هين

Arabic

Root
ه و ن (h-w-n)

Adjective

هَيِّن • (hayyin) (feminine هَيِّنَة (hayyina), masculine plural هَيِّنُونَ (hayyinūna) or أَهْوِنَاء (ʔahwināʔ), feminine plural هَيِّنَات (hayyināt), elative أَهْوَن (ʔahwan))

1. easy, cushy
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:9:

     قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا

     qāla kaḏālika qāla rabbuka huwa ʕalayya hayyinun waqad ḵalaqtuka min qablu walam taku šayʔan

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2. of low importance, trifling, insignificant

   Antonym: عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:15:

     إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّنًا وَهُوَ عِنْدَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ

     ʾiḏ talaqqawnahu bi-ʾalsinatikum wa-taqūlūna bi-ʾafwāhikummā laysa lakum bihi ʿilmun wa-taḥsabūnahu hayyinan wa-huwa ʿinda llahi ʿaẓīmun

     When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of God, tremendous.

3. 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
	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
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	هَيِّنِين‎; أَهْوِنَاء hayyinīn‎; ʔahwināʔ	الْهَيِّنِين‎; الْأَهْوِنَاء al-hayyinīn‎; al-ʔahwināʔ	هَيِّنَات hayyināt	الْهَيِّنَات al-hayyināt
Nominative	هَيِّنُونَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءُ hayyinūna‎; ʔahwināʔu	الْهَيِّنُونَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءُ al-hayyinūna‎; al-ʔahwināʔu	هَيِّنَاتٌ hayyinātun	الْهَيِّنَاتُ al-hayyinātu
Accusative	هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa	الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءَ al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔa	هَيِّنَاتٍ hayyinātin	الْهَيِّنَاتِ al-hayyināti
Genitive	هَيِّنِينَ‎; أَهْوِنَاءَ hayyinīna‎; ʔahwināʔa	الْهَيِّنِينَ‎; الْأَهْوِنَاءِ al-hayyinīna‎; al-ʔahwināʔi	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^[1] (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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1461
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “هين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Adjective

هين • (hayyin) (feminine هينة (hayyne), elative أهين (ʾahyan) or أهون (ʾahwan))

1. easy

   الإمتحان كان كتير هين.

   l-ʾimtiḥān kān ktīr hayyin.

   The test was very easy.

   ما في أهون من هيك.

   ma fi ʾahwan min hayk.

   Nothing’s easier than that.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ه و ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic هَيِّن (hayyin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haj.jin/, [ˈhej.jɪn]

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Adjective

هيّن • (hayyen) (feminine هيّنة (hayyne), masculine plural هيّنين (hayynīn), elative أهون (ʔahwan))

1. easy

   Synonym: سهل (sahl)

   Antonym: صعب (ṣaʕb)

See also

• بسيط (basīṭ, “simple”)