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حضن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root حضن (ḥaḍana) primarily relates to the concept of embracing, holding close, or protecting. It extends to encompass the sides or flanks of something, and by extension, a place of protection or a region. It also describes the act of nurturing and keeping something confined.

Derived headwords

حِضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wingboth

    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wing

حُضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wingboth

    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wing

حَضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wingboth

    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wing

حَاضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to embrace, hold closeboth

    To embrace or hold something close, similar to the root verb.

حَضَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    upbringing, nurturingboth

    The act of raising and caring for a child.

  2. 2.
    restraint, keeping awayclassical

    The act of keeping something away or restraining it.

مُحْتَضَنnoun
  1. 1.
    bosom, embraceclassical

    The place of embrace or bosom.

حَاضِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the one who takes care of him in his upbringing (a nursemaid)both

    the one who takes care of him in his upbringing (a nursemaid)

اِحْتَضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he embraced the thing, put it in his bosomboth

    he embraced the thing, put it in his bosom

حَضُونadjective
  1. 1.
    uneven (of udders)classical

    Describes a ewe whose teats are of unequal length.

حِضَانnoun
  1. 1.
    unevenness (of udders)classical

    The state of having uneven teats, as in a ewe.

حَضَنname
  1. 1.
    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wingboth

    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wing

حِضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wingboth

    the bird incubated its eggs (from the category of naṣara and dakhala) when it gathered them to itself under its wing

أَحْضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to belittle, disparageclassical

    To treat someone with contempt or belittle them.

Parallel reading

ما دون الإبط إلى الكشح.
What is below the armpit to the flank.
وحضنا الشئ: جانباه.
And the two sides of a thing: its flanks.
ونواحى كل شئ أحضانه.
And the regions of everything are its flanks.
والمحتضن أيضا: الحضن.
And the place of embrace is also the bosom.
عريضة بوص إذا أدبرت هضيم الحشا شختة المحتضن
Wide-bosomed, when she turns away, slender of waist, with a well-formed bosom.
وحضن الضبع: وجاره.
And the flank of the hyena: its neighbor.
كما خامرت في حضنها أم عامر لذي الحبل حتى عال أوس عيالها
As if Umm 'Amir (the hyena) had mingled in its flank with the one who has the rope, until its young ones were supported.
وحضن الطائر بيضه يحضنه، إذا ضمه إلى نفسه تحت جناحه.
And the bird incubates its eggs, holding them close to itself under its wing.
وكذلك المرأة إذا حضنت ولدها.
And likewise a woman when she nurses her child.
وحاضنة الصبي: التي تقوم عليه في تربيته.
And the child's nurse: she who takes care of its upbringing.
وحضنته عن كذا حضنا وحضانة، إذا نحيته عنه واستبددت به دونه.
And you keep it away from something with a 'ḥaḍnan' and 'ḥaḍānah', if you push it away from it and keep it exclusively for yourself.
وحضنته عن حاجته أحضنه بالضم، أي حبسته عنها.
And you keep it from its need, you 'aḥḍanuhu' (with dammah), meaning you restrain it from it.
واحتضنته على كذا مثله.
And you embrace it for something, it is similar.
واحتضنت الشئ: جعلته في حضنى.
And you embrace a thing: you place it in your lap.
والحضون من الشاء: الشطور، وهي التي أحد طبييها أطول من الآخر.
And 'al-ḥaḍūn' from sheep: the uneven ones, meaning one whose teats are longer than the other.
يقال: شاة حضون بينة الحضان بالكسر.
It is said: a ewe is clearly 'ḥaḍūn' with clear 'ḥiḍān'.
والعرب تقول: " أنجد من رأى حضنا "، أي من عاين هذا الجبل فقد دخل في ناحية نجد.
And the Arabs say: 'More Najdi is he who saw Ḥaḍan', meaning whoever has seen this mountain has entered the region of Najd.
وأبرزت عن هجان اللون كالحضن
And she revealed a pure complexion like ivory.
أحضنت بالرجل: أزريت به.
You belittled a man: you disparaged him.