Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اعناهُ

Root: عنو

Form: 4

Full Definition

اعناهُIV He rendered him lowly, humble, or submissive.
2 And He made him to stick fast in captivity, or to be, or to remain, or continue, a captive.

def.2 See also 1, in two places.
2 [Hence,] اعني الوَلِىُّ الأَرْضَ The وَلِىّ, i. e. the rain after the وَسْمِىّ, watered the land so that it gave growth to plants, or herbage.
3 And اعنى الرَّجُلُ The man found, or lighted on, land that had produced herbage such as is termed عُشْب, [for قد اعشرت in my original, I read قَدْ أَعْشَبَتْ], and of which the pasturage had become abundant.

def.3 See also Q. Q. 1.


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