حن

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Arabic

Root
ح ن ن (ḥ n n)
4 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

حَنَّ (ḥanna) I (non-past يَحِنُّ (yaḥinnu), verbal noun حَنَان (ḥanān))

  1. to be attached, to sympathize, to pity

Conjugation

Verb

حَنَّ (ḥanna) I (non-past يَحِنُّ (yaḥinnu), verbal noun حَنِين (ḥanīn))

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Conjugation

References

Soqotri

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *niḥnu. Akin to Mehri (nḥa), Shehri (nḥa).

Pronoun

حن (ḥan)

  1. we. first-person plural pronoun
    • 2018, “The Fairy”, in Vitaly Naumkin, compiler, Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 2, page 304, line 2:
      عامر عاج أدأيهاه عاچه: تابيلين ديئيه بشڸ بار حان نشحاڸف ڸمطره.
      ʕö́mor ʕag e-díʔyhe ʕáže tɛbíľin díʔi bíššoḷ bər ḥan nəšḥáḷof ḷə-mə́ṭre
      And the man said to his wife: "Gather your things, we are going to leave early next morning."

References

  • Naumkin, Vitaly, et al. (2014) “Glossary”, in Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 560
  • Naumkin, Vitaly, et al. (2018) “Glossary”, in Corpus of Soqotri Oral Literature, volume 2, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 480
  • Leslau, Wolf (1938) “ḥan”, in Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 182

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ن ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَنَّ (ḥanna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħann/,
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Verb

حنّ (ḥann) I (present بحنّ (biḥinn))

  1. to miss, to long for, to yearn for
    Synonym: اشتاق (ištāʔ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حنّ (ḥann)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حنّيت (ḥannēt) حنّيت (ḥannēt) حنّ (ḥann) حنّينا (ḥannēna) حنّيتو (ḥannētu) حنّو (ḥannu)
f حنّيتي (ḥannēti) حنّت (ḥannat)
present m بحنّ (baḥinn) بتحنّ (bitḥinn) بحنّ (biḥinn) منحنّ (minḥinn) بتحنّو (bitḥinnu) بحنّو (biḥinnu)
f بتحنّي (bitḥinni) بتحنّ (bitḥinn)
subjunctive m احنّ (aḥinn) تحنّ (tḥinn) يحنّ (yḥinn) نحنّ (nḥinn) تحنّو (tḥinnu) يحنّو (yḥinnu)
f تحنّي (tḥinni) تحنّ (tḥinn)
imperative m حنّ (ḥinn) حنّو (ḥinnu)
f حنّي (ḥinni)