إِنْىٌ

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إِنْىٌ and إِنًى , the latter in [some of] the copies of the K erroneously written أَنَآءٌ, [and in other copies of the same omitted,] and إِنْوٌ , with و substituted for ى, and أَنْىٌ and أَنًى , An hour, or a short portion, or a time, or an indefinite time, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the night: or a time or season (وَقْتٌ) of the night: (M in art. انو:) or i. q. وَهْنٌ [the period about midnight; or the time after an hour, or a short period, of the night; or when the night is departing]: or any سَاعَة [i. e. hour, or short portion, or time,] of the night: [and any period of time; as will be seen below:] or, accord. to some, إِنًى signifies the whole day; as also أَنًى : the pl. is آنَآءٌ and أُنىٌّ and إِنِىٌّ. You say, مَضَى إِنْىٌ مِنَ الَّيْلِ and إِنْوٌ [&c.] A time, or season, [&c.,] (وَقْتٌ, [&c.,]) of the night passed: (M in art. انو:) dual إِنْيَانِ and إِنْوَانِ. And a poet says, أَتَمَّتْ حَمْلَهَا فِى بَعْضِ شَهْرٍ وَحَمْلُ الحَامَلَاتِ إنًى طَوِيلُ [She completed her gestation in a portion of a month; but the gestation of the pregnant in general is a long period of time]. Another uses the phrase ضَحَّاكُ الأُنِىْ, occurring at the end of a verse, [for ضحّاك الأُنِىِّ,] meaning Found to be laughing whenever one comes to him.

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