حَسُنَ
1.
, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) which may also be written and pronounced حَسْنَ, with the dammeh suppressed, (S,) and حَسَنَ, (K,) aorist
حَسُنَ
, (TA,) verbal noun حُسْنٌ (S, * Msb, K, * TA) and حُسْنَى, (Ham p. 657, and Bd in ii. 77,) He, or it (a thing, S, Msb), had, or possessed, the quality termed
حَسْنٌ [which see below; i. e., was, or became, good, or goodly, (generally the latter,) beautiful, comely, or pleasing, &c.; and
تحسّن often signifies the same, as in the phrase تحسّن عِنْدَهُ
it was, or became, good, &c., in his estimation]: (S, K, TA:) and [in like manner] زَيْدٌ
أَحْسَنَ means Zeyd became possessed of
حُسْن. (Mughnee in article بِ.)
2.
One may not say حُسْنَ, transferring the dammeh of the س to the ح and making the former letter quiescent, except in one case; because it is [virtually, together with its agent expressed or implied, in this case,] a predicate: [see I'Ak p. 234:] this is allowable only in the case of a verb of praise or dispraise; حُسْنَ, in respect of the transference of the medial vowel, being likened to نِعْمَ and بِيءْسَ, which are originally نَعِمَ and بَيءِسَ: and thus one does in all verbs like these two in meaning: a poet says,
[Men have not withheld from me what I have desired, nor do I give them what they have desired: good, or very good, is this as a mode of conduct!]: meaning حَسُنَ هٰذَا أَدَبًا. (S, TA.) You say also, حَسُنَ زَيْدٌ, [meaning Good, or goodly, &c., or very good &c., is Zeyd! or] meaning بِهِ أَحْسِنْ [i. e. how good, or goodly, &c., is Zeyd! as also مَا أَحْسَنَهُ]. (B, TA in article بِ.)لَمْ يَمْنَعِ النَّاسُ مِنِّى مَا أَرَدْتُ وَ مَاأُعْطِيهِمُ مَا أَرَادُوا حُسْنَ ذَا أَدَبَا