ح ی نḥ-y-n
(ض) حَيَنَ يَحْيِنُḥayana yaḥyinu (original form) ⟵ حَانَ يَحِيْنُ حَيْنًاḥāna yaḥīnu ḥaynan (form in use): for the time of something to draw near.
حِيْنٌḥīn (adverb of time, ẓarf zamān): time; this adverb is indefinite, i.e. it carries the sense of an unspecified time. ﴿هَلْ اَتٰى عَلَي الْاِنْسَانِ حِيْنٌ مِّنَ الدَّهْرِ﴾ (Al-Insān 76:1)If a specific time is meant, a governed noun (muḍāf ilayh) or a verb is placed after it. ﴿فَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ حِيْنَ تُمْسُوْنَ وَحِيْنَ تُصْبِحُوْنَ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:17); ﴿وَّلَاتَ حِيْنَ مَنَاصٍ﴾ (Ṣād 38:3)