اِعْتَنَفْتُ
Root: عنف
Form: 8
Full Definition
اِعْتَنَفْتُVIII
I took to, or set about, the affair (أَخَذْتُهُ [for أَخَذْتُ فِيهِ or أَخَذْتُ أَفْعَلُهُ]) with ungentleness, roughness, violence, or vehemence. I entered into, engaged in, did, or performed, the affair, (أَتَيْتُهُ,) not having knowledge in it: or I was ignorant of the affair; and found it troublesome, or difficult, and hard, to do; whence the saying of Ru-beh,
2 Also [simply] I began, or commenced, the affair: some of the Benoo-Temeem use the phrase [thus] in the sense of اِئْتَنَفْتُهُ: an instance of العَنْعَنَةُ. See also عُنْفَة.
3 And اِعْتَنَفْنَا المَرَاعِىَ We pastured [our cattle] upon the herbage that had not been pastured upon before, of the pasturages: (O, K: but the latter has اعتنف in the place of اعتنفنا:) an instance of the عَنْعَنَة of Temeem.
4 And اعتنف المَجْلِسَ He removed from the sitting-place; like اِئْتَنَفَ: Esh-Sháfi'ee, after recommending that a man when he is drowsy in the sitting-place [in the mosque] on Friday, and finds another sitting-place without his treading therein upon any one, should remove from it, says, وَٱعْتِنَافُ المَجْلِسِ مَا يَذْعَرُ عَنْهُ النَّوْمَ [i. e. And the removing from the sitting-place is a cause of scaring from him sleep]: making الاِعْتِنَافُ to be the putting himself in motion, and removing from place to place; which is like الاِئْتِنَاف [or the beginning, or commencing, anew].
5 اِعْتَنَفْتُ الطَّعَامَ I disapproved, or disliked, the food that I had eaten; it disagreeing with me. And اِعْتَنَفْتُ الأَرْضَ I disliked the land, and deemed it insalubrious. And اِعْتَنَفَتْنِى البِلَادُ, or الأَرْضُ, The country, or the land, disagreed with me, or was unsuitable to me.
6 اعتنف الطَّرِيقُ [perhaps اُعْتُنِفَ ] The road swerved from the right course.
[With four legs not ignorant of the pace termed عَنَق]: and [simply] I had no knowledge in the affair: and اعتنفت الشَّىْءَ I took to, or set about, the thing, (أَخَذْتُهُ [as above],) or I entered into, engaged in, did, or performed, the thing, (أَتَيْتُهُ,) not being skilled, nor having knowledge, in it.بِأَرْبَعٍ لَا يَعْتَنِفْنَ العَنَقَا
2 Also [simply] I began, or commenced, the affair: some of the Benoo-Temeem use the phrase [thus] in the sense of اِئْتَنَفْتُهُ: an instance of العَنْعَنَةُ. See also عُنْفَة.
3 And اِعْتَنَفْنَا المَرَاعِىَ We pastured [our cattle] upon the herbage that had not been pastured upon before, of the pasturages: (O, K: but the latter has اعتنف in the place of اعتنفنا:) an instance of the عَنْعَنَة of Temeem.
4 And اعتنف المَجْلِسَ He removed from the sitting-place; like اِئْتَنَفَ: Esh-Sháfi'ee, after recommending that a man when he is drowsy in the sitting-place [in the mosque] on Friday, and finds another sitting-place without his treading therein upon any one, should remove from it, says, وَٱعْتِنَافُ المَجْلِسِ مَا يَذْعَرُ عَنْهُ النَّوْمَ [i. e. And the removing from the sitting-place is a cause of scaring from him sleep]: making الاِعْتِنَافُ to be the putting himself in motion, and removing from place to place; which is like الاِئْتِنَاف [or the beginning, or commencing, anew].
5 اِعْتَنَفْتُ الطَّعَامَ I disapproved, or disliked, the food that I had eaten; it disagreeing with me. And اِعْتَنَفْتُ الأَرْضَ I disliked the land, and deemed it insalubrious. And اِعْتَنَفَتْنِى البِلَادُ, or الأَرْضُ, The country, or the land, disagreed with me, or was unsuitable to me.
6 اعتنف الطَّرِيقُ [perhaps اُعْتُنِفَ ] The road swerved from the right course.
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