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ءهن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the stalk of a cluster of dates or grapes, specifically the part above the individual fruits. It also extends to the concept of immediate or present wealth.

Derived headwords

الإِهَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Date/grape stalkboth

    The part of a date or grape cluster that is above the individual fruits (شماريخ).

آهِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Date/grape stalk (plural)both

    Plural of إهان, referring to the stalks of date or grape clusters.

أَهَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Date/grape stalk (plural)both

    Another plural form for إهان, referring to the stalks of date or grape clusters.

آهِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Immediate wealthclassical

    Refers to one's present and readily available wealth, as opposed to future or accumulated wealth.

Parallel reading

الإهان، ككتاب: العرجون
Al-ihan, like kitāb: the date cluster stalk.
هو ما فوق الشماريخ، ويجمع! أهنا، والعدد ثلاثة آهنة.
It is what is above the individual fruits (shamārīkh), and it is pluralized as ahnan, and the number is three āhinah.
منجتني يا أكرم الفتيانجبارة ليست من العيدانحتى إذا ما قلت لان الآندب له أسود كالسرحان بمخلب يحتذم الإهان
You have saved me, O most generous of youths, from a strong one not from the branches, until when I said 'Lan', the black one like a wolf, with a claw that grips the date stalk, responded.
فما بين الردى والأمن إلاكما بين الإهان إلى العسيب
And there is nothing between destruction and safety except what is between the date stalk and the frond.
وأعطاه من آهن ماله
And he gave him from his immediate wealth.
من تلاده وحاضره
From his inherited and present wealth.
من آهن المال وعاهنه: أي من عاجله وحاضره
From 'āhana al-māla wa 'āhanahu: meaning from his immediate and present wealth.