wahīn

foreman, overseer

وَهِين

Word

Noun · pattern فَعِيل

Root

و ه ن

In the library

قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ وَالْحَسَنُ كُلٌّ عَلَيْهِ هَيِّنٌ هَيْنٌ وَهَيِّنٌ مِثْلُ لَيْنٍ وَلَيِّنٍ وَمَيْتٍ وَمَيِّتٍ وَضَيْقٍ وَضَيِّقٍ

Sahih al-Bukhari, page 5017 →

From the same root

All words from و ه ن →

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.

Learn وَهِين in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account