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))
- elative degree of هَيِّن (hayyin)
- اِخْتَرْ أَهْوَنَ الشَّرَّيْنِ. ― iḵtar ʔahwana š-šarrayni. ― Choose the lesser of two evils.
Declension
| 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 • (ʔahwan) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أَهْوَن ʔahwan |
— |
| nominative | — | أَهْوَنُ ʔahwanu |
— |
| accusative | — | أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana |
— |
| genitive | — | أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana |
— |
Coordinate terms
- days of the week (pre-Islamic): أَيَّامُ ٱلْأُسْبُوعِ فِي مَا قَبْلَ ٱلْإِسْلَام (ʔayyāmu l-ʔusbūʕi fī mā qabla l-ʔislām) (appendix): أَوْل (ʔawl)~أَوَّل (ʔawwal) · أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)~أَوْهَد (ʔawhad)~أَهْوَد (ʔahwad) · جُبَار (jubār) · دُبَار (dubār) · مُؤْنِس (muʔnis) · عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba) · شِيَار (šiyār) [edit]
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