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أَهان
to insult, to humiliate /ʔaˈhaːna/
verbB1#1866 most common
Also: to disgrace, to demean, to degrade
Example sentences
هُوَ أَهانَني.
He insulted me.
أَهانَ المُعَلِّمُ الطالِبَ أَمامَ الصَّفِّ.
The teacher humiliated the student in front of the class.
لا تُهِنْ أَحَداً بِكَلامِكَ.
Do not insult anyone with your words.
شَعَرَ بِالغَضَبِ لِأَنَّهُم أَهانوهُ في الاِجتِماعِ.
He felt angry because they humiliated him at the meeting.
مَن يُهينُ الآخَرينَ إِنَّما يُهينُ نَفسَهُ في الحَقيقَةِ.
Whoever humiliates others in fact humiliates himself.
لَم يَكُن قَصدُهُ أَن يُهينَها، لكِنَّ كَلِماتِهِ الجارِحَةَ حَطَّمَت كَرامَتَها.
He did not mean to insult her, but his cutting words shattered her dignity.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُهينُ | أَهَنْتُ | سَأُهينُ |
| 2sg | تُهينُ | أَهَنْتَ | سَتُهينُ |
| 3sg | يُهينُ | أَهانَ | سَيُهينُ |
| 1pl | نُهينُ | أَهَنّا | سَنُهينُ |
| 2pl | تُهينونَ | أَهَنْتُم | سَتُهينونَ |
| 3pl | يُهينونَ | أَهانوا | سَيُهينونَ |
Word family
إِهانةinsult, humiliation
مُهينinsulting, humiliating
مُهانhumiliated, disgraced
هَوانdisgrace, lowliness
هانَto be easy, to be of little worth
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Arabic root ه-و-ن (h-w-n), which carries the sense of being light, easy, or of little worth. The base verb هانَ means to be lowly or insignificant. In Form IV (the causative pattern أَفْعَلَ), أَهانَ means to make someone lowly, that is, to insult and humiliate them.
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