عَلَانِيَةٌ
Root: علن
Full Definition
2 Also One's outward man; syn. بَرَّانِىٌّ, q. v.: opposed to سَرِيرَةٌ and جَوَّانِىٌّ. (T in art. بر.)
def.2 [And it is also used as an epithet; app. by those who hold it to be originally an Verbal.Noun; or rather its being thus used may be regarded as corroborating the assertion that it is originally an Verbal.Noun, like عَدْلٌ &c., though, as an epithet, it has a pl.:] one says رَجُلٌ عَلَانِيَةٌ, pl. عَلَانُونَ; as also عَلَانِىٌّ , pl. عَلَانِيُّونَ; A man whose affair, or case, is open, or manifest; mentioned by Lh.
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