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ه-و-ن

The Arabic root ه-و-ن (h-w-n)

Form I verb هَانَ: to be easy

18 words in the dictionary are built from ه-و-ن, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to be easy
Verb · Form IV
to lower
Noun
إِهَانَة
insult
Adjective
مُهِين
humiliating
Verb · Form II
هَوَّنَ
to ease

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

هَانَ · present يَهُونُ
Form I · The plain action

to be easy; to be of low value, to be trifling

هَوْن
Verbal noun
هَوَان
Verbal noun
verbal noun of هَانَ
مَهَانَة
Verbal noun
هَائِن
Active participle
مَهُون
Passive participle
هَوَّنَ · present يُهَوِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to ease; to describe as easy; to describe as trifling, to describe as of low value

تَهْوِين
Verbal noun
verbal noun of هَوَّنَ
مُهَوِّن
Active participle
مُهَوَّن
Passive participle
هَاوَنَ · present يُهَاوِنُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to be engaged in what is easy, to do what one finds brings ease or is easiest to do, to be one without stress or only doing what comes easy; to be self-indulgent, to adopt an epicurean mindset, to engage in contemptible or trifling activities; to be gentle on (someone)

مُهَاوَنَة
Verbal noun
مُهَاوِن
Active participle
مُهَاوَن
Passive participle
أَهَانَ · present يُهِينُ
Form IV · Causative

to lower (someone or something in value, character, esteem, or reputation), to degrade, to debase, to demean; to slight, to disrespect, to insult, to abuse; to slur; to offend, to affront

إِهَانَة
Verbal noun
insult
مُهِين
Active participle
humiliating
مُهَان
Passive participle
belittled
تَهَاوَنَ · present يَتَهَاوَنُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to treat like a trivial matter, to be sketchy on; to be lax on; to condone

تَهَاوُن
Verbal noun
مُتَهَاوِن
Active participle
careless
مُتَهَاوَن
Passive participle
اِسْتَهَانَ · present يَسْتَهِينُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to underestimate, to underrate, to undervalue; to consider easy, to make light of; to treat with disregard, to neglect

اِسْتِهَانَة
Verbal noun
contemning
مُسْتَهِين
Active participle
مُسْتَهَان
Passive participle
deprecated

Other nouns and adjectives

هَيِّن
Adjective
easy
أَهْوَن
Adjective
elative degree of هَيِّن
هُوَيْنَى
Noun
leisureliness

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