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: ?
  • Passive participle: مَحْصُون (maḥṣūn)
• Form I: حَصُنَ (ḥaṣuna, “to be continent, to be chaste, to keep decor”)
  • Verbal noun: حَصْن (ḥaṣn), حُصْن (ḥuṣn), حِصْن (ḥiṣn)
  • Active participle: ?
  • Passive participle: مَحْصُون (maḥṣūn)
• 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 (ʔaḥṣana, “to protect; to be or remain chaste; to marry”)
  • Verbal noun: إِحْصَان (ʔiḥṣān)
  • 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 (ḥaṣnāʔ, “continent, chaste”)
• حَصِين (ḥaṣīn, “inaccessible, unattainable, unapproachable”); elative أَحْصَن (ʔaḥṣan)
• مِحْصَن (miḥṣan, “lock; iron that embraces or clasps the muzzle of a horse”)

Related terms

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

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ح ص ن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 443–444
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ح ص ن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 586–587
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ح ص ن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 214