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حَزِين
sad /ħaˈziːn/
adjectiveA2#1279 most common
Also: sorrowful, mournful, melancholy
Example sentences
أَنَا حَزِين.
I am sad.
هِيَ حَزِينة اليَوْم.
She is sad today.
بَدا صَدِيقي حَزِيناً بَعْدَ سَماعِ الخَبَر.
My friend looked sad after hearing the news.
كانَتِ المَدِينةُ حَزِينةً في يَوْمِ الوَداع.
The city was sad on the day of farewell.
رَغْمَ ابْتِسامَتِهِ، كانَ يُخْفي قَلْباً حَزِيناً مُثْقَلاً بِالذِّكْرَيات.
Despite his smile, he was hiding a sad heart weighed down with memories.
تَتَرَدَّدُ في القَصِيدةِ نَبْرةٌ حَزِينةٌ تَعْكِسُ حَنينَ الشاعِرِ إلى وَطَنٍ لَمْ يَعُدْ مَوْجوداً.
A sorrowful tone runs through the poem, reflecting the poet's longing for a homeland that no longer exists.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَزِينٌ | حُزَنَاءُ |
| Genitive | حَزِينٍ | حُزَنَاءَ |
| Accusative | حَزِيناً | حُزَنَاءَ |
| Vocative | يا حَزِينُ | يا حُزَنَاءُ |
Word family
حُزْنsadness, grief
حَزِنَto be sad, to grieve
أَحْزَنَto sadden (someone)
مَحْزُونsaddened, sorrowful
أَحْزَانsorrows (plural of ḥuzn)
Etymology
حَزِين comes from the Semitic root ح-ز-ن (ḥ-z-n), which carries the sense of grief and sorrow. It follows the فَعِيل (faʿīl) pattern, which forms adjectives describing a settled quality, so the word names someone marked by lasting sadness. The related noun حُزْن (ḥuzn) means sadness or grief, and the verb حَزِنَ means to be sad.
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