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ḥannaʾa

dye red

حَنَّأَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ح ن ء

Forms

Present
يُحَنِّئُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ حَنَّأَيُحَنِّئُ—
she هِيَ حَنَّأَتتُحَنِّئُ—
they two (m.) هُما حَنَّآيُحَنِّئانِ—
they two (f.) هُما حَنَّأَتاتُحَنِّئانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ حَنَّأُوايُحَنِّئُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ حَنَّأْنَيُحَنِّئْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ حَنَّأْتَتُحَنِّئُحَنِّئْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ حَنَّأْتِتُحَنِّئِينَحَنِّئِي
you two أَنْتُما حَنَّأْتُماتُحَنِّئانِحَنِّئَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ حَنَّأْتُمتُحَنِّئُونَحَنِّئُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ حَنَّأْتُنَّتُحَنِّئْنَحَنِّئْنَ
I أَنا حَنَّأْتُأُحَنِّئُ—
we نَحْنُ حَنَّأْنانُحَنِّئُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • حَنَأَ Form I It (a place) became green, and tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, in its herbage, or plants
    , aor. , It (a place) became green, and tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, in its herbage, or plants. (K.) -A2- حَنَأَتْ يَدَهَا: see 2. ― -b2- حَنَأَهَا He lay with her. (K.)
  • حنّأ Form II He dyed
    , inf. n. تَحْنِىْءٌ and تَحْنِيأَةٌ He dyed (AZ, S, K) his head, (AZ, TA,) or his beard, (S,) with حِنَّآء: (AZ, S, K:) and حنّأت يَدَهَا She (a woman) dyed her hand therewith; as also ↓ حَنَأَتْهَا, aor. . (Msb.)
  • تحنّأ Form V It (his head, or his beard,) was dyed with
    It (his head, or his beard,) was dyed with حِنَّآء (AHn, K.)
  • حِنَّآءٌ A certain plant
    [A certain plant] well known; (S, K;) [the Lawsonia inermis, or Egyptian privet;] used for dyeing the extremities [i. e. the hands and feet and head]: (TA:) [in the present day, the plant itself is called ثَمَرُ الحِنَّآءِ, (vulgo تَمَرحِنَّا,) and its leaves, used for dyeing the hands &c., are called حِنَّآء:] accord. to some, it is the pl. of حِنَّآءَةٌ; [or rather a coll. gen. n., of which حنّآءة is the n. un.;] but it is generally asserted that حنّآءة is a more special word than حنّآء, [as in the S and Msb,] and not the sing. of the latter: (TA:) pl. حُنْآنٌ. (K.) حُنَّآنٌ is said to be an anomalous pl. of حنّآء; or a dial. var. of the latter, and not a pl.: (TA:) and حِنَّانٌ is a dial. var. of حِنَّآءٌ. (Fr, Th, TA in art. حن.)
  • حِنَّايأِىٌّ A seller of حِنَّآء
    A seller of حِنَّآء: pl. حِنَّايأِيُّونَ. (K.)
  • أَخْضَرُ حَانِيأٌ Very green; intensely green
    Very green; intensely green. (K, TA.)

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