زحن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns slowness, delay, and reluctance. It also extends to meanings of removing someone from a place, intense heat, a caravan, a valley's bend, and a short, stout woman. Some derived forms also describe hesitant or reluctant actions.

Derived headwords

زَحَنَ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to be slowboth
To be slow or delayed, especially in undertaking a matter or action.

يَزْحَنُverb

1.
to be slowboth
Present tense of being slow or delayed, especially in undertaking a matter or action.

زَحْنًاnoun

1.
slownessboth
The state or act of being slow or delayed.

تَزَحَّنَverb

1.
to be slowboth
To be slow or delayed, as mentioned in Al-Sihah, meaning to be slow in undertaking a matter or action.

أَزَالَverb

1.
to removeboth
To remove someone from a place.

الزَّحْنَةnoun

1.
intense heatclassical
Severe and intense heat.
2.
caravanclassical
A caravan with its heavy loads, followers, and retinue.
3.
valley bendclassical
A bend or curve in a valley.
4.
short, stout womanclassical
A short, stout woman.

الزَّيْحَنَةnoun

1.
slowpokeclassical
One who is slow or hesitant when a need is requested of them.

إذا ما التوى الزيحنة المتآزف — When the hesitant slowpoke twisted around

تَزَحَّنَverb

1.
to do reluctantlyboth
To do something with reluctance and without desire.
2.
to act reluctantlyboth
To act reluctantly, doing something with aversion.

زَحَنَname

1.
Zahna bin Abdullahclassical
A name of a person, Zahna bin Abdullah Al-Kalbi, who fought Dhahhak bin Qays Al-Fahri.

زَحَنَverb

1.
to moveclassical
To move from one's place.

زُحْنَةnoun

1.
preoccupationclassical
A preoccupation or engagement that causes slowness.

التَّزَحُّنnoun

1.
contractionclassical
The act of contracting or drawing together.

Parallel reading

أبطأ، كتزحن، أي عن الأمر والعمل.

To be slow, like 'tazahana', meaning to be slow in undertaking a matter or action.

زحن فلانا عن المكان: أزاله عنه

To remove someone from a place: to displace them from it.

والزحنة: الحر الشديد.

And 'al-zahnah': intense heat.

الزحنة: القافلة بثقلها وتباعها وحشمها.

Al-zahnah: the caravan with its heavy loads, followers, and retinue.

الزحنة: منعطف الوادي.

Al-zahnah: a bend in the valley.

زحنة بن عبد الله الكلبي قاتل الضحاك بن قيس الفهري يوم المرج

Zahna bin Abdullah Al-Kalbi, who fought Dhahhak bin Qays Al-Fahri on the day of Marj.

الزحنة، كهمزة: القصيرة البطينة من النساء

Al-zahnah, like 'humazah': a short, stout woman.

وهو زحن

And he is zahnah (short and stout).

والزيحنة، كسيفنة: المتباطىء عند حاجة تطلب إليه

And 'al-zayhanah', like 'sayfannah': the slow one when a need is requested of them.

تزحن الشراب، وتزحن عليه: إذا تكاره عليه بلا شهوة

To drink something reluctantly, and to be reluctant about it: if one does it with aversion and without desire.

ويقال: تزحن على الشيء إذا فعله مع كراهية له.

And it is said: 'tazahana' on a thing if one does it with aversion to it.

زحن عن مكانه زحنا: تحرك.

He moved from his place with slowness: he moved.

ولهم زحنة: أي شغل ببطء.

And they have 'zahnah': meaning a slow preoccupation or engagement.

التزحن: التقبض.

Al-tazahun: contraction.