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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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ḤNṮ حنث 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 5Sep2022
√ḤNṮ 
“root” 
▪ ḤNṮ_1 ‘to break one’s oath; perjury, sin’ ↗ḥaniṯa
▪ ḤNṮ_2 (EgAr) ‘opportunist, sharp operator’: ĭbn ḥint ↗ḥaniṯa
▪ ḤNṮ_ ‘…’ ↗ ḥnṯ

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘manhood, maturity; sin, blasphemy, denial of God, wickedness; breaking an oath, perjury; to purify oneself, to worship, responsibility’
 
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ḥaniṯ‑ حنِث , a (ḥinṯ) 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 5Sep2022
√ḤNṮ 
vb., I 
with fī yamīnih or bi-yamīnih: to break one’s oath – WehrCowan1976. 
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▪ eC7 ḥaniṯa (to break one’s oath, fail to honour one’s oath) Q 38:44 wa-ḫuḏ bi-yadika ḍiġṯan fa-ḍrib bihī wa-lā taḥnaṯ ‘and take in your hand a small bunch of grass, and strike with it, so as not to break your oath’.
▪ eC7 ḥinṯ (abomination, sinning, breaking one’s oath, denial of God) Q 56:46 wa-kānū yuṣirrūna ʕalà ’l-ḥinṯi ’l-ʕaẓīmi ‘and they always persisted in great sin’
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▪ Zammit2008: no cognates but “cf. ↗ḥanīf”.
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►taḥannaṯa, vb. V, 1a to practice piety, perform works of devotion; b to seek religious purification; c to scorn sin, not yield to sin

►ḥinṯ, pl. ʔaḥnāṯ, n., 1 perjury; 2 sin: vn. I | EgAr ĭbn ḥint, expr., opportunist, sharp operator
 
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