أهون

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Arabic

Root
ه و ن (h w n)
18 terms

Etymology

Elative of هَيِّن (hayyin, “easy; insignificant ”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) (feminine هُونَى (hūnā), masculine plural أَهْوَنُون (ʔahwanūn) or أَهَاوِن (ʔahāwin))

  1. elative degree of هَيِّن (hayyin)
    اِخْتَرْ أَهْوَنَ الشَّرَّيْنِ.
    iḵtar ʔahwana š-šarrayni.
    Choose the lesser of two evils.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular diptote singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَهْوَن
ʔahwan 		الْأَهْوَن
al-ʔahwan 		هُونى
hūnā 		الْهُونى
al-hūnā
Nominative أَهْوَنُ
ʔahwanu 		الْأَهْوَنُ
al-ʔahwanu 		هُونى
hūnā 		الْهُونى
al-hūnā
Accusative أَهْوَنَ
ʔahwana 		الْأَهْوَنَ
al-ʔahwana 		هُونى
hūnā 		الْهُونى
al-hūnā
Genitive أَهْوَنَ
ʔahwana 		الْأَهْوَنِ
al-ʔahwani 		هُونى
hūnā 		الْهُونى
al-hūnā
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَهْوَنَيْن
ʔahwanayn 		الْأَهْوَنَيْن
al-ʔahwanayn 		هُونَيَيْن
hūnayayn 		الْهُونَيَيْن
al-hūnayayn
Nominative أَهْوَنَانِ
ʔahwanāni 		الْأَهْوَنَانِ
al-ʔahwanāni 		هُونَيَانِ
hūnayāni 		الْهُونَيَانِ
al-hūnayāni
Accusative أَهْوَنَيْنِ
ʔahwanayni 		الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ
al-ʔahwanayni 		هُونَيَيْنِ
hūnayayni 		الْهُونَيَيْنِ
al-hūnayayni
Genitive أَهْوَنَيْنِ
ʔahwanayni 		الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ
al-ʔahwanayni 		هُونَيَيْنِ
hūnayayni 		الْهُونَيَيْنِ
al-hūnayayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
? 		?
? 		هُونَيَات
hūnayāt 		الْهُونَيَات
al-hūnayāt
Nominative ?
? 		?
? 		هُونَيَاتٌ
hūnayātun 		الْهُونَيَاتُ
al-hūnayātu
Accusative ?
? 		?
? 		هُونَيَاتٍ
hūnayātin 		الْهُونَيَاتِ
al-hūnayāti
Genitive ?
? 		?
? 		هُونَيَاتٍ
hūnayātin 		الْهُونَيَاتِ
al-hūnayāti

Descendants

  • → Turkish: ehven

Proper noun

أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) m

  1. (obsolete) Monday
    Alternative forms: أَهْوَد (ʔahwad), أَوْهَد (ʔawhad)

Declension

Declension of noun أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — أَهْوَن
ʔahwan 		—
Nominative — أَهْوَنُ
ʔahwanu 		—
Accusative — أَهْوَنَ
ʔahwana 		—
Genitive — أَهْوَنَ
ʔahwana 		—

See also

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “أهون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 420
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أهون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1461
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أهون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364
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