master of Al-Harun, Abi Salih, and that is not a just tradition.

وكان يسبق الخيل ثم يحرن حتى تلحقه، فإذا لحقته سبقها.

And he would outrun the horses, then halt until they caught up to him, and when they caught up, he would outrun them again.

والحرون في قول الشماخ: وما أروى ولو كرمت علينا بأدنى من موقفة حرون

And 'al-harun' in the saying of Al-Shammakh: 'And it does not quench, even if it were generous to us, with less than a stationary, stubborn one.'

هي التي لا تبرح أعلى الجبل من الصيد.

It is that which does not leave the top of the mountain from hunting.

وكان حبيب بن المهلب يلقب بالحرون.

And Habib bin Al-Muhallab was nicknamed Al-Harun.

والمحارين من النحل: اللواتي يلصقن بالشهد فينزعن بالمحابض.

And the stubborn bees from the bees: those that cling to the honey and are pulled off with hooks.

كأن أصواتها من حيث تسمعها نبض المحابض ينزعن المحارينا

As if their sounds, from where you hear them, are the beating of hooks pulling out the stubborn ones.

ويقال: حرن في البيع، إذا لم يزد ولم ينقص.

And it is said: 'He was stubborn in the sale,' if he neither increased nor decreased [the price].

وحران: اسم بلد.

And Harran: the name of a country/place.

والنسبة إليه حرنانى على غير قياس، كما قالوا منانى في النسبة إلى مانى، والقياس ما نوى وحرانى على ما عليه العامة.

And the attribution to it is 'Harrani' irregularly, just as they said 'Manani' for attribution to Mani, and the regular form is 'Mawani' and 'Harrani' according to the common usage.