تأنّىVHe acted deliberately, or leisurely, not hastily; as also
; and
, Present.Tيَأْنَى, Verbal.Nounأنْىٌ: he acted with moderation, gently, deliberately, or leisurely; without haste; and with gravity, staidness, sedateness, or calmness;فِى الأَمْرِin the affair; as also
: or he acted gently; as also
, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above: or he acted gently, and waited;فِى الأَمْرِin the affair: or he waited, or was patient, or waited with patience,and did not hasten, in an affair. التَّأَتِّى and التَّأَنِّى are nearly syn.: you say, تأنّى لَهُHe acted gently with him, [or to him,] and did not hasten in his affair. You say also, بِهِHe waited patiently with him; or waited, and had patience, with him;he did not hasten him; as also
. And بِهِ حَوْلًا [He was waited patiently with for a year]. And فِى أَمْرِكَHasten not in thine affair. And فِى الطَّعَامِI waited for the food to become perfectly prepared or cooked. And تَأَنَّيْتُ الرَّجُلَ (and عَلَيْهِ, M and K in art. نظر, [see اِنْتَظَرَهُ,]) I waited for the man; as also بِهِ: whence, بِالْجِرَاحَاتِOne should wait for the issues, or consequences, or results, of wounds. And تَأنَّيْتُكَ حَتَّى لَا أَنَاةَ بِى [I have waited patiently for thee until there is no disposition to wait patiently in me].
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