عَنْزٌ
Root: عنز
Full Definition
عَنْزٌ
A she-goat; the female of the common goat: or a she-goat a year old; [and so
عَنْزَةٌ : ] and the female of the mountain-goat; and of the gazelle: pl. [of pauc.] أَعْنُزٌ and [of mult.] عُنُوزٌ and عِنَازٌ, or, accord, to some, the last of these is pl. of عَنْزٌ in the last of the senses expl. above. هُمَا كَرُكْبَتَىِ العَنْزِ [They two are like the two knees of the she-goat] is a prov. applied to two men vying with each other, or equalling each other, because her two knees, when she desires to lie down, fall together. (O, K. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 861: where, instead of العنز, we find البَعِيرِ; and thus I find in a MS. copy of the Proverbs of Meyd.]) And it is said in another prov., to him who commits a crime that occasions his destruction, لَا تَكُ كَٱلْعَنْزِ تَبْحَثُ عَنِ المُدْيَةِ [Be not thou like the she-goat that scrapes up the dust, or earth, from over the butcher's knife]. (TA. [See also بَاحِثٌ.]) Hence the saying, يَوْمٌ
كَيَوْمِ العَنْزِ [A day like the day of the she-goat]; mentioned by Th; alluding to its bringing death. And لَقِىَ يَوْمَ العَنْزِ [He met with the day of the she-goat] is also a prov., applied to him who meets with that which destroys him, or to him who labours for his own destruction.
2 العَنْزُ is a name ofε ] on the left [or the right] elbow of Auriga: and العِنَازُ is a name of ζ
and
η ] on the left [or the right] wrist together with
العَيُّوق [which is Capella].
3 Also The female eagle: (S, O, K: [see also عَنْسٌ:]) pl. عُنُوزٌ. And The female vulture: pl. عُنُوزٌ. And The female of the [species of bustard called] حُبارَى is sometimes thus termed: and it is said to be also called . And The female of the hawk.
4 Also A species of aquatic bird; [by some, in the present day, applied to a gray heron;] also called عَنْزُ المَآءِ.
5 And A species of fish; also called عَنْزُالمَآءِ: accord. to Ibn- 'Abbád, a certain great fish, which a mule can hardly, or in nowise, carry: and the pl., he says, is أَعْنِزَةٌ.
def.2 عَنْزٌ also signifies An [eminence, or a hill, such as is termed] أَكَمَة: or a black أَكَمَة.
2 And A rock in the water: pl. عُنُوزٌ.
3 And Land having in it ruggedness and sand and stones and [the species of tamarisk called] أَثْل.
def.3 And I. q. بَاطِلٌ [q. v.].
2 العَنْزُ is a name of
3 Also The female eagle: (S, O, K: [see also عَنْسٌ:]) pl. عُنُوزٌ. And The female vulture: pl. عُنُوزٌ. And The female of the [species of bustard called] حُبارَى is sometimes thus termed: and it is said to be also called . And The female of the hawk.
4 Also A species of aquatic bird; [by some, in the present day, applied to a gray heron;] also called عَنْزُ المَآءِ.
5 And A species of fish; also called عَنْزُالمَآءِ: accord. to Ibn- 'Abbád, a certain great fish, which a mule can hardly, or in nowise, carry: and the pl., he says, is أَعْنِزَةٌ.
def.2 عَنْزٌ also signifies An [eminence, or a hill, such as is termed] أَكَمَة: or a black أَكَمَة.
2 And A rock in the water: pl. عُنُوزٌ.
3 And Land having in it ruggedness and sand and stones and [the species of tamarisk called] أَثْل.
def.3 And I. q. بَاطِلٌ [q. v.].
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