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Form 1هَنُؤَ23 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarهَنَآءَةٌ هَنْءٌ هَنَأٌ

Core sense — it came without trouble; it was pleasant to the eater; he smeared camels with targenerated

1.1

maṣdar هَنَآءَةٌ and هَنِئَ; also.

It came, or happened, without trouble. [It was pleasant, or productive of enjoyment: see what immediately follows.]

1.1.1the food was, or became, pleasant to the eater—هَنُؤَ الطَّعَامُ

maṣdar هَنَآءَةٌ, هَنَأَةٌ and هَنْءٌ, or هِنْءٌ; adjective هَنِىْءٌ.

Also هَنِئَ, maṣdar هَنْءٌ and هَنَأَ.

Or: easy to swallow, not attended by trouble; or not followed by harm, even after digestion. Z, cited under مَرُؤَ.

1.1.2the food was pleasant to me, or easy to swallow—هَنَأَنِى الطَّعَامُ

the last, Akh says, has no parallel in the class called mahmooz, [though بَرَأَ and قَرَأَ are similar in having ḍamm in the muḍāriʿ]. Maṣdar هَنْءٌ and هِنْءٌ.

the food was pleasant to me, or easy to swallow—هَنَأَ لِىَ

See هَنُؤَ.

1.1.3

هَنَأَنِى الطّعامُ وَمَرأَنِى: see the article مرأ.

1.1.4that thing was pleasant to him—هَنَأَهُ ذٰلِكَ

that thing was pleasant to him—هنأ لَهُ ذلك

[See هَنُؤَ.]

1.1.5the news of such a one was pleasant to me to hear—هَنَأَنِى خَبَرُ فُلَانٍ

1.1.6he enjoyed the food, finding it pleasant—هَنِئَ الطّعَامَ

Muḍāriʿ هَنَاَ, تهنّأ بَالطّعامِ, تهنّأ الطّعام and استهنأهُ.

He found the food to bring no bad result and no trouble. See هَنُؤَ.

1.1.7he lighted upon a good piece of herbage, but did not eat his fill of it—هَنِئَ

Said of a beast.

1.1.8we ate this food until we were satiated with it—أَكَلْنَا هٰذَا الطَّعَامَ حَتَّى هَنِئْنَا مِنْهُ

1.1.9the camels were satiated with herbage—هَنِئَتِ الإِبِلُ

1.1.10he rejoiced in him, or it—هَنِئَ بِهِ

1.1.11God made the food pleasant to us; He made us enjoy it—هَنَأَنَا اللّٰهُ الطَّعَامَ

See هَنُؤَ.

1.1.12health made it pleasant to me—هَنَأَتْنِيهِ العَافِيَةُ

1.1.13may the horseman give you joy—لِيَهْنِئْكَ الفَارِسُ

A form of congratulation on the exploits of a horseman: I congratulate you on what the horseman has done.

Also written and pronounced لِيَهْنِيكَ.

ليهنك, though it occurs in a tradition pronounced لِيَهْنِكَ or لِيَهْنَكَ (which of these is to be preferred is disputed), is said to be a vulgarism and not allowable.

1.1.14he fed him; he gave him to eat—هَنَأَهُ

[and apparently هَنِاَ: see هَانِئٌ].

1.1.15he gave him, or bestowed upon him; he gave him plentifully—هَنَأَهُ

maṣdar هَنْءٌ and اهنأهُ.

1.1.16he made the food good; he seasoned it properly—هَنَأَ الطَّعَامَ

Maṣdar هَنْءٌ, هِنْءٌ and هَنَآءَةٌ, or هَنَأَةٌ, or هِنَأَةٌ, or هَنْأَةٌ.

Synonym: أَصْلَحَهُ.

1.1.17he put his property in a good state—هَنَأَ مَالَهُ

he put his property in a good state—اهتنأ ماله

1.1.18he maintained the people, supplying their wants and bestowing upon them—هَنَأَ القَوْمَ

he maintained them two months—هَنَأَهُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ

Hence the proverb quoted to illustrate هَانِئٌ, according to the second reading.

1.1.19he aided, or defended, him—هَنَأَهُ

1.2he smeared the camels with tar, or liquid pitch—هَنَأَ الإِبِلَ

(the last departing from the constant rule shown above).

The substance is هِنَآء, that is, tar or liquid pitch, قَطِرَان, or a kind of it, [as a remedy for, or a preventive of, the mange or scab].

1.2.1smearing a camel all over is not merely smearing the hollows under its shoulders and the like—لَيْسَ الهَنْءُ بِالدَّسِّ

A proverb, applied to one who does not do a thing thoroughly.

The smearing is with هِنَآء; the hollows under the shoulders and the like are the places the mange, or scab, attacks soonest.

1.2.2

See form 2.

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, aor. هَنُاَ , inf. n. هَنَآءَةٌ ; and هَنِئَ , aor. هَنَاَ ; It came, or happened, without inconvenience, or trouble: (K:) [it was pleasant, or productive of enjoyment: see what immediately follows]. هَنُؤَ الطَّعَامُ (S, K *) aor. هَنُاَ , inf. n. هَنَآءَةٌ (S, K) and هَنَأَةٌ and هَنْءٌ , (K,) or هِنْءٌ (as in some copies of the K, and in the L); epithet هَنِىْءٌ ; (S;) and هَنِئَ , (Akh, S, K,) aor. هَنَاَ , inf. n. هَنْءٌ ; (TA;) and هَنَأَ , aor. هَنِاَ , (Lth,) The food was, or became, pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to the eater: or easy to swallow; not attended by trouble: [agreeable:] or not succeeded by harm, even after digestion. (Z, cited voce مَرُؤَ .) هَنَأَنِى الطَّعَامُ , (Akh, S, K), and هَنَأَ لِىَ , aor. هَنِاَ and هَنَاَ (S, K) and هَنُاَ , (K,) unexampled, says Akh, in the class termed mahmooz, (S,) [though بَرَأَ and قَرَأَ are similar with respect to their having damm to the aor.,] inf. n. هَنْءٌ and هِنْءٌ , (S, K,) [The food was pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to me: or easy to swallow; &c.: see هَنُؤَ ]. هَنَأَنِى الطّعامُ وَمَرأَنِى : see art. مرأ . هَنَأَهُ ذٰلِكَ , and هنأ لَهُ ذلك That (thing) was pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to him; &c. (TA.) [See هَنُؤَ .] هَنَأَنِى خَبَرُ فُلَانٍ The news of such a one was pleasant to me to hear. (TA.) هَنِئَ الطّعَامَ , aor. هَنَاَ ; and تهنّأ بَالطّعامِ , (S, K,) and تهنّأ الطّعام , and استهنأهُ , (TA,) [He enjoyed the food; found it pleasant, or productive of enjoyment; &c.: see هَنُؤَ :] he found the food to be productive of no evil result, and not attended by inconvenience. (TA.) هَنِئَ , (AZ, S, K,) aor. هَنَاَ , inf. n. هَنَأٌ and هَنْءٌ , (K,) He (a beast) lighted upon a good piece of herbage, but did not satiate himself therewith. (AZ, S, K.) أَكَلْنَا هٰذَا الطَّعَامَ حَتَّى هَنِئْنَا مِنْهُ We ate this food until we were satiated with it. (TA.) هَنِئَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels were satiated with herbage. (TA.) هَنِئَ بِهِ He rejoiced in him, or it. (K.) هَنَأَنَا اللّٰهُ الطَّعَامَ [God made the food pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to us: &c.: made us to enjoy it: see هَنُؤَ ]. (TA.) هَنَأَتْنِيهِ العَافِيَةُ [Health made it pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to me: &c.]. (K.) لِيَهْنِئْكَ الفَارِسُ [May the horseman give thee joy: a form of congratulation on the exploits of a horseman; i. e., I congratulate thee on the exploits of the horseman]: also written and pronounced لِيَهْنِيكَ : ليهنك , though it occurs in a trad., pronounced لِيَهْنِكَ or لِيَهْنَكَ , (but which pronunciation is to be preferred is disputed,) is said to be a vulgarism, and not allowable. (TA.) هَنَأَهُ , aor. هَنَاَ (K) [and app., هَنِاَ (see هَانِئٌ )], inf. n. هَنْءٌ , (TA,) He fed him; or gave him to eat. (K.) هَنَأَهُ , aor. هَنَاَ and هَنِاَ , (S, K,) inf. n. هَنْءٌ ; (S;) and اهنأهُ ; (IAar, K;) He gave him, or bestowed upon him: (S, K:) gave him plentifully. (TA.) هَنَأَ الطَّعَامَ , inf. n. هَنْءٌ and هِنْءٌ (K) and هَنَآءَةٌ (as in some copies of the K) or هَنَأَةٌ (as in others) or هِنَأَةٌ (as in others) or هَنْأَةٌ (as in the CK), He made the food good; qualified it properly; seasoned it: syn. أَصْلَحَهُ . (K.) هَنَأَ مَالَهُ , (TA,) and اهتنأ ماله , (K,) He put his property in a right, or good, state. (K.) هَنَأَ القَوْمَ , aor. هَنَاَ , He nourished, or maintained, the people; (S;) satisfied their wants; bestowed upon them. (TA.) Ex. هَنَأَهُمْ شَهْرَيْنِ [He maintained them two months]. Hence the proverb quoted in illustration of the word هَانِئٌ , accord. to the second reading. (TA) هَنَأَهُ He aided, succoured, or defended, him. (K.) هَنَأَ الإِبِلَ , aor. هَنَاَ (S, K,) and هَنِاَ and هَنُاَ (K: dev. from constant rule as shown above: TA), inf. n. هَنَأٌ and هَنْءٌ , (TA,) He smeared the camels with هِنَآء , which is tar, or liquid pitch, syn. قَطِرَان , (AZ, S, K,) or a kind thereof, (TA,) [as a remedy for, or preservative against, the mange, or scab]. لَيْسَ الهَنْءُ بِالدَّسِّ The smearing of a camel [all over] with هِنَآء is not [merely] smearing the cavities under the shoulders, and the like, which the mange, or scab, more quickly attacks. A proverb, applied to him who does not a thing thoroughly. (TA.) See 2.

Form 2هَنَّاهُ وَمَنَّاهُ4 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَهْنِئَةٌ هَنْءٌ

Core sense — he congratulated him; he made him think of pleasant thingsgenerated

2.1

In a tradition about the prostration for inattention: he (the devil) made him think, during his prayer, of pleasant things and of things he desired.

The first verb is pronounced this way to match the second.

2.1.1he congratulated him on the thing—هنّأهُ بِالأَمْرِ

Maṣdar تَهْنِئَةٌ and تَهْنِىْءٌ.

he congratulated him on the thing—هَنَأَهُ

may it give you joy—لِيَهْنِئْكَ

on this sense Said of such a thing as the gaining of a government.

2.1.2

[When God is the agent of the verb, the meaning must be: He granted him enjoyment in the thing; He made him have enjoyment in it.]

2.1.3

هُنِّئْتَ وَلَا تُنْكَهْ: see the article نكأ.

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(in a trad. respecting the prostration for inattention) He (the devil) made him to think of pleasant things, or things productive of enjoyment, and of things wished for, or objects of desire, in his prayer. The former verb is pronounced thus to assimilate it to the latter. (TA.) هنّأهُ بِالأَمْرِ , inf. n. تَهْنِئَةٌ and تَهْنِىْءٌ ; (S, K;) and هَنَأَهُ , (K,) inf. n. هَنْءٌ ; (TA;) He congratulated him on the thing, (S, K,) such as the possession of a government, &c.: (S:) he said to him لِيَهْنِئْكَ [May it give thee joy]. (K.) [When the agent of the verb is God, the meaning necessarily is, He granted him enjoyment in the thing; made him to have enjoyment in it.] هُنِّئْتَ وَلَا تُنْكَهْ : see art. نكأ .

Form 4أَهْنَاَ1 sense

Core sense — he made the food pleasant to him; he gave him plentifullygenerated

4.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 5تهنّأ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he gave many gifts; he prided himself in a thinggenerated

5.1

He gave many gifts.

5.1.1he prided himself in such a thing—تهنّأ بِكَذَا

Unless it is a mistake for تهيّأ, as IbrD suggests, which I think not unlikely, though it is mentioned in this article in the TA.

Synonyms: تمرّأ, تغيّظ, تسمّن, تخيّل and تزيّن.

5.1.2

See form 1.

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He gave many gifts. (IAar.) تهنّأ بِكَذَا [unless it be a mistake for تهيّأ , as IbrD suggests, which I think not improbable, though mentioned in this art. in the TA] He prided himself in such a thing: syn. تمرّأ and تغيّظ and تسمّن and تخيّل and تزيّن . (TA.) See 1.

Form 8إِهْتَنَاَ1 sense

Core sense — he enjoyed the food, finding it pleasantgenerated

8.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 10استهنأهُ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he asked him for aid, or for a giftgenerated

10.1

He asked him for aid, or defence.

10.1.1

He asked him for a gift.

10.1.2

He conceded to him, or gave him, a part of his dues, or rights.

10.1.3

See form 1.

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He asked him for aid, succour, or defence. (K.) He asked him for a gift. (K, TA.) He conceded to him, or gave him, a part of his dues, or rights. (TA.) See 1.

Derived nouns 8

Nounهِنْءٌ3 senses

Core sense — a gift; a part of the night; the smearing with targenerated

A gift.

A part of the night.

3the smearing with tar, or liquid pitch—هِنْءٌ

A noun from هَنَأَ الإِبِلَ, that is, the smearing with هِنَآء.

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A gift. (S, K.) A part of the night. (K.) هِنْءٌ subst. from هَنَأَ الإِبِلَ ; (K;) i. e., The smearing with هِنَآء . (MF.)

Nounإِبِلٌ هَنْأَى1 sense

Core sense — camels that have found good herbage but are not satiated with itgenerated

Camels which have lighted upon a good piece of herbage, but are not satiated with it.

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Camels which have lighted upon a good piece of herbage, but are not satiated therewith. (K.)

Nounهِنَآءٌ2 senses

Core sense — tar, or liquid pitchgenerated

Tar, or liquid pitch; قَطِرَانٌ, or a kind of it.

See also نُورَةٌ and قالِبٌ.

2a raceme of a palm-tree—هِنَآءٌ

A dialectal variant of إِهَانٌ, or formed from it by transposition. [See إِهَانٌ.]

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Tar, or liquid pitch; syn. قَطِرَانٌ : (S, K:) or a kind thereof. (TA.) See also نُورَةٌ ; and قالِبٌ . هِنَآءٌ dial. var. of إِهَانٌ , (K,) or formed from the latter by transposition, (TA,) A raceme of a palm-tree. (AHn, K.) [See إِهَانٌ .]

Nounهَنِىْءٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pleasant, productive of enjoyment; easy to swallowgenerated

What comes, or happens, to one without trouble: [what is pleasant, or productive of enjoyment; an unalloyed gratification, that is, a thing that gives unalloyed enjoyment: see what follows.]

Also مَهْنَأٌ, a noun, sometimes written and pronounced مَهْنَا; plural مَهَانِئُ, sometimes written and pronounced مَهَانٍ.

[See مهنأ also below.]

1.1

Pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to the eater; or easy to swallow, not attended by trouble; or not followed by harm, even after digestion. Z, cited under مَرُؤَ.

1.2eat it, or drink it, with enjoyment and with wholesome result—هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا

Or: with ease in the swallowing and quickness in digesting. See مَرُؤَ.

1.3may that be productive of enjoyment to him—هَنِيْئًا لَهُ ذٰلِكَ

1.4

هَنِيْئًا and مَرِيْئًا are among the adjectives used in the manner of maṣdars expressing a prayer or good wish, put in the accusative by a verb understood.

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What comes or happens to one without inconvenience, or trouble: (S, K:) [what is pleasant, or productive of enjoyment; an unalloyed gratification, i. e., a thing that gives unalloyed enjoyment; see what follows:] as also مَهْنَأٌ , (K,) a subst., sometimes written and pronounced مَهْنَا ; pl. مَهَانِئُ , sometimes written and pronounced مَهَانٍ . (TA.) [See مهنأ also below.] Pleasant, or productive of enjoyment, to the eater: or easy to swallow; not attended by trouble: or not succeeded by harm, even after its digestion. (Z, cited voce مَرُؤَ .) هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا [May it be, or Eat it, or Drink it, with enjoyment, and with wholesome result: or with ease in the swallowing, and with quickness in digesting: &c.: see مَرُؤَ ]. (S.) هَنِيْئًا لَهُ ذٰلِكَ [May that be productive of enjoyment to him!]. (TA.) هَنِيْئًا and مَرِيْئًا are of the number of epithets which are employed after the manner of inf. ns. significant of a prayer or good wish, governed in the acc. case by a verb understood. (Sb.)

Nounهُنَيْئَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a little; a little whilegenerated

A little; a little while. Also هُنَيَّةٌ and هُنَيْهَةٌ.

The first is the most usual; the second is said to be formed by substituting ه for ء. But according to some the word is incorrectly written with ء [so says F], and is a diminutive formed from هَنْوَةٌ, which becomes first هُنَيْوَةٌ and then هُنَيَّةٌ. See the article هنو.

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(K) and هُنَيَّةٌ and هُنَيْهَةٌ (the second is the most usual; and the third is said to be formed by substituting ه for ء ; but accord. to some, the word is incorrectly written with ء , [so says F,] and is a dim. formed from هَنْوَةٌ , which becomes first هُنَيْوَةٌ , and then هُنَيَّةٌ : see art. هنو :) (TA:) A little; a little while. (K.)

Nounهَانِئٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a servant; a giver, or nourishergenerated

A servant.

1.1

هَانِئًا occurs in this sense in a tradition, but the reading commonly known is مَاهِنًا. If it is right, it is an ism fāʿil from هنأ, “he gave.”

1.2you are named Hāniʾ (Giver, or Nourisher) only so that you may give—إِنَّمَا سُمِّيتَ هَانِئًا لِتَهْنِئَ

you are named Hāniʾ (Giver, or Nourisher) only so that you may give, or that you may nourish and maintain people and supply their wants—لِتَهْنَأَ

The reading of El-Umawee.

The reading of Ks.

لتعول وتكفى [this is said to be the meaning of لتهنأ here].

According to El-Umawee, لتهنئ means لِتُمْرِئَ [which is apparently the same as لتعول].

on this sense A proverb, said to one known for his generosity, so that he may keep on doing as he has done.

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A servant. (K.) هَانِئًا occurs in this sense in a trad.; but the reading commonly known is مَاهِنًا . If right, it is an act. part. n. from هنأ “ he gave. ” (TA.) إِنَّمَا سُمِّيتَ هَانِئًا لِتَهْنِئَ , or لِتَهْنَأَ ; the former is the reading of El-Umawee; the latter, of Ks; Thou art only named Háni (Giver, or Nourisher,) that thou mayest give, accord. to both readings; or that thou mayest nourish, or maintain, and supply people's wants; لتعول وتكفى : (TA:) [such is said to be the meaning of لتهنأ here:] and accord. to El-Umawee, لتهنئ signifies لِتُمْرِئَ , (S,) [which is app. the same as لتعول ]. A proverb: said to him who is known for his beneficence, in order that he may continue to do as he has been wont. (TA.)

Nounمَهْنَأٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an unalloyed gratification, a thing enjoyed without troublegenerated

See هَنِىءٌ.

1.1unalloyed gratification to you—لَكَ المَهْنَأُ

unalloyed gratification to you—المَهْنَا

1.2to you be unalloyed gratification, and on him be the burden, or sin—لَكَ المَهْنَأُ وَعَلَيْهِ الوِزْرُ

According to a tradition, said to a man who asked whether he should accept an invitation to eat the food of one who took unlawful interest or profit; also said about eating the food of a tyrannical intendant.

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: see هَنِىءٌ . لَكَ المَهْنَأُ , (S,) and المَهْنَا , (TA,) [Unalloyed gratification to thee!] لَكَ المَهْنَأُ وَعَلَيْهِ الوِزْرُ [To thee be unalloyed gratification, and on him be the burden, or sin]: said, accord. to a trad., to one who asked whether he should accept an invitation to eat the food of one who received unlawful interest or profit; and also said with respect to eating the food of a tyrannical intendant. (TA.)

Nounمَهْنُوْءٌ1 sense

Core sense — a camel smeared with targenerated

A camel smeared with هِنَاء.

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A camel smeared with هِنَاء . (S.)