Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ح ي ن (ḥ-y-n)

Pronunciation edit

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ta.ħaj.ja.na/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /ta.ħaj.jun/

Verb edit

تَحَيَّنَ (taḥayyana) V, non-past يَتَحَيَّنُ‎ (yataḥayyanu)

  1. to wait for, to watch for
    • 1913, Muhammad Husayn Haykal, زينب [Zaynab]:
      وَكَمْ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ فِيمَا مَضَى كَانَتْ تَتَحَيَّنُ ٱلْفُرَصَ لِتَجِدَ مُنَاسِبَةً تَخَاطَبَ بِهَا زَوْجُهَا فِي هٰذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ
      wakam min marratin fīmā maḍā kānat tataḥayyanu l-furaṣa litajida munāsibatan taḵāṭaba bihā zawjuhā fī hāḏā l-ʔamri
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Conjugation edit

Noun edit

تَحَيُّن (taḥayyunm

  1. verbal noun of تَحَيَّنَ (taḥayyana) (form V)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

تَحِينُ (taḥīnu) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of حَانَ (ḥāna)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of حَانَ (ḥāna)

Verb edit

تَحِينَ (taḥīna) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَانَ (ḥāna)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of حَانَ (ḥāna)