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إِهانَة
insult /ʔiˈhaː.na/
nounB1#2252 most common
Also: humiliation, affront, indignity
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ إِهانَة.
This is an insult.
أَنا لا أَقبَلُ الإِهانَة.
I do not accept insults.
شَعَرتُ بِالإِهانَةِ أَمامَ الجَميع.
I felt humiliated in front of everyone.
اِعتَبَرَ كَلامَهُ إِهانَةً شَخصِيَّة.
He considered his words a personal insult.
لَن أَتَحَمَّلَ هٰذِهِ الإِهانَةَ مَرَّةً أُخرى.
I will not tolerate this humiliation again.
تَعَرَّضَ المُعتَقَلونَ لِإِهاناتٍ مُتَكَرِّرَةٍ اِنتَهَكَت كَرامَتَهُمُ الإِنسانِيَّة.
The detainees were subjected to repeated humiliations that violated their human dignity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِهانَةٌ | إِهاناتٌ |
| Genitive | إِهانَةٍ | إِهاناتٍ |
| Accusative | إِهانَةً | إِهاناتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِهانَةُ | يا إِهاناتُ |
Word family
أَهانَto insult, to humiliate
مُهينinsulting, degrading
مُهانhumiliated, insulted
هَوانdisgrace, lowliness
هانto be lowly or despisedEtymology
The word is the verbal noun of أَهانَ, the Form IV verb meaning "to humiliate" or "to treat as worthless." It derives from the triliteral root ه-و-ن, which carries the idea of being light, easy, or lowly. To insult someone is thus to make them low.
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