تحين

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ي ن (ḥ y n)
6 terms

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ta.ħaj.ja.na/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /ta.ħaj.jun/

Verb

تَحَيَّنَ (taḥayyana) V (non-past يَتَحَيَّنُ (yataḥayyanu), verbal noun تَحَيُّن (taḥayyun))

  1. to wait for, to watch for
    • 1913, Muhammad Husayn Haykal, زينب [Zaynab]:
      وَكَمْ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ فِيمَا مَضَى كَانَتْ تَتَحَيَّنُ ٱلْفُرَصَ لِتَجِدَ مُنَاسِبَةً تَخَاطَبَ بِهَا زَوْجُهَا فِي هٰذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ
      wakam min marratin fīmā maḍā kānat tataḥayyanu l-furaṣa litajida munāsibatan taḵāṭaba bihā zawjuhā fī hāḏā l-ʔamri
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Conjugation

Noun

تَحَيُّن (taḥayyunm

  1. verbal noun of تَحَيَّنَ (taḥayyana) (form V)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

تحين (form I)

  1. تَحِينُ (taḥīnu) /ta.ħiː.nu/: inflection of حَانَ (ḥāna):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تَحِينَ (taḥīna) /ta.ħiː.na/: inflection of حَانَ (ḥāna):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive