حين

See also: چین, خين, جئن, جین, and خین

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ح ي ن (ḥ-y-n).

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /ħiːn/

Noun

حِين • (ḥīn) m (plural أَحْيَان (ʔaḥyān) or أَحَايِين (ʔaḥāyīn))

time, moment
opportunity

Declension

Declension of noun حِين (ḥīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِين ḥīn	الْحِين al-ḥīn	حِين ḥīn
Nominative	حِينٌ ḥīnun	الْحِينُ al-ḥīnu	حِينُ ḥīnu
Accusative	حِينًا ḥīnan	الْحِينَ al-ḥīna	حِينَ ḥīna
Genitive	حِينٍ ḥīnin	الْحِينِ al-ḥīni	حِينِ ḥīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِينَيْن ḥīnayn	الْحِينَيْن al-ḥīnayn	حِينَيْ ḥīnay
Nominative	حِينَانِ ḥīnāni	الْحِينَانِ al-ḥīnāni	حِينَا ḥīnā
Accusative	حِينَيْنِ ḥīnayni	الْحِينَيْنِ al-ḥīnayni	حِينَيْ ḥīnay
Genitive	حِينَيْنِ ḥīnayni	الْحِينَيْنِ al-ḥīnayni	حِينَيْ ḥīnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْيَان‎; أَحَايِين ʔaḥyān‎; ʔaḥāyīn	الْأَحْيَان‎; الْأَحَايِين al-ʔaḥyān‎; al-ʔaḥāyīn	أَحْيَان‎; أَحَايِين ʔaḥyān‎; ʔaḥāyīn
Nominative	أَحْيَانٌ‎; أَحَايِينُ ʔaḥyānun‎; ʔaḥāyīnu	الْأَحْيَانُ‎; الْأَحَايِينُ al-ʔaḥyānu‎; al-ʔaḥāyīnu	أَحْيَانُ‎; أَحَايِينُ ʔaḥyānu‎; ʔaḥāyīnu
Accusative	أَحْيَانًا‎; أَحَايِينَ ʔaḥyānan‎; ʔaḥāyīna	الْأَحْيَانَ‎; الْأَحَايِينَ al-ʔaḥyāna‎; al-ʔaḥāyīna	أَحْيَانَ‎; أَحَايِينَ ʔaḥyāna‎; ʔaḥāyīna
Genitive	أَحْيَانٍ‎; أَحَايِينَ ʔaḥyānin‎; ʔaḥāyīna	الْأَحْيَانِ‎; الْأَحَايِينِ al-ʔaḥyāni‎; al-ʔaḥāyīni	أَحْيَانِ‎; أَحَايِينِ ʔaḥyāni‎; ʔaḥāyīni

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /ħiː.na/

Conjunction

حِينَ • (ḥīna)

when

Preposition

حِينَ • (ḥīna)

at the time of, upon

Pronunciation 3

IPA^(key): /ħajn/

Noun

حَيْن • (ḥayn) m

verbal noun of حَانَ (ḥāna) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun حَيْن (ḥayn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيْن ḥayn	الْحَيْن al-ḥayn	حَيْن ḥayn
Nominative	حَيْنٌ ḥaynun	الْحَيْنُ al-ḥaynu	حَيْنُ ḥaynu
Accusative	حَيْنًا ḥaynan	الْحَيْنَ al-ḥayna	حَيْنَ ḥayna
Genitive	حَيْنٍ ḥaynin	الْحَيْنِ al-ḥayni	حَيْنِ ḥayni

Derived terms

أَحْياناً (ʔaḥyānan)
بَيْنَ حِينٍ وَآخَر (bayna ḥīnin waʔāḵar)
حِينَئِذٍ (ḥīnaʔiḏin)
حِينَمَا (ḥīnamā)
حِينَذَاكَ (ḥīnaḏāka)

Descendants

Maltese: ħin
⇒ Gulf Arabic: الحين (elḥīn, ilḥīn)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “حين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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