▪ eC7ḥaniṯa (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’. ▪ eC7ḥinṯ (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’ ▪ …
►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