Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

آنِسَةٌ

Root: انس

Full Definition

آنِسَةٌ A girl of cheerful mind, whose nearness, and conversation, or discourse, thou lovest, or whose conversation, or discourse, and nearness, are loved: or a girl of pleasant conversation or discourse; as also أَنُوسٌ : and آنِسَةُ الحَدِيثِ who becomes sociable, companionable, conversable, friendly, familiar, or cheerful, by means of thy conversation or discourse: it does not mean who cheers thee [by conversation or discourse]: pl. أَوَانِسُ and آنِسَاتٌ: and the pl. of أَنُوسٌ is أُنُسٌ. [See also أَنِيسٌ.]


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