hawn

leisure, ease

هَوْن

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ه و ن

In the library

يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 273 →

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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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