Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَنَّنَ

Root: حن

Form: 2

Full Definition

حَنَّنَII [حنّنهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ, accord. to modern usage, and perhaps classical also, He, or it, caused him to be merciful, compassionate, pitiful, or favourably inclined, towards another.]

def.2 حَمَلَ فَحَنَّنَ He charged, or made an assault or attack, and was cowardly, and retreated.
2 مَا حَنَّنَ عَنِّى He did not turn away from me; did not leave, or relinquish, me. [And , or حَنَّ , seems to have a similar meaning: for] you say, أَثَرٌ لَا يُحِنُّ عَنِ الجِلْدِ A mark that does not go away from the skin: or, accord. to Th, who does not explain it, it is يَحِنُّ.

def.3 حَنَّنَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The tree blossomed, or flowered: and in like manner one says of a herb.


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