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حندس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes intense darkness, particularly of the night. It extends to concepts of obscurity, falling, and weakness, often metaphorically.

Derived headwords

الحندسnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightboth

    The night that is intensely dark.

  2. 2.
    darknessclassical

    General darkness, as described by Ibn al-A'rabi.

حندسadjective
  1. 1.
    dark (night)both

    Describing a night that is intensely dark.

حندسةnoun
  1. 1.
    dark nightboth

    A night characterized by intense darkness.

تحندسverb
  1. 1.
    to become darkboth

    The night becoming dark or intensely dark.

  2. 2.
    to fall and weakenclassical

    A person falling and becoming weak or feeble.

الحنادسnoun
  1. 1.
    three dark nightsclassical

    The three nights in a month that are particularly dark, following the new moon.

أسود حندسadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something as being extremely black, similar to 'أسود حالك'.

Parallel reading

يقال: ليل حندس
It is said: a dark night.
وليلة حندسة
And a night of intense darkness.
الليل الشديد الظلمة
The night of intense darkness.
في ليلة ظلماء حندس
In a dark, intensely black night.
قام الليل في حندسة
He stayed up all night in deep darkness.
تحندس الليل
The night became dark.
أو اشتد ظلامه
Or its darkness intensified.
وتحندس الرجل: سقط وضعف
And the man fell and weakened.
الحنادس: ثلاث ليال في الشهر بعد الظلم لظلمتهن
Al-Hanadis: three nights in the month after the new moon due to their darkness.
أسود حندس شديد السواد
Intensely black, extremely dark.