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حنو

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of bending, curving, or inclining. It extends to actions of causing something to bend, or the state of being bent, and also includes specific applications like bending a hand or forming a bow shape.

Derived headwords

حَنَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bend itboth

    To cause something to bend or curve.

يَحْنُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    he bends itboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to bend something'.

حَنْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    bendingclassical

    The act of bending or curving.

حَنَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bend it (intensive)both

    An intensive form of 'to bend something', implying a stronger or more deliberate action.

انْحَنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to bend overboth

    To become bent or curved, to incline oneself downwards.

انْحَنَى العُودُ — The stick bent.
لم يَحْنِ أحدٌ مِنَّا ظَهْرَه — None of us bent his back (for bowing).
تَحَنَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to bend oneselfboth

    To bend or curve oneself, often implying a deliberate or repeated action.

انْحَنَى العُودُ وتَحَنَّى — The stick bent and curved.
حَنَى يَدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bend his handboth

    To twist or bend one's hand.

الحِنْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bowboth

    A bow, such as a weapon for shooting arrows, characterized by its curved shape.

Parallel reading

حَنَاهُ يَحْنُوهُ حَنْوًا، بالفتح، وحَنَّاهُ بالتشديد: عَطَفَهُ؛ فَانْحَنَى وتَحَنَّى: انْعَطَفَ.
He bent it, he bends it, bending (with fatha), and he bent it (with tashdid): he made it bend; so it bent and it curved: it became bent.
فَانْحَنَى وتَحَنَّى: انْعَطَفَ
So it bent and it curved: it became bent.
انْحَنَى العُودُ وتَحَنَّى.
The stick bent and curved.
لم يَحْنِ أحدٌ مِنَّا ظَهْرَه
None of us bent his back
أي لم يثنه للركوع.
Meaning, he did not bend it for bowing.
وحَنَى يَدَهُ، لواها.
And he bent his hand, he twisted it.
والحِنْيَةُ، كغِنْيَةٍ: القَوْسُ
And the hinya, like ghinya: the bow