عنّتهُ
Root: عنت
Form: 2
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عنّتهُII
, Verbal.Noun تَعْنِيتٌ, He treated him with hardness, severity, or rigour, and constrained him to do that which was difficult to him to perform; as also
تعنّتهُ : and afterwards it became applied to signify he destroyed him; or caused him to perish: [and
اعنتهُ has both of these significations: for it is said that] لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ, in the Kur [ii. 219], means If God had willed, He would assuredly have treated you with hardness, &c., and constrained you to do that which would be difficult to you to perform: or it may mean, would have destroyed you: or, accord. to IAar, إِعْنَاتٌ signifies the requiring to do that which is not in one's power.
2 See also 5.
2 See also 5.
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