ح ص ن

ح ص ن

Arabic

Etymology

For its origin, see حِصْن‎ (ḥiṣn).

Root

ح ص ن • (ḥ-ṣ-n)

1. related to inaccessibility, protection, fortitude

Derived terms

• Form I: حَصُنَ‎ (ḥaṣuna, “to be inaccessible, to be unattainable”)
  • Verbal noun: حَصَانَة‎ (ḥaṣāna)
  • Active participle: حَاصِن‎ (ḥāṣin)
• Form I: حَصُنَ‎ (ḥaṣuna, “to be continent, to be chaste, to keep decor”)
  • Verbal noun: حَصْن‎ (ḥaṣn), حُصْن‎ (ḥuṣn), حِصْن‎ (ḥiṣn)
  • Active participle: حَاصِن‎ (ḥāṣin)
• Form II: حَصَّنَ‎ (ḥaṣṣana, “to render inaccessible, to make unattainable; to immunize, to vaccinate (that is, to make unattainable for pathogens)”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْصِين‎ (taḥṣīn)
  • Active participle: مُحَصِّن‎ (muḥaṣṣin)
  • Passive participle: مُحَصَّن‎ (muḥaṣṣan)
• Form IV: أَحْصَنَ‎ (ʾaḥṣana, “to protect; to be or remain chaste; to marry”)
  • Verbal noun: إِحْصَان‎ (ʾiḥṣān)
  • Active participle: مُحْصِن‎ (muḥṣin)
  • Passive participle: مُحْصَن‎ (muḥṣan)
• Form V: تَحَصَّنَ‎ (taḥaṣṣana, “to fortify oneself, to be protected”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَصُّن‎ (taḥaṣṣun)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَصِّن‎ (mutaḥaṣṣin)

• حُصَان‎ (ḥuṣān, “horse, stud”)
• حَصَان‎ (ḥaṣān), حَصْنَاء‎ (ḥaṣnāʾ, “continent, chaste”)
• حَصِين‎ (ḥaṣīn, “inaccessible, unattainable, unapproachable”); elative أَحْصَن‎ (ʾaḥṣan)
• مِحْصَن‎ (miḥṣan, “lock; iron that embraces or clasps the muzzle of a horse”)

Related terms

• حِصْن‎ (ḥiṣn, “fortress”)
  • أَبُو ٱلْحِصْن‎ (ʾabū l-ḥiṣn, “fox”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “ح ص ن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 297
• Freytag, Georg (1830), “ح ص ن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 390–391
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “ح ص ن”, 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 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 443–444
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ح ص ن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 586–587
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ح ص ن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 214