حِنْوٌ
Root: حنو
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حِنْوٌ
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حَنْوٌ Anything in which is a bending, curving, or crookedness, and the like; of the body, such as the bone beneath the eyebrow, and the jaw-bone, and a rib; and of other things, such as the [high ground termed] قُفّ, and the [tract of sand termed] حِقْف, and the bend of a valley [like مَحْنِيَةٌ &c.]: see مَحْنِيَةٌ: and any curved piece of wood, such as any of the curved pieces of wood of the horse's saddle, and of the [camel's saddle called] قَتَب, and of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل: each of [the curved pieces of wood called] the
قَرْبُوسَانِ, the anterior and the posterior, of the horse's saddle: and a bending, curving, or crookedness, of anything: whence, حِنْوٌ
الجَبَلِ [the bend of the mountain]: pl. [of pauc.] أَحْنَآءٌ and [of mult.] حِنِىٌّ, [in the CK, erroneously, حَنِىٌّ,] and حُنِىٌّ [originally حُنُوٌّ, first altered to حُنِىٌّ, and then, because of the kesreh, to حِنِىٌّ].
2 [The dual] حِنْوَانِ signifies The two curved pieces of wood, with a net upon them, by means of which wheat is conveyed to the heap that is collected together in the place where it is trodden out.
3 And the pl. أَحْنَآءٌ, i. q. جَوَانِبُ [as meaning
4 أَحْنَآءُ الأُمُورِ
2 [The dual] حِنْوَانِ signifies The two curved pieces of wood, with a net upon them, by means of which wheat is conveyed to the heap that is collected together in the place where it is trodden out.
3 And the pl. أَحْنَآءٌ, i. q. جَوَانِبُ [as meaning
4 أَحْنَآءُ الأُمُورِ
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