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حمن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to specific terms for creatures and geographical features. It includes a proper name for a woman and terms for different stages of tick development, as well as a word for rough, low-lying terrain.

Derived headwords

حَمْنَةname
  1. 1.
    woman's nameclassical

    A proper name for a woman.

الحَمْنَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tickclassical

    A specific type of tick or parasitic insect.

الحَوْمَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying rough groundclassical

    A type of rough, low-lying, and somewhat marshy terrain.

الحَوَامِينnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying rough groundsclassical

    The plural of الحومانة, referring to areas of rough, low-lying terrain.

Parallel reading

والحمنانة: قراد.
And al-Hamnanah: a tick.
أوله قمقامة صغير جدا، ثم حمنانة، ثم قراد، ثم حلمة، ثم عل وطلح.
Its beginning is a very small qamqamah, then a hamnanah, then a qirad, then a hilmah, then a 'all and talh.
والحومانة: واحدة الحوامين، وهى أماكن غلاظ منقادة.
And al-Hawmanah: the singular of al-Hawamin, and it is rough, low-lying places.
بحومانة الدراج فالمتثلم
In the low-lying rough ground of al-Darraj, then al-Mutathallam.