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الرُّنَّى

Root: رن

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الرُّنَّى Mankind, or all created beings. One says, مَا فِى الرُّنَّى مِثْلُهُ [There is not among mankind, or all created beings, the like of him].

def.2 Also, or رُنَّى, without ال, The month Jumádà: or a name of Jumádà-l-Ákhireh; and so رُنَةُ, [said to be from رُونَةٌ, (see art. رون,) though app. belonging to art. رنو, being] without teshdeed: pl. رُنَنٌ: Aboo-' Amr Ez-Záhid disallowed رُبَّى, and pronounced it to be a mistranscription: but accord. to Ktr and IAmb and Abu-t-Teiyib 'AbdEl-Wáhid and Abu-l-Kásim Ez-Zejjájee, it is رُبَّى only; because in it were known the results of their wars; from رُبَّى applied to a ewe or she-goat: and الحَنِينُ was a name of Jumádà-l-Oolà: see also art. رب, in which is said what somewhat differs from the statement here.
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