زَنَأَ
Root: زنأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
زَنَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun زَنْءٌ and زُنُوْءٌ, He ascended the mountain.
2 زَنَأَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun زُنُوْءٌ and زَنْءٌ, He had recourse to it for refuge, protection, preservation, concealment, covert, or lodging.
3 And He approached it, or drew near to it; namely, a thing. [Hence,] زَنَأَ الخَمْسِينَ, or لِلْخَمْسِينَ, Verbal.Noun زَنْءٌ, He drew near to the [age of] fifty [years].
4 زَنَأَ said of the shade, It became short; it contracted, shrank, or drew together.
5 Said of a place, (TA in art. زنو,] It was, or became, strait, or narrow; and زَنَا, without ء, Verbal.Noun زُنُوٌّ, is a dial. var. thereof in this sense. (ISd, K, TA; all in art. زنو.)
6 Said of the urine, Present.T ـَ or ـُ Verbal.Noun زُنُوْءٌ and زَنْءٌ, It became retained, or suppressed.
7 Also He, or it, clave to the ground.
8 He hastened, or made haste.
9 And He was, or became, affected with a lively emotion, either of joy or of grief; syn. طَرِبَ.
def.2 See also 2, in two places: and see 4.
2 زَنَأَ is also expl. in the K as signifying خَنَقَ [He throttled, or strangled]: but [SM says,] I have not found any of the leading lexicologists to have mentioned this, unless it be a mistranscription for حَقَنَ [a meaning assigned to this verb below: see 4].
2 زَنَأَ إِلَيْهِ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun زُنُوْءٌ and زَنْءٌ, He had recourse to it for refuge, protection, preservation, concealment, covert, or lodging.
3 And He approached it, or drew near to it; namely, a thing. [Hence,] زَنَأَ الخَمْسِينَ, or لِلْخَمْسِينَ, Verbal.Noun زَنْءٌ, He drew near to the [age of] fifty [years].
4 زَنَأَ said of the shade, It became short; it contracted, shrank, or drew together.
5 Said of a place, (TA in art. زنو,] It was, or became, strait, or narrow; and زَنَا, without ء, Verbal.Noun زُنُوٌّ, is a dial. var. thereof in this sense. (ISd, K, TA; all in art. زنو.)
6 Said of the urine, Present.T ـَ or ـُ Verbal.Noun زُنُوْءٌ and زَنْءٌ, It became retained, or suppressed.
7 Also He, or it, clave to the ground.
8 He hastened, or made haste.
9 And He was, or became, affected with a lively emotion, either of joy or of grief; syn. طَرِبَ.
def.2 See also 2, in two places: and see 4.
2 زَنَأَ is also expl. in the K as signifying خَنَقَ [He throttled, or strangled]: but [SM says,] I have not found any of the leading lexicologists to have mentioned this, unless it be a mistranscription for حَقَنَ [a meaning assigned to this verb below: see 4].
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