زَنْيَةٌ
Root: زنى
Full Definition
زَنْيَةٌ
A single act of
الزِّنَى [i. e. fornication or adultery]: and
زِنًى is [used in the same sense, as is shown by its being] dualized: they say زِنَيَانِ: [but this is post-classical:] thus using the dual of زِنًى, the lawyers say, قَذَفَهُ بِزِنَيَيْنِ [He reproached him with two acts of fornication or adultery]: but [in this instance, and] in the saying
شَهِدَ عَلَى , [which is dual of زِنَآءٌ, properly an Verbal.Noun like زِنًى,] or زِنَيَيْنِ, [He testified, or gave decisive information, respecting two acts of fornication or adultery,] the right word is زَنْيَتَيْنِ. One says also, هُوَ
ٱبْنُ زَنْيَةٍ, and sometimes
, but the former is the more chaste, meaning
ٱبْنُ زِنًى [i. e. He is a son of fornication or adultery]: or هُوَ وَلَدُ زَنْيَةٍ and
, and لِزَنْيَةٍ [هُوَ] and
, with fet-h and with kesr, [meaning as above, or وُلِدَ لِزَنْيَةٍ
He is, or was, born of fornication or adultery,] contr. of
وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ and لِرِشْدَةٍ, or contr. of
هُوَ لِرِشْدَةٍ: or
هُوَ and لِزَنْيَةٍ, [He is the offspring of fornication or adultery,] contr.
of
لِرِشْدَةٍ and لِرَشْدَةٍ: accord. to Fr, one says, هُوَ لِغَيِّةٍ and لِزَنْيَةٍ and لِغَيْرِ رَشْدَةٍ, [all meaning the same, and] all with fet-h: accord. to Ks, however, one may say
and رِشْدَة, with kesr, but غَيَّة only with fet-h: ISk says that زنية and غيّة are both with kesr and fet-h.
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