أهون

Arabic

Root
ه و ن (h w n)
18 terms

Etymology

Elative of هَيِّن (hayyin, easy; insignificant ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔah.wan/

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
  • Azerbaijani: əhvən

Proper noun

أَهْوَن • (ʔahwanm

  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

Coordinate terms

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “أهون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (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[2] (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[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364