hunayha

instant, moment, little while

هُنَيْهَة

Word

Noun · pattern فُنَعْلَة

Root

ه ي ه

In the library

فأشار إلي قبل السلام والوصول إليه بالجلوس هنيهة، ليسكن روعي، ففعلت ذلك، ثم وصلت إليه فسلمت عليه، وأشار إلى أن أجلس فلم أفعل.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • هِيهَ Open entry
    and هِيهِ and هِيهٍ: see إِيهَ and ايهِ and إِيهٍ
  • هَيْهَاتَ كَذَا Far, or far from being believed or from the truth, is such a thing
    Far, or far from being believed or from the truth, is such a thing; as also هَيْهَاتَ لِكَذَا: or the latter means remoteness, or remoteness from being believed or from the truth, is to be attributed to such a thing: هَيْهَاتَ followed by لِ means بَعُدَ, (Jel, in xxiii. 38,) or بَعُدَ التَّصْدِيقُ or الصِّحَّةُ: (Bd, ibid:) or البُعْدُ: (Bd, ibid, TA:) and without لِ after it, it denotes the pronouncing [a thing] remote. (TA.) See أَيْهَاتَ. ― -b2- هَيْهَات denotes one's deeming a thing remote, or improbable, and despairing of it; and means بَعُدَ جِدًّا [Very far, &c.], or ما أَبْعَدَ [How far, &c.]; implying more than بَعُدَ though we render it by this word. (Kull, p. 382.)

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