حين

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of time, encompassing specific moments, durations, and opportune periods. It also extends to related ideas like waiting, perishing, and places associated with certain activities.

Derived headwords

الحِينnoun

1.
timeboth
time
2.
period, durationboth
period, duration
3.
destruction, perditionboth
destruction, perdition

حِينَئِذٍadverb

1.
at that timeboth
Referring to a specific moment in the past or contextually indicated time.

تَحِينُverb

1.
meaning 'time'both
meaning 'time'

حَانَverb

1.
so he is longingboth
so he is longing
2.
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is dueboth
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is due
3.
its time came: meaning its time approachedboth
its time came: meaning its time approached
4.
the man perished: meaning he diedboth
the man perished: meaning he died

حِينُهُnoun

1.
its timeboth
The appointed or due time for something.

مُحَايَنَةnoun

1.
like 'musawa'a' (dealing with someone for a period)both
like 'musawa'a' (dealing with someone for a period)

أَحَانَverb

1.
God caused him to perishboth
God caused him to perish

حِينَتverb

1.
to set a milking timeclassical
To establish a specific time for milking a camel each day and night.

الحِينَةnoun

1.
onceclassical
A single instance or occurrence, specifically once a day and night.

أَحْيَانًاadverb

1.
sometimesboth
On certain occasions, not always.

الأَحَايِينnoun

1.
plural of 'heen' (time)both
plural of 'heen' (time)

تَحَيَّنَverb

1.
meaning 'time'both
meaning 'time'

حَانَverb

1.
so he is longingboth
so he is longing
2.
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is dueboth
it was time for him to do such and such: it is time, meaning it is due
3.
its time came: meaning its time approachedboth
its time came: meaning its time approached
4.
the man perished: meaning he diedboth
the man perished: meaning he died

أَحَانَهُ اللهverb

1.
God caused him to perishclassical
A supplication or statement that God has brought about someone's demise.

الحَانَاتnoun

1.
places where wine is soldboth
places where wine is sold

الحَانِيَةnoun

1.
wine attributed to the tavernboth
wine attributed to the tavern

الحَانُوتnoun

1.
well-known, masculine and feminine, its plural is 'hawaneet'both
well-known, masculine and feminine, its plural is 'hawaneet'

الحَوَانِيتnoun

1.
shopsclassical
Plural of shop (ḥānūt).

Parallel reading

الحين: الوقت.

Al-ḥīn: time.

يقال: حينئذ.

It is said: at that time.

كأبي الرماد عظيم القدر جفنته حين الشتاء كحوض المنهل اللقف

Like Abu al-Ramad, great in stature, its eyelids when winter comes are like a clear watering hole.

والعاطفون تحين ما من عاطف

And those who sympathize, whenever there is someone to sympathize with,

والحين أيضا: المدة.

And al-ḥīn also: duration.

هل أتى على الإنسان حين من الدهر

Has there not come upon man a period of time from eternity?

وحان له أن يفعل كذا يحين حينا، أي آن.

And it is time for him to do such-and-such, it becomes time, meaning it is due.

وحان حينه، أي قرب وقته.

And its time has come, meaning its appointed time is near.

وإن سلوى عن جميل لساعة من الدهر ما حانت ولا حان حينها

And if Salwa forgets Jamil for an hour of time, it has not come, nor has its time arrived.

وعاملته محاينة، مثل مساوعة.

And I dealt with him in muḥāyanah, like musāwa'ah.

وأحينت بالمكان، إذا أقمت به حينا.

And he stayed in the place, if he resided there for a period.

وحينت الناقة، إذا جعلت لها في كل يوم وليلة وقتا تحلبها فيه.

And the she-camel was timed, if a time was set for her each day and night to be milked.

إذا أفنت أروى عيالك أفنها وإن حينت أربى على الوطب حينها

If Arwa exhausts your dependents, she exhausts them, and if she is timed, she exceeds the milk skin.

وفلان يأكل الحينة والحينة، أي المرة الواحدة في اليوم والليلة.

And so-and-so eats al-ḥīnah and al-ḥīnah, meaning once in the day and night.

وفلان يفعل كذا أحيانا، وفي الأحايين.

And so-and-so does such-and-such sometimes, and at other times.

وتحيّن الوارش، إذا انتظر وقت الأكل ليدخل.

And the scavenger waits for the time of eating to enter.

والحين بالفتح: الهلاك.

And al-ḥīn (with fatḥah): destruction.

يقال: حان الرجل، أي هلك.

It is said: ḥāna the man, meaning he perished.

وأحانه الله.

And God caused him to perish.

والحانات: المواضع التى يباع فيها الخمر.

And al-ḥānāt: the places where wine is sold.

والحانية: الخمر منسوبة إلى ms1438 الحانة، وهى حانوت الخمار.

And al-ḥāniyah: wine, attributed to the ḥānah, which is the wine-seller's shop.

والحانوت معروف، يذكر ويؤنث، وأصله حانوة مثل ترقوة، فلما سكنت الواو انقلبت هاء التأنيث تاء.

And al-ḥānūt is known, it is masculine and feminine, and its origin is ḥānūyah like turquwah, and when the waw became quiescent, the feminine haa turned into a taa.

والجمع الحوانيت، لان الرابع منه حرف لين.

And the plural is al-ḥawānīt, because the fourth letter of it is a soft letter.