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حنء

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the plant henna (Lawsonia inermis), its use for dyeing, and related terms. It also extends to concepts of lush greenery, sexual intercourse, and place names associated with henna.

Derived headwords

الحِنَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    hennaboth

    A well-known plant used by people for dyeing, particularly the hands and feet.

حِنَّاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    henna plantclassical

    A specific term for the henna plant, considered more specific than 'al-ḥinnāʾ'.

  2. 2.
    wellclassical

    A well in the lands of Banu Tamim, known for its water having a yellowish hue.

حِنْآنnoun
  1. 1.
    hennaclassical

    A plural form of 'al-ḥinnāʾ', referring to henna, though some consider it a variant or a non-standard plural.

الحِنَّائِيُّونname
  1. 1.
    henna sellersclassical

    People who are attributed to the trade of selling henna.

الحِنَّائِيّname
  1. 1.
    henna sellerboth

    A nisba (attribution) indicating someone who sells henna.

حنأverb
  1. 1.
    to be lush and greenclassical

    A place became lush and its vegetation dense.

  2. 2.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

حَانِئadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely greenclassical

    Emphasizing the lushness and greenness of vegetation.

حَنَأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dye (head) with hennaboth

    To dye someone's head with henna.

تَحْنِيئًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dyeing with hennaboth

    The act of dyeing the head with henna.

تَحَنَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dyed with hennaclassical

    To be dyed with henna, similar to how one might be dyed with 'katam' (a type of dye).

الحِنَّاءَتَانname
  1. 1.
    two sand dunesclassical

    Two red sand dunes in the lands of Banu Tamim, named so due to their redness, resembling henna.

وَادِي الحِنَّاءname
  1. 1.
    Valley of Hennaboth

    A known valley between Zabid and Ta'izz where much henna grows.

Parallel reading

وهو الذي أعده الناس للخضاب
It is that which people prepare for dyeing.
نبت يخضبون به الأطراف
A plant with which they dye the extremities.
فوزنه فعال، وهو مفرد بلا شبعة
Its pattern is 'fa'āl', and it is singular without being a broken plural.
هو جمع {لحناءة بالهاء
It is a plural of 'al-ḥinnā'ah' with the 'hā'.
فقد صرح الجمهور بأن} الحناءة أخص من الحناء، لا أنه مفرد لها
The majority have stated that 'al-ḥinnā'ah' is more specific than 'al-ḥinnāʾ', not that it is a singular form of it.
مثال عثمان، قاله أبو الطيب اللغوي
Like 'uthmān', said Abu al-Tayyib al-Lughawi.
فلقد أروح بلمة فينانة سوداء لم تخضب من الحنآن
Indeed, I return in the evening with a flowing dark mane that has not been dyed with henna.
هو حنان، بضم فتشديد، جمع على غير قياس
It is 'ḥanān', with a dammah then shaddah, a plural formed irregularly.
وهي عندي لغة في الحناء، لا جمع
And in my opinion, it is a variant pronunciation of 'al-ḥinnāʾ', not a plural.
وإلى بيعه أي الحناء ينسب
And to the selling of henna, he is attributed.
قال أبو حاتم هو صاحب الحناء
Abu Hatim said he is the henna merchant.
كان ثقة، حدث عن الحسين بن يحيى بن عياش القطان ويعقوب بن عبد الرحمان الدعاء، وغيرهما
He was trustworthy, narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Yahya ibn 'Ayyash al-Qattan and Ya'qub ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Du'a', and others.
وكان يبيع الحناء، وكان عطارا
He used to sell henna, and he was an apothecary.
حنأ المكان، كمنع: اخضر والتف نبته
A place became lush, like 'mana'a': it became green and its vegetation dense.
حنأ المرأة: جامعها
To have intercourse with a woman.
حنأه أي رأسه تحنيئا وتحنئة: خضبه بالحناء
To dye his head with henna, 'taḥni'an' and 'taḥni'atan': to dye it with henna.
تحنأ الرجل من الحناء، كما يقال تكتم من الكتم
A man became dyed with henna, just as it is said one becomes dyed with 'katam' from the 'katam' plant.
تردد في القراص حتى كأنما تكتم من ألوانه وتحنأ
He lingered among the thorny plants until it was as if he was dyed with its colors and became dyed with henna.
ركية في ديار بني تميم، قال الأزهري: وقد وردتها، وفي مائها صفرة
A well in the lands of Banu Tamim. Al-Azharī said: I have visited it, and its water has a yellowish hue.
هما رابيتان في ديار طييء
They are two elevated spots in the lands of Tayyi'.
واد معروف ينبت الحناء الكثير بين زبيد وتعز على مرحلتين من زبيد
A known valley where much henna grows, between Zabid and Ta'izz, two stages from Zabid.