wahn
weak, feeble
وَهْن
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلRoot
و ه نIn the library
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا
The Qurʾān, page 305 →From the same root
- وَهَنَbe weak, lack the strength for
- وَهُنَbe weak, lack the strength for
- وَهَّنَweaken, discourage
- وَهْنweakness, feebleness
- أَوْهَنَweaken, discourage
- وَهِينforeman, overseer
- مَوْهِنdeep of the night
- واهِنfeeble, debilitated, despondent
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries-
وَهَنَ Form I He was, or became, weak, or infirm, in an affair, and in operation, and in body
He was, or became, weak, or infirm, in an affair, and in operation, and in body; (Msb:) and so said of a bone: (Bd, and Jel in xix. 3:) and he was, or became, languid, languid and faint, or lax in the joints; (TA, Bd in iii. 140;) enervated, unnerved, or broken in energy; (Bd, ubi suprà;) cowardly. (TA, Jel in iii. 140.) ― -b2- See also 4. -
وَهَّنَ Form II Open entry
see 4. -
أَوْهَنَهُ Form IV He, or it, weakened him
He, or it, weakened him: [rendered him languid, languid and faint, or lax in the joints; enervated him, unnerved him, or broke his energy; rendered him cowardly: (see وَهَنَ:)] (S, Msb, K:) and ↓ وَهَنَهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) but the former is the better, (Msb,) and ↓ وَهَّنَهُ. (S, K.) -
وَهْنٌ period about midnight
The period about midnight; (S, K;) or the time after an hour, or a short period, (سَاعَة,) of the night: (JK, K, TA:) or when the night is departing. (S.) See إِنْىٌ. -
عِرْقُ الوَاهِنَةِ The cephalic vein
The cephalic vein: see فَلِيقٌ. -
وَهْنَانَةٌ Open entry
I. q. وَنَاةٌ, q. v.; and see أَنَاةٌ. -
تَوَهُّنٌ Weak, languid, unable to rise
Weak, languid, unable to rise: see عُدَوَآءُ.
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