Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُسْتَنُّ

Root: سن

Full Definition

مُسْتَنُّ is said to mean The place of the running of the سَرَاب [or mirage, app. in consequence of the hot wind]: or the place of the vehement heat of the hot wind; as though it were running to and fro therein (كَأَنَّهَا تَسْتَنُّ فِيهِ عَدْوًا): or it may mean the place whence issues the [hot] wind: but the first is the explanation given by the preceding authorities.

def.2 المُسْتَنُّ [an epithet used as meaning] The lion. (K. [Thus applied, act. part. n. of اِسْتَنَّ.])


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