هين

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ه و ن‎ (h-w-n).

Adjective

هَيِّن • (hayyin) (feminine هَيِّنَة‎ (hayyina), masculine plural أَهْوِنَاء‎ (ʾahwināʾ), elative أَهْوَن‎ (ʾahwan))

easy, cushy
of low importance, trifling
Antonym: عَظِيم‎ (ʿaẓīm)
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
Dual	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
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَهْوِنَاء‎ ʾahwināʾ	الْأَهْوِنَاء‎ al-ʾahwināʾ	هَيِّنَات‎ hayyināt	الْهَيِّنَات‎ al-hayyināt
Nominative	أَهْوِنَاءُ‎ ʾahwināʾu	الْأَهْوِنَاءُ‎ al-ʾahwināʾu	هَيِّنَاتٌ‎ hayyinātun	الْهَيِّنَاتُ‎ al-hayyinātu
Accusative	أَهْوِنَاءَ‎ ʾahwināʾa	الْأَهْوِنَاءَ‎ al-ʾahwināʾa	هَيِّنَاتٍ‎ hayyinātin	الْهَيِّنَاتِ‎ al-hayyināti
Genitive	أَهْوِنَاءَ‎ ʾahwināʾa	الْأَهْوِنَاءِ‎ al-ʾahwināʾi	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 C^ie, page 1461
Wehr, Hans; 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, “base, petty, insignificant”).

Adjective

هين (hayyin) (feminine هينه‎ (hayni), elative اهون‎ (ahwan))

simple; easy; not difficult
‏الامتحان كان كتير هين.‎‎
l-ʾimtiḥān kān ktīr hayyin.
The test was very easy.

‏ما في اهون من هيك.‎‎
ma fi ʾahwan min hayk.
Nothing’s easier than that.

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