أهون

Arabic

Root
ه و ن (h-w-n)

Adjective

أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) (feminine هُونَى (hūnā), masculine plural أَهْوَنُون (ʔahwanūn) or أَهَاوِن (ʔahāwin))

1. elative degree of هَيِّن (hayyin)

   اِخْتَرْ أَهْوَنَ الشَّرَّيْنِ.

   iḵtar ʔahwana š-šarrayni.

   Choose the lesser of two evils.

Declension

Declension of adjective أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَهْوَن ʔahwan	الْأَهْوَن al-ʔahwan	هُونى hūnā	الْهُونى al-hūnā
Nominative	أَهْوَنُ ʔahwanu	الْأَهْوَنُ al-ʔahwanu	هُونى hūnā	الْهُونى al-hūnā
Accusative	أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana	الْأَهْوَنَ al-ʔahwana	هُونى hūnā	الْهُونى al-hūnā
Genitive	أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana	الْأَهْوَنِ al-ʔahwani	هُونى hūnā	الْهُونى al-hūnā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَهْوَنَيْن ʔahwanayn	الْأَهْوَنَيْن al-ʔahwanayn	هُونَيَيْن hūnayayn	الْهُونَيَيْن al-hūnayayn
Nominative	أَهْوَنَانِ ʔahwanāni	الْأَهْوَنَانِ al-ʔahwanāni	هُونَيَانِ hūnayāni	الْهُونَيَانِ al-hūnayāni
Accusative	أَهْوَنَيْنِ ʔahwanayni	الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ al-ʔahwanayni	هُونَيَيْنِ hūnayayni	الْهُونَيَيْنِ al-hūnayayni
Genitive	أَهْوَنَيْنِ ʔahwanayni	الْأَهْوَنَيْنِ al-ʔahwanayni	هُونَيَيْنِ hūnayayni	الْهُونَيَيْنِ al-hūnayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	هُونَيَات hūnayāt	الْهُونَيَات al-hūnayāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	هُونَيَاتٌ hūnayātun	الْهُونَيَاتُ al-hūnayātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	هُونَيَاتٍ hūnayātin	الْهُونَيَاتِ al-hūnayāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	هُونَيَاتٍ hūnayātin	الْهُونَيَاتِ al-hūnayāti

Descendants

• → Turkish: ehven

Proper noun

أَهْوَن • (ʔahwan) m

1. (obsolete) Monday

   Alternative forms: أَهْوَد (ʔahwad), أَوْهَد (ʔawhad)

Declension

Declension of noun أَهْوَن (ʔahwan)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أَهْوَن ʔahwan	—
Nominative	—	أَهْوَنُ ʔahwanu	—
Accusative	—	أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana	—
Genitive	—	أَهْوَنَ ʔahwana	—

See also

• (Pre-Islamic days of the week) أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع السَّابِقَة لِلْإِسْلَام (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ as-sābiqa lilʔislām); أَوْل (ʔawl) ~ أَوَّل (ʔawwal), أَهْوَن (ʔahwan) ~ أَوْهَد (ʔawhad) ~ أَهْوَد (ʔahwad), جُبَار (jubār), دُبَار (dubār), مُؤْنِس (muʔnis), عَرُوبَة (ʕarūba), شِيَار (šiyār) ^{(Category: ar:Days of the week)}

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “أهون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 420
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أهون”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1461
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أهون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1364