Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِنْسَانٌ

Root: انس

Full Definition

إِنْسَانٌ and إنْسَانَةٌ: see إِنْسٌ, passim; and إِنْسِىٌّ.
2 إِنْسَانُ العَيْنِ The image that is seen [reflected] in the black of the eye; what is seen in the eye, like as is seen in a mirror, when a thing faces it: or the pupil, or apple, (نَاظِر,) of the eye: or the black (حَدَقَة) of the eye: pl. أَنَاسِىُّ, but not أُنَاسٌ.


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