أَنِفٌ
Root: انف
Full Definition
أَنِفٌ
A camel having a complaint of, or suffering pain in, his nose, from the
بُرَة [or nose-ring]: or wounded by the nose-rein, whether it be with a
خِشَاش
or
بُرَة or
خِزَامَة [all of which are different kinds of nose-rings]. And consequently, Submissive, and tractable: or submissive and obedient, that dislikes chiding and beating, and goes as he is able to do spontaneously and easily: and
آنِفٌ signifies the same; but the former is the more correct and the more chaste: by rule, it should be مَأْنُوفٌ, like مَصْدُورٌ, and مَبْطُونٌ. To such a camel, the believer is likened in a trad.; because he ceases not to complain, or suffer pain; or because he does not require to be chidden nor to be punished, but endures and performs what is incumbent on him.
2 Disdaining, or disdainful; scorning, or scornful; i. q. حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ: and أَنْفَانُ [signifies the same;] i. q. سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ.
def.2 See also آنِفٌ.
2 Disdaining, or disdainful; scorning, or scornful; i. q. حَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ: and أَنْفَانُ [signifies the same;] i. q. سَمِىُّ الأَنْفِ.
def.2 See also آنِفٌ.
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