ح ن ذ م

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to groups of people, specifically a collective or a tribe. It is used in classical Arabic poetry to describe a gathering, possibly of a negative connotation.

Derived headwords

الحنذمانnoun

1.
group, bandclassical
A collective or a group of people, as stated in Al-Sihah.

الحندمانnoun

1.
tribeclassical
A specific tribe, used as an example by Sibawayh and explained by Al-Sirafi.

Parallel reading

وإنا لزوارون بالمقنب العدا ... إذا حنذمان اللؤم طابت وطابها

And indeed, we are visitors to the enemy's stronghold... when the band of baseness is good and has made it good.

بالحنذمان، بالكسر

with Al-Hundhaman, with kasra

والذال معجمة

and the Dhal is dotted

الجماعة أو الطائفة

the group or the band

كما في الصحاح

as in Al-Sihah

وأنشد

and he cited

أو الحندمان: قبيلة

Or Al-Handhaman: a tribe

مثل به سيبويه وفسره السيرافي

Sibawayh used it as an example and Al-Sirafi explained it

وقد وجد في كتاب سيبويه بالدال المهملة مضبوطا

And it was found in Sibawayh's book written with the undotted Dal, vocalized.

وسيأتي ذكره في الخاء أيضا

And its mention will come in the letter Kha as well