ROOT ح ن ث

[1] حَنِثَ فِى يَمِينِهِ , (S, A, Msb, K, *) aor. حَنَثَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. حِنْثٌ (S, * A, Msb, K *) and حَنَثٌ, (TA,) He violated, or broke, or failed of performing, his oath: (A, Msb, K, TA:) he was untrue in his oath: (S, TA:) he committed a sin, or crime, in his oath. (TA.) Also He retracted, or revoked, his oath. (TA.) ― 2-b2- And the verb alone, He said what was not true. (Khálid Ibn-Jembeh, TA.) ― 2-b3- He inclined from what was false to what was true: or from what was true to what was false. (K.) ― 2-b4- [And app. (assumed tropical:) He committed a sin, or crime: a meaning which seems to be indicated in the K: see حِنْثٌ, below.]