Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَنَأَ, aor. ـَ {يَحْنَأُ}, It (a place) became green, and tangled, or luxuriant, or abundant and dense, in its herbage, or plants. (Ḳ.)

حَنَأَتْ يَدَهَا: see 2.

حَنَأَهَا He lay with her. (Ḳ.)

حنّأ, inf. n. تَحْنِىْءٌ and تَحْنِئَةٌ He dyed (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ) his head, (AZ, TA,) or his beard, (Ṣ,) with حِنَّآء: (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ:) and حنّأت يَدَهَا She (a woman) dyed her hand therewith; as alsoحَنَأَتْهَا↓, aor. ـَ {يَحْنَأُ}. (Mṣb.)

تحنّأ It (his head, or his beard,) was dyed with حِنَّآء (AḤn, Ḳ.)

حِنَّآءٌ [A certain plant] well known; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) [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 Ṣ and Mṣb,] and not the sing. of the latter: (TA:) pl. حُنْآنٌ. (Ḳ.) 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. (Ḳ.)

أَخْضَرُ حَانِئٌ Very green; intensely green. (Ḳ, TA.)