أهون
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ه و ن (h-w-n) |
Adjective
أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) (feminine هُونَى (hūnā), masculine plural أَهْوَنُون (ʔahwanūn) or أَهَاوِن (ʔahāwin))
- elative degree of هَيِّن (hayyin)
- اِخْتَرْ أَهْوَنَ الشَّرَّيْنِ.
- iḵtar ʔahwana š-šarrayni.
- Choose the lesser of two evils.
Declension
Declension of adjective أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَهْوَن ʔahwan |
الْأَهْوَن al-ʔahwan |
هُونى hūnā |
الْهُونى al-hūnā |
| Nominative | أَهْوَنُ ʔahwanu |
الْأَهْوَنُ al-ʔahwanu |
هُونى hūnā |
الْهُونى al-hūnā |
| Accusative | أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana |
الْأَهْوَنَ al-ʔahwana |
هُونى hūnā |
الْهُونى al-hūnā |
| Genitive | أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana |
الْأَهْوَنِ al-ʔahwani |
هُونى hūnā |
الْهُونى al-hūnā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَهْوَنَيْن ʔahwanayn |
الْأَهْوَنَيْن al-ʔahwanayn |
هُونَيَيْن hūnayayn |
الْهُونَيَيْن al-hūnayayn |
| Nominative | أَهْوَنَانِ ʔahwanāni |
الْأَهْوَنَانِ al-ʔahwanāni |
هُونَيَانِ hūnayāni |
الْهُونَيَانِ al-hūnayāni |
| Accusative | أَهْوَنَيْنِ ʔahwanayni |
الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ al-ʔahwanayni |
هُونَيَيْنِ hūnayayni |
الْهُونَيَيْنِ al-hūnayayni |
| Genitive | أَهْوَنَيْنِ ʔahwanayni |
الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ al-ʔahwanayni |
هُونَيَيْنِ hūnayayni |
الْهُونَيَيْنِ al-hūnayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | ? ? |
? ? |
هُونَيَات hūnayāt |
الْهُونَيَات al-hūnayāt |
| Nominative | ? ? |
? ? |
هُونَيَاتٌ hūnayātun |
الْهُونَيَاتُ al-hūnayātu |
| Accusative | ? ? |
? ? |
هُونَيَاتٍ hūnayātin |
الْهُونَيَاتِ al-hūnayāti |
| Genitive | ? ? |
? ? |
هُونَيَاتٍ hūnayātin |
الْهُونَيَاتِ al-hūnayāti |
Descendants
- → Turkish: ehven
Proper noun
أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) m
Declension
See also
- (Pre-Islamic days of the week) أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع السَّابِقَة لِلْإِسْلَام (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ as-sābiqa lilʔislām); أَوْل (ʔawl) ~ أَوَّل (ʔawwal), أَهْوَن (ʔahwan) ~ أَوْهَد (ʔawhad) ~ أَهْوَد (ʔahwad), جُبَار (jubār), دُبَار (dubār), مُؤْنِس (muʔnis), عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba), شِيَار (šiyār) (Category: ar:Days of the week)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1837) “أهون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 420
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أهون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1461
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أهون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364
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