Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَعَنَّ

Root: عن

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَعَنَّIV [i. q. تَعَرَّضَ]. One says, أَعْنَنْتُ مَا أَدْرِى مَا هِىَ, (S, K, but in the latter لا ادرى,) meaning I addressed, applied, or directed, myself to a thing (تَعَرَّضْتُ لِشَىْءٍ) not knowing what it was.

def.2 And أَعْنَنْتُهُ لِكَذَا I exposed him, or caused him to become exposed, (عَرَّضْتُهُ,) to such a thing; and I turned him to it, or towards it.

def.3 أَعْننْتُ اللِّجَامَ I put a rein (عِنَان) to the bit; as also , Verbal.Noun تَعْنِينٌ; and .
2 See also 1, last quarter, in three places.
3 أُعِنَّ عَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ: see 2.


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