حنا

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root 'حنا' primarily relates to bending, curving, and affection. It encompasses physical bending of objects and the body, as well as emotional bending towards someone in compassion or care. It also extends to geographical features and specific plants.

Derived headwords

الحنوةnoun

1.
fragrant plantclassical
A plant that has a pleasant aroma, often used to describe a meadow.

الحنوnoun

1.
part of saddleclassical
A part of a saddle or pack saddle.
2.
curve, bendboth
The crookedness or curvature of something, such as a mountain.
3.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.
4.
sides, directionsclassical
The sides or directions of something, similar to 'أعناء'.

أحناءnoun

1.
sides, directionsboth
The sides or directions of something, plural of 'حنو'.

الحنيةnoun

1.
the bowboth
the bow

الحنىnoun

1.
bowsclassical
Plural of 'حنية', referring to bows.

حنيتverb

1.
I bent my back and I bent the stick: I curved itboth
I bent my back and I bent the stick: I curved it

حنوْتُverb

1.
to bend, to curveclassical
A variant pronunciation or usage of 'حنيت' meaning to bend or curve.

أحنىadjective

1.
a man with a bent backboth
a man with a bent back

حنياءadjective

1.
a woman who is 'ḥanyāʾ' and 'ḥanwāʾ': meaning her back is hunchedboth
a woman who is 'ḥanyāʾ' and 'ḥanwāʾ': meaning her back is hunched

حنواءadjective

1.
bent-backed womanboth
A woman with a bent or hunched back, similar to 'حنياء'.

حنوتverb

1.
to bend, to curveclassical
A dialectal form of bending or curving.

حانيةadjective

1.
caring motherclassical
A woman who stays with and cares for her children after their father's death, without remarrying.

حنتverb

1.
to desire a mateclassical
A ewe or wild cow desiring a male.
2.
to be compassionateboth
To be compassionate or affectionate towards someone.

حاناverb

1.
to desire a mateclassical
A variant form of 'حنت' for a female animal desiring a mate.

حناءnoun

1.
desire for mateclassical
The state of a female animal desiring a male.

تحنىverb

1.
he was kind to him: meaning he showed affection, like 'taḥannana'both
he was kind to him: meaning he showed affection, like 'taḥannana'

انحنىverb

1.
the thing: it bentboth
the thing: it bent

المحانيnoun

1.
river bendsclassical
The bends or meanders of valleys or rivers.

محنيةnoun

1.
river bendclassical
A single bend or meander of a valley or river, lightened pronunciation.

Parallel reading

وكأن أنماط المدائن حولها * من نور حنوتها ومن جرجارها

And the patterns of the cities around it were like * from the fragrance of its plants and its greenery.

الحنو بالكسر: واحد أحناء السرج والقتب.

Al-ḥanw (with kasra) is one of the parts of the saddle and the pack saddle.

وحنو كل شئ أيضا: اعوجاجه ; ومنه حنو الجبل.

And the curve of everything is also its crookedness; and from it is the curve of the mountain.

والحنو: واحد الاحناء، وهى الجوانب، مثل الاعناء.

And al-ḥanw is one of the sides, which are the flanks, like al-aʿnāʾ.

وقولهم: ازجر أحناء طيرك، أي نواحيه يمينا وشمالا، وأماما وخلفا.

And their saying: 'Repel the sides of your bird,' meaning its directions, right and left, front and back.

والحنية: القوس.

And al-ḥiniyah is the bow.

وحنيت ظهرى، وحنيت العود: عطفته.

And I bent my back, and I bent the stick: I curved it.

يدق حنو القتب المحنيا * دق الوليد جوزه الهنديا

He strikes the bent pack saddle * like a newborn strikes its Indian nut.

ورجل أحنى الظهر، والمرأة حنياء وحنواء، أي في ظهرها احديداب.

And a man with a bent back, and a woman ḥanīyā and ḥanwāʾ, meaning she has a hunch in her back.

وفلان أحنى الناس ضلوعا عليك، أي أشفقهم عليك.

And so-and-so is the most compassionate of people towards you, meaning the most sympathetic to you.

وحنوت عليه، أي عطفت.

And I was compassionate towards him, meaning I felt pity.

وامرأة حانية، إذا أقامت على ولدها ولم تتزوج بعد أبيهم.

And a ḥāniyah woman, if she stays with her children and does not remarry after their father.

وقد حنت عليهم تحنو حنوا.

And she was compassionate towards them, showing compassion with compassion.

وحنت النعجة تحنو، إذا اشتهت الفحل، فهي حان وبها حناء، وكذلك البقرة الوحشية، لأنها عند العرب نعجة.

And the ewe desires (ḥanat) the ram, if she desires the male, she is ḥān and has ḥinnāʾ, and likewise the wild cow, because it is considered a ewe by the Arabs.

وتحنى عليه، أي تعطف، مثل تحنن.

And he showed affection towards him, meaning he was compassionate, like taḥannana.

تحنى عليك النفس من لاعج الهوى * وكيف تحنيها وأنت تهينها

The soul shows affection towards you from the burning of desire * And how can it show affection when you humiliate it?

وانحنى الشئ، أي انعطف.

And the thing bent, meaning it curved.

والمحاني: معاطف الأودية، الواحدة محنية بالتخفيف.

And al-maḥānī are the bends of the valleys, the singular is maḥniyah (with lightened pronunciation).