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محن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of testing, trying, and examining. It extends to the physical act of clearing out or excavating, and also encompasses the idea of giving or withholding something as part of a test or interaction.

Derived headwords

مَحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    of the category 'to cut'both

    of the category 'to cut'

مَحْنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    excavationclassical

    The act of excavating a well by removing its earth and mud.

المِحْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the trials by which a person is tested by afflictionboth

    one of the trials by which a person is tested by affliction

اِمْتَحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    he tested himboth

    he tested him

اِمْتِحَانnoun
  1. 1.
    test, examinationboth

    The act or process of testing or examining.

مَحَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himclassical

    To strike him, specifically with twenty lashes.

مَحَنَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    he gave meclassical

    He gave me something; this usage is often in the negative, meaning he did not give.

Parallel reading

محنت البئر محنا، إذا أخرجت ترابها وطينها.
The well was excavated (محنا) when its earth and mud were removed.
والمحنة: واحدة المحن التي يمتحن بها الإنسان من بلية.
And the trial (المحنة) is one of the trials (المحن) by which a person is tested due to an affliction.
ومحنته وامتحنته، أي اختبرته، والاسم المحنة.
And he tried him (محنته) and tested him (امتحنته), meaning he examined him, and the noun is the trial (المحنة).
ومحنه عشرين سوطا، أي ضربه.
And he struck him (محنه) twenty lashes, meaning he beat him.
وأتيت فلانا فما محنني شيئا، أي ما أعطاني.
And I came to so-and-so, and he did not give me (ما محنني) anything, meaning he did not give me.