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سَانَيْتُ

Root: سنو

Form: 3

Full Definition

سَانَيْتُIII , Verbal.Noun مُسَانَاةٌ [and سِنَآءٌ (see what I have said respecting a verse cited voce سِنٌّ)], I vied with the man in being pleased, well pleased, or content; or I agreed, consented, accorded, or was of one mind or opinion, with him: and I treated him with gentleness, or blandishment; soothed, or coaxed, him: and behaved well to him in my social intercourse with him: or مُسَانَاةٌ signifies the treating one with gentleness, or blandishment, in suing for a thing: or the endeavouring to conciliate one.

def.2 And ساناهُ, Verbal.Noun مُسَانَاْةٌ and سِنَآءٌ, He hired him for [or by] the year; or he made an engagement, or a contract, with him for work or the like, by the year; like سَانَهَهُ: (K in art. سنه:) and عَامَلَهُ مُسَانَاةً and اِسْتَأْجَرَهُ مَسَانَاةً signify the same as مُسَانَهَةً [q. v.].
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