حن
أ
1 حَنَأَ,
aor. ـَ It (a place) became green, and tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, in its herbage, or plants. (
K.)
A2: حَنَأَتْ يَدَهَا: see 2.
b2: حَنَأَهَا He lay with her. (
K.) 2 حنّأ,
inf. n. تَحْنِىْءٌ and تَحْنِئَةٌ He dyed (
Az,
S,
K) his head, (
Az,
TA,) or his beard, (
S,) with حِنَّآء: (
Az,
S,
K:) and حنّأت يَدَهَا She (a woman) dyed her hand therewith; as also ↓ حَنَأَتْهَا,
aor. ـَ (
Msb.) 5 تحنّأ It (his head, or his beard,) was dyed with حِنَّآء (
AHn,
K.) حِنَّآءٌ [A certain plant] well known; (
S,
K;) [the Lawsonia inermis, or Egyptian privet;] used for dyeing the extremities [i. e. the hands and feet and head]: (
TA:) [in the present day, the plant itself is called ثَمَرُ الحِنَّآءِ, (vulgo تَمَرحِنَّا,) and its leaves, used for dyeing the hands &c., are called حِنَّآء:]
accord. to some, it is the
pl. of حِنَّآءَةٌ; [or rather a
coll. gen. n., of which حنّآءة is the
n. un.;] but it is generally asserted that حنّآءة is a more special word than حنّآء, [as in the
S and
Msb,] and not the
sing. of the latter: (
TA:)
pl. حُنْآنٌ. (
K.) حُنَّآنٌ is said to be an
anomalous pl. of حنّآء; or a
dial. var. of the latter, and not a
pl.: (
TA:) and حِنَّانٌ is a
dial. var. of حِنَّآءٌ. (
Fr,
Th,
TA in art. حن.) حِنَّائِىٌّ A seller of حِنَّآء:
pl. حِنَّائِيُّونَ. (
K.) أَخْضَرُ حَانِئٌ Very green; intensely green. (
K,
TA.)
