Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَحِنَ

Root: احن

Form: 1

Full Definition

أَحِنَI عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَحَنٌ, or أَحْنٌ, and إِحْنَةٌ, or this last is a simple subst.; and أَحَنَ عَلَيْهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun أَحْنٌ; He retained enmity against him in his bosom, watching for an opportunity to indulge it, or exercise it; or hid enmity against him in his bosom; or bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, against him: and he was affected with anger against him, such as came upon him suddenly from the retention or hiding of enmity in the bosom, or from rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite.


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