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tahāwana

consider easy, disdain, be indifferent toward

تَهاوَنَ

Word

Verb · Form VI

Root

ه و ن

Forms

Present
يَتَهاوَنُ
Verbal noun
تَهاوُن

In the library

وهذا كله خسران وغبن، لا يتهاون به إلا أصحاب الفساد.

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ تَهاوَنَيَتَهاوَنُ—
she هِيَ تَهاوَنَتتَتَهاوَنُ—
they two (m.) هُما تَهاوَنايَتَهاوَنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما تَهاوَنَتاتَتَهاوَنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ تَهاوَنُوايَتَهاوَنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ تَهاوَنَّيَتَهاوَنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ تَهاوَنْتَتَتَهاوَنُتَهاوَنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ تَهاوَنْتِتَتَهاوَنِينَتَهاوَنِي
you two أَنْتُما تَهاوَنْتُماتَتَهاوَنانِتَهاوَنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تَهاوَنْتُمتَتَهاوَنُونَتَهاوَنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تَهاوَنْتُنَّتَتَهاوَنَّتَهاوَنْنَ
I أَنا تَهاوَنْتُأَتَهاوَنُ—
we نَحْنُ تَهاوَنّانَتَهاوَنُ—

From the same root

All words from ه و ن →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 10 entries
  • هَانَ Form I He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious,...
    , inf. n. هَوَانٌ and هُونٌ (Msb, K) and مَهَانَةٌ, (K,) He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, and weak; syn. ذَلَّ, (Msb, K,) and حَقُرَ, (Msb,) and ضَعُفَ. (TA.) ― -b2- هَانَ عَلَيْهِ [It was of light estimation to him] It (a thing) was [easy and] light to him. (TA.) ― -b3- هَانَ also, He, or it, was, or became, gentle, and easy. (Msb.)
  • هَوَّنَهُ عَلَيْهِ Form II made it easy and light to him
    He (God) made it easy and light to him. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- هَوِّنِى الأَمْرَ وَلاَ تَحْزَنِيى لَهُ [Make thou the case, or affair, light, or easy; i. e., regard it lightly; and do not grieve for it]. (TA, art. خفض.)
  • أَهَاهَهُ Form IV He held him in light, or little, or mean, estimation, or in contempt
    , and بِهِ ↓ اِسْتَهَانَ, and بِهِ ↓ تَهَاوَنَ, He held him in light, or little, or mean, estimation, or in contempt; despised him; made light of him or it. (S, K, &c.) ― -b2- أَهَانَهُ He lowered, or abased, him; debased him; rendered him abject, vile, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, or ignominious.
  • تَهَاْوَنَ Form VI Open entry
    see 4.
  • إِسْتَهْوَنَ Form X Open entry
    see 4.
  • هَيْنٌ Easy
    and ↓ هَيِّنٌ Easy: (S, Msb, K:) and the latter of light estimation, paltry, despicable. (K, * TA.)
  • على هِيْنَتَكِ at their ease
    at their ease.
  • هَيِّنٌ Open entry
    : see هَيْنٌ.
  • أَهْوَنُ Open entry
    in the sense of هَيِّنٌ: see أَكْبَرُ. See also an ex. voce بَصِيرَةٌ; and another voce بَعْرٌ.
  • بَعِيرٌ مُهَانٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ A camel held in mean estimation by his owner
    [A camel held in mean estimation by his owner]. (TA, art. دفع.)

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