د ه ن

Arabic

Root

د ه ن • (d-h-n)

1. related to smearing and anointing

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: دَهَنَ (dahana, “to smear”)
  • Verbal noun: دَهْن (dahn)
  • Active participle: دَاهِن (dāhin)
  • Passive participle: مَدْهُون (madhūn)
• Form II: دَهَّنَ (dahhana, “to smear”)
  • Verbal noun: تَدْهِين (tadhīn)
  • Active participle: مُدَهِّن (mudahhin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَهَّن (mudahhan)
• Form III: دَاهَنَ (dāhana, “to flatter, to cajole, to wheedle”)
  • Verbal noun: مُدَاهَنَة (mudāhana), دِهَان (dihān)
  • Active participle: مُدَاهِن (mudāhin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَاهَن (mudāhan)
• Form IV: أَدْهَنَ (ʔadhana, “to show mercy to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِدْهَان (ʔidhān)
  • Active participle: مُدْهِن (mudhin)
  • Passive participle: مُدْهَن (mudhan)
• Form V: تَدَهَّنَ (tadahhana, “to be greased”)
  • Verbal noun: تَدَهُّن (tadahhun)
  • Active participle: مُتَدَهِّن (mutadahhin)
• Form VIII: اِدَّهَنَ (iddahana, “to anoint oneself”)
  • Verbal noun: اِدِّهَان (iddihān)
  • Active participle: مُدَّهِن (muddahin)

• دُهْن (duhn, “oil, grease, fat”)
• دَهِن (dahin, “greasy, oily”)
• دَهِين (dahīn, “greasy, oily; something baken in fat”)
• دِهَان (dihān, “ointment, creme”)
• دَهَّان (dahhān, “seller of oil; painter”)
• دَهِينَة (dahīna, “pomade”)
• مَدْهَنَة (madhana, “place where oil is made”)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “د ه ن”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 379
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “د ه ن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 926–927
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “د ه ن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 409–410