استعانهُ
Root: عون
Form: 10
Full Definition
استعانهُX
He sought, desired, demanded, or begged, of him, aid, help, or assistance. You say, اِسْتَعَنْتُهُ, or اِسْتَعَنْتُ بِهِ, or both, and
, for which last, is erroneously put in the copies of the K; [i. e. I sought, &c., of him, aid, &c., and he aided me.] The alteration of the infirm letter [و into ا] is made in استعان and
in imitation of a general rule [which requires it when that alteration is made in the unaugmented triliteral verb], though عَانَ, Present.T يَعُونُ, [as their source of derivation,] is not used. ب [i. e. بِ] is called حَرْفُ ٱسْتِعَانَةٍ [A particle denotative of seeking aid, &c.,] because when you say ضَرَبْتُ بِالسَّيْفِ and كَتَبْتُ بِالقَلَمِ and بَرَيْتُ بِالمُدْيَةِ, it is as though you said اِسْتَعَنْتُ
بِهٰذِهِ الأَدَوَاتِ عَلَي هٰذِهِ الأَفْعَالِ [meaning I sought aid of these instruments, or made use of them as means, against, i. e. to perform, these actions of smiting &c.]. [And you say, استعان
بِنَفْسِهِ, meaning He sought self-help, or exerted himself,
فِي أَمْرٍ
in an affair, and عَلَيْهِ
against it, or him.]
def.2 استعان signifies also He shaved his عَانَة, or pubes; and so تَعَيَّنَ , originally تَعَوَّنَ, on the authority of ISd.
def.2 استعان signifies also He shaved his عَانَة, or pubes; and so تَعَيَّنَ , originally تَعَوَّنَ, on the authority of ISd.
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