حن

أ1 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.)