احان

i. q. أَزْمَنَ [i. e. Time, or a long time, passed over him, or it; he, or it, endured, or continued, for a time, or for a long time]. (TA.)

أَحْيَنَ He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, (S, K,) for a time in a place. (S.)

أَحْيَنَتِ الإِبِلُ The time came, or drew near, for the camels to be milked: or for the camels to have their loads bound upon them. (AA, K. [In the CK, يُعْلَمَ is erroneously put for يُعْكَمَ.])

أَحْيَنَ القَوْمُ The time of what they desired, or sought, came, or drew near, to the company of men: (K:) the time of their attainment of what they hoped for came, or drew near, to them. (IAar, TA.)

As a transitive verb: see 2.

احانهُ اللّٰهُ God caused him to die, or destroyed him; (S;) as also حيّنهُ, verbal noun تَحْيِينٌ. (KL: but only the verbal noun is there given.)

God tried him, or afflicted him with a trial. (K: a meaning indicated therein, but not expressed.)