أَنَى
Root: انى
Form: 1
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أَنَىI
, Present.T يَأْنِى, Verbal.Noun إِنٌى and أَنْىٌ and أَنَآءٌ, or, accord. to [some of the copies of] the M, أَنًى, or أَنًا, said of a thing, Its time came; or it was, or became, or drew, near; syn. أَتَى وَقْتُهُ, and جَآءَ أَنَاهُ; (Bd lvii. 15 [in explanation of a passage cited voce أَنْ];) or حَانَ: or أَنَى, Present.T يَأْنِى, Verbal.Noun أَنْىٌ, signifies it was, or became, or drew, near; and it was, or became, present. You say, أَنَى لَكَ
أَنْ تَفْعَلَ, Present.T يَأْنِى; and آنَ, Present.T يَئِينُ; and نَالَ لك, Present.T يَنِيلُ; and أَنَالَ; all meaning حَانَ لَكَ [The time has come, or has drawn near, for thee that thou shouldst do such a thing: or the time of thy doing such a thing has come to thee: or thy doing such a thing has drawn near]: so says Zj; and Fr says the like: but the best of these is أَنَى لَكَ. And أَنَى الرَّحِيلُ
The time of departure came, or drew near; syn. حَانَ
وَقْتُهُ.
2 It came, or attained, to its time; to its full, or final, time or state; to maturity, or ripeness; it became mature, or ripe; or, accord. to some, only when said of a plant; [or it signifies also] it became thoroughly cooked. Hence, in the Kur [xxxiii. 53], غَيْرَنَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ Not waiting, or watching, for its becoming thoroughly cooked; or for its cooking becoming finished. [See also إِنًى, below.] You say also, أَنَى الحَمِيمُ, (Verbal.Noun أَنْىٌ, TA,) The hot water became heated to the utmost degree. And أَنَى المَآءُ The water became hot to the utmost degree.
def.2 أَنَى, Present.T أُنِىٌّ, Verbal.Noun أَنْىٌ, It was, or became, behind, or after, its time: or أَنَى, Verbal.Noun أُنِىٌّ, it, or he, was, or became, behind, backward, or late; it, or he, delayed, or held back; as also أَنِىَ, Present.T يَأْنَى, Verbal.Noun
2 It came, or attained, to its time; to its full, or final, time or state; to maturity, or ripeness; it became mature, or ripe; or, accord. to some, only when said of a plant; [or it signifies also] it became thoroughly cooked. Hence, in the Kur [xxxiii. 53], غَيْرَنَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ Not waiting, or watching, for its becoming thoroughly cooked; or for its cooking becoming finished. [See also إِنًى, below.] You say also, أَنَى الحَمِيمُ, (Verbal.Noun أَنْىٌ, TA,) The hot water became heated to the utmost degree. And أَنَى المَآءُ The water became hot to the utmost degree.
def.2 أَنَى, Present.T أُنِىٌّ, Verbal.Noun أَنْىٌ, It was, or became, behind, or after, its time: or أَنَى, Verbal.Noun أُنِىٌّ, it, or he, was, or became, behind, backward, or late; it, or he, delayed, or held back; as also أَنِىَ, Present.T يَأْنَى, Verbal.Noun
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