إَسَنُّ

Root: سن

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إَسَنُّ More [and most] advanced in age: a correct Arabic word. You say, هٰذَا أَسَنُّ مِنْ هٰذَا This is more advanced in age than this: and Th says, speaking of Moosà Ibn-'Eesà-Leythee, أَدْرَكْتُهُ أَسَنَّ أَهْلِ البَلَدِ [meaning I lived in his time, he being the most advanced in age of the people of the town, or country].

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