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حضن

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root حضن (ḥaḍana) primarily relates to holding, embracing, or keeping something close, often in one's lap or side. It extends to concepts of protection, nurturing, and care, particularly for children or eggs. Metaphorically, it signifies proximity, sides, or regions, and can also imply exclusion or holding back.

Derived headwords

الحِضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    area below armpitclassical

    The area from below the armpit down to the flank.

  2. 2.
    chest and armsclassical

    The chest and arms, and the space between them.

  3. 3.
    side or regionboth

    The side or region of something.

  4. 4.
    sides of a desertclassical

    The sides or paths of a desert or vast open space.

  5. 5.
    sides of the nightclassical

    The sides or parts of the night.

  6. 6.
    hyena's denclassical

    The den or lair of a hyena.

  7. 7.
    mountain's baseclassical

    What surrounds the base of a mountain, or its origin.

أحْضَانnoun
  1. 1.
    sides or regionsboth

    Plural of حضن, referring to the sides or regions of something.

حِضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    ivoryclassical

    Ivory, in some dialects.

حَضَنname
  1. 1.
    mountain in Najdclassical

    A mountain in Najd, known for its size and location.

  2. 2.
    tribe nameclassical

    A tribe belonging to the Taghlib clan.

الأعنز الحضنيةadjective
  1. 1.
    very dark or reddish goatsclassical

    Goats that are intensely black or reddish, possibly named after the mountain Hadn.

حَضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to hold a childboth

    To place a child in one's lap or embrace.

  2. 2.
    to care forboth

    To take care of, raise, or protect someone.

  3. 3.
    to incubate eggsboth

    For a bird to sit on its eggs to hatch them.

  4. 4.
    to keep awayclassical

    To keep someone or something away from something else; to prevent.

  5. 5.
    to hold backclassical

    To restrain or hold someone back from something.

  6. 6.
    to depriveclassical

    To exclude someone from something or deprive them of it.

حَضْنnoun
  1. 1.
    holding a childboth

    The act of holding a child in one's lap or embracing them.

  2. 2.
    incubationboth

    The act of a bird sitting on its eggs for hatching.

حَضَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    childcareboth

    The act of raising, nurturing, and caring for a child.

  2. 2.
    incubationboth

    The act of a bird incubating its eggs.

  3. 3.
    keeping awayclassical

    The act of keeping someone away from something or preventing them.

احْتَضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to embraceboth

    To hold someone or something in one's arms or lap.

  2. 2.
    to take care ofboth

    To foster, nurture, or protect someone.

  3. 3.
    to hold backclassical

    To hold someone back from something or prevent them.

مَحْضَنnoun
  1. 1.
    place of incubationboth

    A place where something is incubated or kept warm, like a bird's nest.

حَاضِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wet nurseboth

    A woman who cares for and nurses a child; a nanny.

  2. 2.
    short date palmclassical

    A date palm tree with short clusters of fruit.

الحُضُونadjective
  1. 1.
    uneven breasts/flanksclassical

    Describes women, sheep, or camels where one breast or flank is larger than the other.

  2. 2.
    uneven testiclesclassical

    Describes men with one testicle larger than the other.

  3. 3.
    uneven labiaclassical

    Describes the female genitalia where one labium is larger than the other.

حَضَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be unevenclassical

    To have one side or part larger than the other, referring to breasts, testicles, or labia.

حَضَانnoun
  1. 1.
    unevennessclassical

    The state of being uneven, referring to breasts, testicles, or labia.

أَحْضَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to belittleclassical

    To consider something or someone insignificant or of little value.

  2. 2.
    to take awayclassical

    To take something away, as if putting it aside.

حَوَاضِنnoun
  1. 1.
    tripods (of an oven)classical

    Stones or supports used to hold a cooking pot over a fire; tripods.

مِحْضَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    earthenware basinclassical

    A wide, shallow basin made of clay, used for a pigeon to incubate its eggs.

حُضَيْنname
  1. 1.
    poet and companionclassical

    A name of a companion (tabi'i) and poet, Abu Sasan.

حَضْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    misfortuneclassical

    A state of misfortune or hardship, especially when one cannot get justice.

الاحْتِضَانnoun
  1. 1.
    carrying in the lapboth

    The act of carrying something, especially a child, in one's lap or embrace.

المُحْتَضَنnoun
  1. 1.
    one held in embraceclassical

    That which is held or embraced.

حاضِنadjective
  1. 1.
    incubatingboth

    A bird that is sitting on its eggs to hatch them.

الحُضَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    fosterersboth

    Plural of حاضن, referring to those who care for and raise children.

حَضَنَةname
  1. 1.
    man's nameclassical

    A name of a man, Hadn bin Sinan.

حَضَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    knowledgeclassical

    A portion or measure of knowledge.

أبو الحضينname
  1. 1.
    companion's kunyaclassical

    A kunya (patronymic) of a companion (tabi'i) who narrated from Ibn Umar.

حَضَنname
  1. 1.
    mountain nameclassical

    A mountain in the region of Salma.

  2. 2.
    clan nameclassical

    A clan or branch of the Banu al-Qayn tribe.

حاضِنَة الرجلnoun
  1. 1.
    man's wifeclassical

    A man's wife, considered as the one who nurtures and cares for the household.

Parallel reading

ما زال يقطع أحضان الليل
He continued to traverse the parts of the night.
عليكم بالحضنين ؛ يريد بجنبتي العسكر.
Adhere to the two sides; meaning the flanks of the army.
كما خامرت في حضنها أم عامر لدى الحبل حتى غال أوس عيالها
As if she (the hyena) lurked in her den near the rope until Aws took her young.
يقال: ما زال يقطع أحضان الليل، وهو مجاز.
It is said: He kept traversing the sides of the night, and this is metaphorical.
يقال: اعتش الطائر في حضن الجبل.
It is said: The bird nested in the embrace of the mountain.
تبسمت عن وميض البرق كاشرة وأبرزت عن هجان اللون كالحضن
She smiled revealing lightning-like flashes, and showed a pure white color like ivory.
أنْجَدَ من رأى حَضَنَا
He has entered Najd who saw Hadn (the mountain).
فما جمعت بنو حضن وعمرو ووالجيادا
And what Banu Hadn and Amr gathered, and the swift horses.
لأن أكون عبدا حبشيا في أعنز حضنيات أرعاهن حتى يدركني أجلي، أحب إلي من أن أرمي في أحد الصفين بسهم، أصبت أو أخطأت
To be an Abyssinian slave tending to very dark goats until my death finds me is dearer to me than to shoot an arrow in one of the two ranks, whether I hit or miss.
حضن الصبي حضناً، بالفتح، وحضانة، بالكسر: جعله في حضنه، أو كفله ورباه وحفظه، كاحتضنه.
To hold a child in one's lap, or to sponsor, raise, and protect him, like embracing him.
حضن الطائر بيضه، وعلى بيضه، حضناً، بالفتح، وحضاناً وحضانة، بكسرهما، وحضوناً، بالضم: رخم عليه للتفريخ.
The bird sat on its eggs, or over its eggs, to incubate them.
وقال الجوهري: ضمه إلى نفسه تحت جناحيه.
Al-Jawhari said: He (the bird) drew it (the egg) to himself under his wings.
قال اللحياني: حضن معروفه وحديثه من جيرانه ومعارفه حضناً، بالفتح، إذا كفه وصرفه إلى غيرهم.
Al-Laythyani said: He kept his acquaintances and his talk away from his neighbors and friends, meaning he diverted them to others.
أتريدون أن تحضنونا من هذا الأمر ؛ أي تخرجونا.
Do you wish to exclude us from this matter; meaning, to expel us.
حضنه عن الأمر: خزله دونه ومنعه منه.
To keep him from the matter: to dissuade him from it and prevent him.
ولا تحضن زينب عن ذلك
And do not prevent Zaynab from that.
حضنه عن حاجته: حبسه عنها ومنعه، كاحتضنه
To hold him back from his need: to detain him from it and prevent him, like embracing him.
من كل بائنة تبين عذوقها عنها وحاضنة لها ميقار
From every separated [date palm] whose clusters are distinct from it, and a nurturing [palm] with abundant fruit.
وهي التي أحد خلفيها أو ثدييها أكبر من الآخر، وقد حضنت، ككرم، حضاناً، بالكسر.
And she is one whose one flank or one of her breasts is larger than the other, and she has become uneven.
شاة حضون بينة الحضان، بالكسر.
An uneven sheep, clearly uneven.
وإنما كنيته أبو محمد، كذا في تاريخ حلب.
His kunya is Abu Muhammad, as stated in the History of Aleppo.
لأن أكون عبدا حبشيا في أعنز حضنيات أرعاهن حتى يدركني أجلي، أحب إلي من أن أرمي في أحد الصفين بسهم، أصبت أو أخطأت
To be an Abyssinian slave tending to very dark goats until my death finds me is dearer to me than to shoot an arrow in one of the two ranks, whether I hit or miss.
إذا قيل قدمها حضين تقدما؟
When it was said, 'Advance it, Hadin!' he advanced.
يسد حضين بابه خشية القرى باصطخر والشاة السمين بدرهم
Hadin blocks his door fearing guests, in Istakhr, and a fat sheep for a dirham.
أصبح فلان بحضنة سوء، بالضم، إذا أصابته هضيمة فلم ينتصر
So-and-so woke up in a bad state, meaning he suffered an injustice and did not get revenge.
أنه خرج محتضنا أحد ابني ابنته، أي حاملا له في حضنه.
That he went out carrying one of his daughter's sons, meaning holding him in his lap.
عريضة بوص إذا أدبرته ضيم الحشا شختة المحتضن
A wide [camel] when turned away, its belly oppressed, the one held in embrace is lean.
وأحضنه من الأمر: أخرجه منه، لغة مردودة في حضنه.
And to take him out of the matter: to remove him from it, a rejected dialectal usage for 'in his lap'.
وأخذ فلان حقه على حضنه: أي قسراً.
And so-and-so took his right by force: meaning, coercively.
وأعطاه حضناً من زرع: أي قدر ما يحتمله في حضنه؛ وهو مجاز كما في الأساس.
And he gave him a handful of crops: meaning, as much as he could hold in his lap; and this is metaphorical, as in Al-Asas.
وهو من حضنة العلم، محركة: أي علمته، وهو مجاز.
And he is from the scholars of knowledge, meaning he taught him, and this is metaphorical.