حصان
Arabic
Etymology
From ح ص ن (ḥ-ṣ-n), meaning to be inaccessible, to be fortified, to be hidden away, to be prized.[1] [2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħi.sˤaːn/
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Declension
Declension of noun حِصَان (ḥiṣān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | حِصَان ḥiṣān |
الْحِصَان al-ḥiṣān |
حِصَان ḥiṣān |
| Nominative | حِصَانٌ ḥiṣānun |
الْحِصَانُ al-ḥiṣānu |
حِصَانُ ḥiṣānu |
| Accusative | حِصَانًا ḥiṣānan |
الْحِصَانَ al-ḥiṣāna |
حِصَانَ ḥiṣāna |
| Genitive | حِصَانٍ ḥiṣānin |
الْحِصَانِ al-ḥiṣāni |
حِصَانِ ḥiṣāni |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | حِصَانَيْن ḥiṣānayn |
الْحِصَانَيْن al-ḥiṣānayn |
حِصَانَيْ ḥiṣānay |
| Nominative | حِصَانَانِ ḥiṣānāni |
الْحِصَانَانِ al-ḥiṣānāni |
حِصَانَا ḥiṣānā |
| Accusative | حِصَانَيْنِ ḥiṣānayni |
الْحِصَانَيْنِ al-ḥiṣānayni |
حِصَانَيْ ḥiṣānay |
| Genitive | حِصَانَيْنِ ḥiṣānayni |
الْحِصَانَيْنِ al-ḥiṣānayni |
حِصَانَيْ ḥiṣānay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَحْصِنَة; حُصُن ʾaḥṣina; ḥuṣun |
الْأَحْصِنَة; الْحُصُن al-ʾaḥṣina; al-ḥuṣun |
أَحْصِنَة; حُصُن ʾaḥṣinat; ḥuṣun |
| Nominative | أَحْصِنَةٌ; حُصُنٌ ʾaḥṣinatun; ḥuṣunun |
الْأَحْصِنَةُ; الْحُصُنُ al-ʾaḥṣinatu; al-ḥuṣunu |
أَحْصِنَةُ; حُصُنُ ʾaḥṣinatu; ḥuṣunu |
| Accusative | أَحْصِنَةً; حُصُنًا ʾaḥṣinatan; ḥuṣunan |
الْأَحْصِنَةَ; الْحُصُنَ al-ʾaḥṣinata; al-ḥuṣuna |
أَحْصِنَةَ; حُصُنَ ʾaḥṣinata; ḥuṣuna |
| Genitive | أَحْصِنَةٍ; حُصُنٍ ʾaḥṣinatin; ḥuṣunin |
الْأَحْصِنَةِ; الْحُصُنِ al-ʾaḥṣinati; al-ḥuṣuni |
أَحْصِنَةِ; حُصُنِ ʾaḥṣinati; ḥuṣuni |
Descendants
- Yoruba: ẹṣin
See also
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| شَاه (šāh) | وَزِير (wazīr) | رُخّ (ruḵḵ) | فِيل (fīl) | حِصَان (ḥiṣān) | بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy) |
References
- “حصن” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 586-587, meaning to be unapproachable, to inaccessible or difficult to access especially from height, to be fortified, to covet, to be an object which one is miserly about, to hide away from others, to be prized, one's spouse, a high-bred horse desirable for breeding, a stallion or stud.
- Upton, Roger D. (1881). Travels in the Arabian Desert.
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