لهن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to gifts brought by a traveler upon their return, and also to a light meal or snack taken before a main meal. It also encompasses a particle used for emphasis, similar to 'indeed' or 'verily', and geographical or tribal names.

Derived headwords

اللهنةُnoun

1.
gift from travelerboth
A gift that a traveler brings when returning from a journey.
2.
snackboth
A light meal or snack taken before the main meal, also called 'lamjah' or 'sulafah'.
3.
portion of pastureclassical
A portion of pasture or grazing land.

اللَّمَجَةُnoun

1.
snackboth
A light meal or snack taken before the main meal.

السَّلِفَةُnoun

1.
snackboth
A light meal or snack taken before the main meal.

لهنهمverb

1.
to give a giftboth
He gave them a gift (referring to the meanings of 'gift from traveler' or 'snack').

لهن لهمverb

1.
to give a giftboth
He gave them a gift (referring to the meanings of 'gift from traveler' or 'snack').

تلهيناverb

1.
to give a giftboth
He gave them a gift (referring to the meanings of 'gift from traveler' or 'snack').

فتلهنverb

1.
to give a giftboth
And he gave them a gift (referring to the meanings of 'gift from traveler' or 'snack').

ألهنهverb

1.
to give a giftboth
He gave him a gift upon his arrival from a journey.

لهنكparticle

1.
indeedclassical
A word used for emphasis, originally 'li-annaka' (verily you), with the initial hamza replaced by a ha, similar to 'iyyaka' and 'hayyaka'.

ألهانname

1.
region in Yemenboth
A region in Yemen, located between Al-'Aran and Jabalān.
2.
area near Medinaboth
An area near Medina, formerly belonging to the Banu Qurayzah tribe.

ألهان بن مالكname

1.
tribal ancestorboth
The ancestor of the Banu Alhan tribe, who was the brother of Hamdan.

اللهنةnoun

1.
clot of pastureclassical
A clump or mass of pasture or grazing land.

Parallel reading

اللهنة، بالضم: ما يهديه المسافر إذا قدم من سفره.

Al-hunnah (with dammah): what a traveler gifts when he arrives from his journey.

وأيضا: اللمجة والسلفة، وهو الطعام الذي يتعلل به قبل الغذاء؛

And also: Al-lamjah and Al-sulafah, which is the food one snacks on before lunch;

وفي الصحاح: قبل إدراك الطعام؛

And in Al-Sihah: before the main meal is attained;

قال عطية الدبيري: طعامها اللهنة أو أقل

Attiyah Al-Dubayri said: her food is Al-hunnah or less

وقد لهنهم و لهن لهم فيهما، أي في المعنيين، تلهينا فتلهن.

And he gifted them, and he gifted for them in both meanings, he gifted them, so he gifted.

وألهنه أهدى له شيئا عند قدومه من سفر.

And he gifted him; he gifted him something upon his arrival from a journey.

ولهنك، بكسر الهاء وفتح اللام: كلمة تستعمل تأكيدا؛

And 'lahinka', with kasrah on the ha and fatha on the lam: a word used for emphasis;

أصلها لأنك فأبدلت الهمزة هاء كإياك وهياك؛

Its origin is 'li-annaka' (verily you), and the hamza was replaced by a ha, like 'iyyaka' and 'hayyaka';

وإنما جمع بين توكيدين اللام وإن، لأن الهمزة لما أبدلت هاء زال لفظ إن فصارت كأنها شيء آخر؛

And indeed, the lam and in were combined for emphasis, because when the hamza was replaced by a ha, the pronunciation of 'inna' was lost, making it seem like something else;

وإنما ذكره هنا لمجيئه على مثاله في اللفظ؛

And he mentioned it here because it comes in a similar form in pronunciation;

ألا يا سنى برق على قلل الحمى لهنك من برق علي كريم

Beware, O flash of lightning on the peaks of Al-Hima, verily you are from a noble lightning to me

وألهان: مخلاف باليمن بينه وبين العرن عشرة فراسخ، وبينه وبين جبلان أربعة عشر فرسخ.

And Alhan: a region in Yemen, ten parasangs between it and Al-'Aran, and fourteen parasangs between it and Jabalān.

وأيضا: ع بنواحي المدينة، كان لبني قريظة، عن ياقوت.

And also: an area near Medina, which belonged to the Banu Qurayzah, according to Yaqut.

وبنوا ألهان: قبيلة من قحطان، وهو ألهان بن مالك بن زيد أخو همدان، وبه سمي المخلاف المذكور.

And Banu Alhan: a tribe from Qahtan, and he is Alhan bin Malik bin Zayd, the brother of Hamdan, and by him the aforementioned region was named.

اللهنة، بالفتح: العلقة من المرعى.

Al-hunnah (with fatha): a clump of pasture.