Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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وهم وهن وهى


1. ⇒ وهن

وَهَنَ He was, or became, weak, or infirm, in an affair, and in operation, and in body; (Mṣb:) and so said of a bone: (Bḍ, and Jel in xix. 3:) and he was, or became, languid, languid and faint, or lax in the joints; (TA, Bḍ in iii. 140;) enervated, unnerved, or broken in energy; (Bḍ, ubi suprà;) cowardly. (TA, Jel in iii. 140.)

Root: وهن - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

2. ⇒ وهّن

وَهَّنَ see 4.


4. ⇒ اوهن

أَوْهَنَهُ 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:)] (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) andوَهَنَهُ↓, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) but the former is the better, (Mṣb,) andوَهَّنَهُ↓. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


وَهْنٌ

وَهْنٌ The period about midnight; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) or the time after an hour, or a short period, (سَاعَة,) of the night: (JK, Ḳ, TA:) or when the night is departing. (Ṣ.) See إِنْىٌ.


الوَاهِنَةِ

عِرْقُ الوَاهِنَةِ The cephalic vein: see فَلِيقٌ.


وَهْنَانَةٌ


تَوَهُّنٌ

تَوَهُّنٌ Weak, languid, unable to rise: see عُدَوَآءُ.


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