حين

See also: چین‎, خين‎, جئن‎, جین‎, and خین‎

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ح ي ن‎ (ḥ-y-n).

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /ħiːn/

Noun

حِين • (ḥīn) m (plural أَحْيَان‎ (ʔaḥyān) or أَحَايِين‎ (ʔaḥāyīn))

time, moment
opportunity

Declension

Declension of noun حِين (ḥīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِين ḥīn	الْحِين‎ al-ḥīn	حِين ḥīn
Nominative	حِينٌ ḥīnun	الْحِينُ‎ al-ḥīnu	حِينُ ḥīnu
Accusative	حِينًا‎ ḥīnan	الْحِينَ‎ al-ḥīna	حِينَ ḥīna
Genitive	حِينٍ ḥīnin	الْحِينِ‎ al-ḥīni	حِينِ ḥīni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِينَيْن‎ ḥīnayn	الْحِينَيْن‎ al-ḥīnayn	حِينَيْ‎ ḥīnay
Nominative	حِينَانِ‎ ḥīnāni	الْحِينَانِ‎ al-ḥīnāni	حِينَا‎ ḥīnā
Accusative	حِينَيْنِ‎ ḥīnayni	الْحِينَيْنِ‎ al-ḥīnayni	حِينَيْ‎ ḥīnay
Genitive	حِينَيْنِ‎ ḥīnayni	الْحِينَيْنِ‎ al-ḥīnayni	حِينَيْ‎ ḥīnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَحْيَان‎‎; أَحَايِين‎ ʔaḥyān‎; ʔaḥāyīn	الْأَحْيَان‎‎; الْأَحَايِين‎ al-ʔaḥyān‎; al-ʔaḥāyīn	أَحْيَان‎‎; أَحَايِين‎ ʔaḥyān‎; ʔaḥāyīn
Nominative	أَحْيَانٌ‎‎; أَحَايِينُ‎ ʔaḥyānun‎; ʔaḥāyīnu	الْأَحْيَانُ‎‎; الْأَحَايِينُ‎ al-ʔaḥyānu‎; al-ʔaḥāyīnu	أَحْيَانُ‎‎; أَحَايِينُ‎ ʔaḥyānu‎; ʔaḥāyīnu
Accusative	أَحْيَانًا‎‎; أَحَايِينَ‎ ʔaḥyānan‎; ʔaḥāyīna	الْأَحْيَانَ‎‎; الْأَحَايِينَ‎ al-ʔaḥyāna‎; al-ʔaḥāyīna	أَحْيَانَ‎‎; أَحَايِينَ‎ ʔaḥyāna‎; ʔaḥāyīna
Genitive	أَحْيَانٍ‎‎; أَحَايِينَ‎ ʔaḥyānin‎; ʔaḥāyīna	الْأَحْيَانِ‎‎; الْأَحَايِينِ‎ al-ʔaḥyāni‎; al-ʔaḥāyīni	أَحْيَانِ‎‎; أَحَايِينِ‎ ʔaḥyāni‎; ʔaḥāyīni

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /ħiː.na/

Conjunction

حِينَ • (ḥīna)

when

Preposition

حِينَ • (ḥīna)

at the time of, upon

Pronunciation 3

IPA^(key): /ħajn/

Noun

حَيْن • (ḥayn) m

verbal noun of حَانَ‎ (ḥāna) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun حَيْن (ḥayn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَيْن ḥayn	الْحَيْن‎ al-ḥayn	حَيْن ḥayn
Nominative	حَيْنٌ ḥaynun	الْحَيْنُ‎ al-ḥaynu	حَيْنُ ḥaynu
Accusative	حَيْنًا‎ ḥaynan	الْحَيْنَ‎ al-ḥayna	حَيْنَ ḥayna
Genitive	حَيْنٍ ḥaynin	الْحَيْنِ‎ al-ḥayni	حَيْنِ ḥayni

Derived terms

أَحْياناً‎ (ʔaḥyānan)
بَيْنَ حِينٍ وَآخَر‎ (bayna ḥīnin waʔāḵar)
حِينَئِذٍ‎ (ḥīnaʔiḏin)
حِينَمَا‎ (ḥīnamā)
حِينَذَاكَ‎ (ḥīnaḏāka)

Descendants

Maltese: ħin
⇒ Gulf Arabic: الحين‎ (elḥīn, ilḥīn)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “حين”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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