حصان

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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Noun

حِصَان • (ḥiṣān) m (plural أَحْصِنَة‎ (ʾaḥṣina) or حُصُن‎ (ḥuṣun))

1. horse
2. stallion, stud, sire
3. (chess) knight
4. horsepower

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

Synonyms

• فَرَس‎ m or f (faras)
• خَيْل‎ m (ḵayl)

Descendants

• Yoruba: ẹṣin

See also

Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
شَاه‎ (šāh)	وَزِير‎ (wazīr)	رُخّ‎ (ruḵḵ)	فِيل‎ (fīl)	حِصَان (ḥiṣān)	بَيْدَق‎ (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ‎ (jundiyy)

References

1. “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.
2. Upton, Roger D. (1881). Travels in the Arabian Desert.

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

حصان • (ḥúṣān) m, أحصنة‎ (ʾaḥṣína) pl

1. horse

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Hijazi Arabic

حُصان

Etymology

From Arabic حِصَان‎ (ḥiṣān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħuˈsˤaːn/

Noun

حُصَان • (ḥuṣān) m

(plural أحصنة‎ ‎(ʾaḥṣina))

1. horse
2. stallion
3. (chess) knight

Synonyms

• خيل‎ ‎(ḵēl)