خن
1 خَنَّ, (
Sh,
S,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
S,
K,)
inf. n. خَنِينٌ, (
Sh,
S, *,
K *
TA,) He made a sound from the nose, like حَنِين from the mouth: (
TA:) he made a sound like weeping, (
S, *,
K *
TA,) and (so in the
S, but in the
K “ or ”) like laughing, in the nose: (
S, *
K, *
TA:) he reiterated a sound of weeping in the air-passages of the nose; and sometimes خَنِينٌ is [the reiterating a sound in the nose] from faint laughing: (
Sh,
TA:) or he laughed faintly. (
JK.) [See also خَنِينٌ below.]
A2: خُنَّ He (a camel) was affected with the disease termed خُنَان: (
JK,
TA:) [and in like manner, a bird: see مَخْنُونٌ.]
4 اخنّهُ اللّٰهُ
i. q. أَجَنَّهُ [God caused him to be bereft of reason; or mad, insane, &c.]. (
Lh,
K.)
R.
Q. 1 خَنْخَنَ, (
TA,)
inf. n. خَنْخَنَةٌ, (
JK,
S,
K,
TA,) [like خَمْخَمَ,] He snuffled; i. e., spoke through his nose: (
TA:) he spoke indistinctly, making a sort of twang (يُخَنْخِنُ) in his خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (
JK,
S,
K.) A poet says, خَنْخَنَ لِى فِى قَوْلِهِ سَاعَةً
فَقَالَ لِى شَيْئًا وَلَمْ أَسْمَعِ [He snuffled to me in his speech awhile, and said to me something, but I heard not]. (
TA.)
b2: خَنْخَنَةٌ also signifies The crying of the ape. (
IAar,
TA.) خُنَّةٌ
i. q. غُنَّةٌ [i. e. A nasal sound or twang; or a snuffling sound]; (
JK,
K;) the latter word explained by
Mbr as meaning a mixture of the sound of the خَيْشُوم [or air-passage of the nose] in the pronunciation of a letter or word; (
TA;) as also ↓ مَخَنَّةٌ: (
K:) or the first is like غُنَّةٌ; (
S,
K;) as also ↓ خَنَنٌ: (
ISd,
TA:) or, (
Mbr,
K,) as also ↓ مَخَنَّةٌ, (
TA,) louder than غُنَّةٌ: (
Mbr,
K,
TA:) or more open than غُنَّةٌ: (
K,
TA. [In the
CK, أَقْبَحُ is put in the place of أَفْتَحُ.]) خَنَنٌ: see what next precedes.
خُنَانٌ A certain disease that attacks in the nose: (
S,
TA:) a disease that attack camels in their nostrils, and from which they die; (
As,
TA;) a rheum that affects camels; (
K;) in camels, like the زُكَام in human beings. (
JK.) زَمَنُ الخُنَانِ [The time of the خنان] was in the age of ElMundhir Ibn-
Má-es-Semà; in consequence thereof the camels died: (
K:) it is well known with the Arabs, is mentioned in their verses, (
TA,) and became an era to them. (
As,
TA.)
b2: Also A certain disease that attacks birds in their throats. (
S,
M,
K.)
b3: And A certain disease in the eye. (
M,
K.) خَنِينٌ The issuing of a sound from the nose, like حَنِينٌ from the mouth: [see حَنِينٌ, in two places:] this is the primary signification: (
TA:) and it is [the making a sound] like weeping, and (so in the
S, but in the
K “ or ”) like laughing, in the nose: (
S,
K:)
IB says that there is a kind of خنين like weeping in the nose: (
TA:) or a weeping of women, (
JK,) or a kind of weeping, (
IAth,
TA,) less than what is termed اِنْتِحَابٌ: (
JK,
IAth,
TA:) and a faint laughing. (
JK.) [See also 1.]
b2: And Stoppages in the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (
TA.) أَخَنٌّ
i. q. أَغَنٌّ [as meaning Having a nasal twang]; (
S,
K,
TA;) who snuffles; i. e., speaks from [i. e. through] his nose: (
TA voce أَدْغَمُ:) [or] as meaning having the خَيَاشِيم [or airpassages of the nose] stopped up: or, as some say, having the خياشيم [here
app. meaning certain cartilages in the upper, or inmost, part of the nose] delapsed: [see 1 in art. خشم:]
fem. خَنَّآءُ: (
TA:) and
pl. خُنٌّ. (
S,
K.) مَخَنَّةٌ: see خُنَّةٌ, in two places.
A2: Also The nose: (
S,
K:) written by
J [
accord. to some of the copies of the
S, but not
accord. to all,] with kesr to the م: (
TA:) or the extremity thereof. (
K.)
A3: And
i. q. مَأْكَلَةٌ: so in the phrase, فُلَانٌ مَخَنَّةٌ لِفُلَانٍ [Such a one is to such a one a person from whom to obtain what to eat]. (
S,
K.)
b2: You say also, البِطِّيخُ لِى مَخَنَّةٌ i. e. [The melon, or water-melon, is to me] a usual food. (
JM.) مَخْنُونٌ A camel, and a bird, affected with the disease termed خُنَان. (
TA.)
b2: And
i. q. مَجْنُونٌ [Bereft of reason; or mad, insane, &c.]. (
Lh,
K.) [See
R.
Q. 1 in art. خم.]
