هين

Arabic
Root
ه و ن (h-w-n)

Adjective

هَيِّن • (hayyin) (feminine هَيِّنَة (hayyina), masculine plural هَيِّنُونَ (hayyinūna) or أَهْوِنَاء (ʔahwināʔ), feminine plural هَيِّنَات (hayyināt), elative أَهْوَن (ʔahwan))

  1. easy, cushy
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:9:
      قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا
      qāla kaḏālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʕalayya hayyinun waqad ḵalaqtuka min qablu walam taku šayʔan
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  2. of low importance, trifling, insignificant
    Antonym: عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:15:
      إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ
      ʾiḏ talaqqawnahu bi-ʾalsinatikum wa-taqūlūna bi-ʾafwāhikummā laysa lakum bihi ʿilmun wa-taḥsabūnahu hayyinan wa-huwa ʿinda llahi ʿaẓīmun
      When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of God, tremendous.
  3. plain and unpretentious, humble

Declension
Declension of adjective هَيِّن (hayyin)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal هَيِّن
hayyin		 الْهَيِّن
al-hayyin		 هَيِّنَة
hayyina		 الْهَيِّنَة
al-hayyina
Nominative هَيِّنٌ
hayyinun		 الْهَيِّنُ
al-hayyinu		 هَيِّنَةٌ
hayyinatun		 الْهَيِّنَةُ
al-hayyinatu
Accusative هَيِّنًا
hayyinan		 الْهَيِّنَ
al-hayyina		 هَيِّنَةً
hayyinatan		 الْهَيِّنَةَ
al-hayyinata
Genitive هَيِّنٍ
hayyinin		 الْهَيِّنِ
al-hayyini		 هَيِّنَةٍ
hayyinatin		 الْهَيِّنَةِ
al-hayyinati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal هَيِّنَيْن
hayyinayn		 الْهَيِّنَيْن
al-hayyinayn		 هَيِّنَتَيْن
hayyinatayn		 الْهَيِّنَتَيْن
al-hayyinatayn
Nominative هَيِّنَانِ
hayyināni		 الْهَيِّنَانِ
al-hayyināni		 هَيِّنَتَانِ
hayyinatāni		 الْهَيِّنَتَانِ
al-hayyinatāni
Accusative هَيِّنَيْنِ
hayyinayni		 الْهَيِّنَيْنِ
al-hayyinayni		 هَيِّنَتَيْنِ
hayyinatayni		 الْهَيِّنَتَيْنِ
al-hayyinatayni
Genitive هَيِّنَيْنِ
hayyinayni		 الْهَيِّنَيْنِ
al-hayyinayni		 هَيِّنَتَيْنِ
hayyinatayni		 الْهَيِّنَتَيْنِ
al-hayyinatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal هَيِّنِين‎; أَهْوِنَاء
hayyinīn‎; ʔahwināʔ		 الْهَيِّنِين‎; الْأَهْوِنَاء
al-hayyinīn‎; al-ʔahwināʔ		 هَيِّنَات
hayyināt		 الْهَيِّنَات
al-hayyināt
Nominative هَيِّنُونَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءُ
hayyinūna‎; ʔahwināʔu		 الْهَيِّنُونَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءُ
al-hayyinūna‎; al-ʔahwināʔu		 هَيِّنَاتٌ
hayyinātun		 الْهَيِّنَاتُ
al-hayyinātu
Accusative هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ
hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa		 الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءَ
al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔa		 هَيِّنَاتٍ
hayyinātin		 الْهَيِّنَاتِ
al-hayyināti
Genitive هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ
hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa		 الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءِ
al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔi		 هَيِّنَاتٍ
hayyinātin		 الْهَيِّنَاتِ
al-hayyināti

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “هين”, 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) “هين”, 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) “هين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Adjective

هين • (hayyin) (feminine هينة (hayyne), elative أهين (ʾahyan) or أهون (ʾahwan))

  1. easy
    الإمتحان كان كتير هين.
    l-ʾimtiḥān kān ktīr hayyin.
    The test was very easy.
    ما في أهون من هيك.
    ma fi ʾahwan min hayk.
    Nothing’s easier than that.

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ه و ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haj.jin/, [ˈhej.jɪn]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Adjective

هيّن • (hayyen) (feminine هيّنة (hayyne), masculine plural هيّنين (hayynīn), elative أهون (ʔahwan))

  1. easy
    Synonym: سهل (sahl)
    Antonym: صعب (ṣaʕb)

See also
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