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هنن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the continuous, intermittent, or heavy falling of rain or tears. It also extends to the concept of something being abundant or flowing.

Derived headwords

هَتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    the rain and tears: meaning, it droppedboth

    the rain and tears: meaning, it dropped

هَتْنnoun
  1. 1.
    the rain and tears: meaning, it droppedboth

    the rain and tears: meaning, it dropped

هَتُونadjective
  1. 1.
    a pouring cloudboth

    a pouring cloud

هَتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    the rain and tears: meaning, it droppedboth

    the rain and tears: meaning, it dropped

تَهْتَانnoun
  1. 1.
    intermittent rainclassical

    A type of rain that falls for a while, then stops, then returns.

  2. 2.
    heavy rainclassical

    A downpour or heavy rain.

هَاتِنadjective
  1. 1.
    a pouring cloudboth

    a pouring cloud

هُتُونnoun
  1. 1.
    a pouring cloudboth

    a pouring cloud

هَتَنًاnoun
  1. 1.
    continuous fallingboth

    The continuous falling of rain or tears.

هَتُونًاnoun
  1. 1.
    continuous fallingboth

    The continuous falling of rain or tears.

هَتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    the rain and tears: meaning, it droppedboth

    the rain and tears: meaning, it dropped

Parallel reading

التهتان: نحو من الديمة.
Al-tahtān: A type of continuous rain.
يا حبذا نضحك بالمشافر * كأنه تهتان يوم ماطر
How we love to laugh with our lips, * as if it were a downpour on a rainy day.
التهتان: مطر ساعة ثم يفتر ثم يعود.
Al-tahtān: Rain for an hour, then it subsides, then it returns.
أرسل يوما ديمة تهتانا
It sent down a continuous rain one day.
سيل المتان يملا القريانا
The torrents of continuous rain fill the valleys.
يهتن المطر والدمع يهتن هتنا وهتونا وتهتانا
The rain and tears fall continuously, falling with a continuous, flowing fall.
وسحاب هاتن
And a raining cloud.
وسحائب هتن
And raining clouds.
وسحاب هتون
And continuously raining clouds.