Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

احان

Root: حين

Form: 4

Full Definition

احانIV i. q. أَزْمَنَ [i. e. Time, or a long time, passed over him, or it; he, or it, endured, or continued, for a time, or for a long time].
2 أَحْيَنَ He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, for a time in a place.
3 أَحْيَنَتِ الإِبِلُ The time came, or drew near, for the camels to be milked: or for the camels to have their loads bound upon them. (AA, K. [In the CK, يُعْلَمَ is erroneously put for يُعْكَمَ.])
4 أَحْيَنَ القَوْمُ The time of what they desired, or sought, came, or drew near, to the company of men: the time of their attainment of what they hoped for came, or drew near, to them.

def.2 As a trans. verb: see 2.
2 احانهُ ٱللّٰهُ God caused him to die, or destroyed him; as also حيّنهُ , Verbal.Noun تَحْيِينٌ.
3 God tried him, or afflicted him with a trial.


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