حَضَنَ
Root: حضن
Form: 1
Full Definition
حَضَنَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun حَضْنٌ and حِضَانَةٌ, He put the child in his
حِضْن [i. e. under his arm, or in his bosom]: or he nourished him, reared him, fostered him, brought him up, and took care of him; as also
احتضنهُ . And حَضَنَتْ وَلَدَهَا, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun حِضَانَةٌ, said of a woman, She put her child in her
حِضْن, and [thus] carried him [under her arm,] on one of her two sides: it has a similar meaning to the phrase next following: or it means she had charge of her child, and carried him, and reared him, or fostered him.
2 حَضَنَ بَيْضَهُ, and عَلَى بَيْضِهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَضْنٌ and حِضَانَةٌ and حِضَانٌ and حُضُونٌ, said of a bird, He pressed, or compressed, his eggs to himself, beneath his wing, or beneath his two wings; he sat upon his eggs, protecting them with his two sides (بِحِضْنَيْهِ); he brooded upon his eggs to hatch them: as also .
3 حَضَنَ بَيْضَةً تَحْتَ دَجَاجَةٍ لَهُ حَتَّى أَفْرَخَتْ, meaning He put an egg beneath a hen belonging to him, and made her to sit [or brood] upon it [until it became hatched], if remembered to have been heard [from any of the Arabs of pure speech], is a tropical usage of the verb, like as when one says ” The Emeer built the city: “ otherwise, it is correctly [ حَضَّنَ ,] with teshdeed.
4 حَضَنَهُ عَنْ كَذَا, Verbal.Noun حَضْنٌ and حِضَانَةٌ,
def.2 حَضَنَتْ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حِضَانٌ, or this is a simple subst., She had one of her teats, or breasts, larger than the other. [See حَضُونٌ.]
2 حَضَنَ بَيْضَهُ, and عَلَى بَيْضِهِ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَضْنٌ and حِضَانَةٌ and حِضَانٌ and حُضُونٌ, said of a bird, He pressed, or compressed, his eggs to himself, beneath his wing, or beneath his two wings; he sat upon his eggs, protecting them with his two sides (بِحِضْنَيْهِ); he brooded upon his eggs to hatch them: as also .
3 حَضَنَ بَيْضَةً تَحْتَ دَجَاجَةٍ لَهُ حَتَّى أَفْرَخَتْ, meaning He put an egg beneath a hen belonging to him, and made her to sit [or brood] upon it [until it became hatched], if remembered to have been heard [from any of the Arabs of pure speech], is a tropical usage of the verb, like as when one says ” The Emeer built the city: “ otherwise, it is correctly [ حَضَّنَ ,] with teshdeed.
4 حَضَنَهُ عَنْ كَذَا, Verbal.Noun حَضْنٌ and حِضَانَةٌ,
def.2 حَضَنَتْ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حِضَانٌ, or this is a simple subst., She had one of her teats, or breasts, larger than the other. [See حَضُونٌ.]
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