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حنب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a curvature or bending, particularly in the legs or spine of animals like horses, often considered a sign of strength or a specific conformation. It also extends to describe a stooped posture in elderly people and, metaphorically, a bending or inclination towards someone.

Derived headwords

التحنيبnoun
  1. 1.
    curvature of the legclassical

    A slight bending or curvature in the leg of a horse, not a severe crookedness. It can also refer to a bending and tension in the horse's spine and legs.

  2. 2.
    curvature of the ribsclassical

    A bending or curvature in the ribs.

  3. 3.
    curvature of the legsclassical

    A bending or tension in the legs, or a space between the legs without being splayed (which is praiseworthy).

تجنيبnoun
  1. 1.
    curvature of the legsclassical

    A bending or curvature in the legs, mentioned as a variant or correction of التحنيب.

الحنبadjective
  1. 1.
    curvedclassical

    Describing a horse with curved bones, particularly the spine.

محنبadjective
  1. 1.
    curvedclassical

    A horse with a curved spine or bones, considered a sign of strength.

  2. 2.
    stooped

    An elderly person who is stooped or bent over due to age.

حنباءadjective
  1. 1.
    curved legsclassical

    A female horse with curved legs or, according to some, curved feet.

  2. 2.
    curved legclassical

    A horse with a curved leg, considered praiseworthy.

حنبverb
  1. 1.
    to bend

    To bend or stoop, especially due to old age.

تحنيبverb
  1. 1.
    to bendclassical

    To cause to bend or curve, used in the context of horses' legs or spines.

  2. 2.
    to build firmlyclassical

    To build something strongly and then bend it.

حناهverb
  1. 1.
    to bendclassical

    To bend or cause to stoop, often used in relation to old age.

نكسverb
  1. 1.
    to stoopclassical

    To stoop or bend down, often due to age or infirmity.

أزجىverb
  1. 1.
    to build firmlyclassical

    To build something strongly, implying a solid construction.

المحنبnoun
  1. 1.
    stooped old manclassical

    An old man who is bent or stooped due to age and its ailments.

محنبnoun
  1. 1.
    well in Medinaclassical

    A specific well or an area of land in Medina.

تحنبverb
  1. 1.
    to bend

    To become bent or curved, to stoop.

  2. 2.
    to be tenderclassical

    To show tenderness or affection towards someone, used metaphorically.

حنبوبadjective
  1. 1.
    pitch-blackclassical

    Extremely dark or pitch-black, used to describe a snake or darkness.

حنباname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A region or area located east of the Tigris River in the Sawad of Iraq.

Parallel reading

التحنيب: احديداب في وظيفي يدي الفرس
Al-tanheeb: a curvature in the pastern of a horse's leg.
وقيل هو اعوجاج في الضلوع
And it is said to be a crookedness in the ribs.
وقيل: التحنيب في يد الفرس: انحناء وتوتير في صلبها ويديها
And it is said: Al-tanheeb in a horse's leg is a bending and tension in its spine and legs.
والتحنيب في الخيل مما يوصف صاحبه بالشدة
And al-tanheeb in horses is something by which their owner is described as strong.
وهو محنب
And he is muhannab (curved).
على ظهر محبوك السراة محنب
On the back of a well-built, curved-spined one.
المحنب من الخيل المنعطف العظام
Al-muhannab among horses is one with curved bones.
وهي المعوجة الساقين في اليدين
And she is one with crooked legs and arms (forelegs).
وهي عند ابن الأعرابي: في الرجلين
And according to Ibn al-A'rabi, it is in the legs.
الحنباء: معوجة الساق، وهو مدح في الخيل
Al-hanbaa': crooked of leg, and this is praise in horses.
وحنب الكبر تحنيبا وحناه إذا نكس
And old age caused him to stoop (hanaba) with stooping (tahneeban), and it bent him when he stooped.
المحنب هو الشيخ المنحني من الكبر
Al-muhannab is the old man bent from old age.
يظل نصبا لريب الدهر يقذفه قذف المحنب بالآفات والسقم
He remains standing, tossed by the vicissitudes of time, like the stooped old man is tossed by afflictions and sickness.
وتحنب فلان، أي تقوس وانحنى
And so-and-so became stooped (tahannaba), meaning he became curved and bent.
وتحنب عليه إذا تحنن، مجاز
And he became tender towards him (tahannaba 'alayhi) if he showed affection, metaphorically.
وأسود حنبوب كحلبوب وزنا ومعنى، أي حلكوك
And a black snake (aswad hanboob), like halboob in weight and meaning, meaning pitch-black.