هين

Arabic

Root
ه و ن (h w n)
18 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haj.jin/

Adjective

هَيِّن • (hayyin) (feminine هَيِّنَة (hayyina), masculine plural هَيِّنُونَ (hayyinūna) or أَهْوِنَاء (ʔahwināʔ), feminine plural هَيِّنَات (hayyināt), elative أَهْوَن (ʔahwan))

  1. easy, cushy
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:9:
      قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا
      qāla kaḏālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʕalayya hayyinun waqad ḵalaqtuka min qablu walam taku šayʔan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. of low importance, trifling, insignificant
    Antonym: عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:15:
      إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ
      ʾiḏ talaqqawnahu bi-ʾalsinatikum wa-taqūlūna bi-ʾafwāhikummā laysa lakum bihi ʿilmun wa-taḥsabūnahu hayyinan wa-huwa ʿinda llahi ʿaẓīmun
      When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of God, tremendous.
  3. plain and unpretentious, humble

Declension

Declension of adjective هَيِّن (hayyin)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal هَيِّن
hayyin 		الْهَيِّن
al-hayyin 		هَيِّنَة
hayyina 		الْهَيِّنَة
al-hayyina
nominative هَيِّنٌ
hayyinun 		الْهَيِّنُ
al-hayyinu 		هَيِّنَةٌ
hayyinatun 		الْهَيِّنَةُ
al-hayyinatu
accusative هَيِّنًا
hayyinan 		الْهَيِّنَ
al-hayyina 		هَيِّنَةً
hayyinatan 		الْهَيِّنَةَ
al-hayyinata
genitive هَيِّنٍ
hayyinin 		الْهَيِّنِ
al-hayyini 		هَيِّنَةٍ
hayyinatin 		الْهَيِّنَةِ
al-hayyinati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal هَيِّنَيْن
hayyinayn 		الْهَيِّنَيْن
al-hayyinayn 		هَيِّنَتَيْن
hayyinatayn 		الْهَيِّنَتَيْن
al-hayyinatayn
nominative هَيِّنَانِ
hayyināni 		الْهَيِّنَانِ
al-hayyināni 		هَيِّنَتَانِ
hayyinatāni 		الْهَيِّنَتَانِ
al-hayyinatāni
accusative هَيِّنَيْنِ
hayyinayni 		الْهَيِّنَيْنِ
al-hayyinayni 		هَيِّنَتَيْنِ
hayyinatayni 		الْهَيِّنَتَيْنِ
al-hayyinatayni
genitive هَيِّنَيْنِ
hayyinayni 		الْهَيِّنَيْنِ
al-hayyinayni 		هَيِّنَتَيْنِ
hayyinatayni 		الْهَيِّنَتَيْنِ
al-hayyinatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural‎;
basic broken plural diptote 		sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal هَيِّنِين‎; أَهْوِنَاء
hayyinīn‎; ʔahwināʔ 		الْهَيِّنِين‎; الْأَهْوِنَاء
al-hayyinīn‎; al-ʔahwināʔ 		هَيِّنَات
hayyināt 		الْهَيِّنَات
al-hayyināt
nominative هَيِّنُونَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءُ
hayyinūna‎; ʔahwināʔu 		الْهَيِّنُونَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءُ
al-hayyinūna‎; al-ʔahwināʔu 		هَيِّنَاتٌ
hayyinātun 		الْهَيِّنَاتُ
al-hayyinātu
accusative هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ
hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa 		الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءَ
al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔa 		هَيِّنَاتٍ
hayyinātin 		الْهَيِّنَاتِ
al-hayyināti
genitive هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ
hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa 		الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءِ
al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔi 		هَيِّنَاتٍ
hayyinātin 		الْهَيِّنَاتِ
al-hayyināti

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “هين”, 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) “هين”, 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) “هين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364

Malay

Noun

هين

  1. Jawi spelling of hina.‎

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Adjective

هين • (hayyin) (feminine هينة (hayyne), elative أهين (ʾahyan) or أهون (ʾahwan))

  1. easy
    الإمتحان كان كتير هين. ― l-ʾimtiḥān kān ktīr hayyin. ― The test was very easy.
    ما في أهون من هيك. ― ma fi ʾahwan min hayk. ― Nothing’s easier than that.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه و ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haj.jin/, [ˈhej.jɪn]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

هيّن • (hayyen) (feminine هيّنة (hayyne), masculine plural هيّنين (hayynīn), elative أهون (ʔahwan))

  1. easy
    Synonym: سهل (sahl)
    Antonym: صعب (ṣaʕb)

See also

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