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عاناهُ

Root: عنى

Form: 3

Full Definition

عاناهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُعَانَاةٌ, He suffered, or endured, or he struggled or contended with or against, the difficulty or trouble or inconvenience that he experienced from it or him; syn. قَاسَاهُ; as also : you say, هُوَ يُعَانِى كَذَا i. e. يُقَاسِيهِ [He suffers, &c., the difficulty &c. that he experiences from such a thing].
2 And He contended, disputed, or litigated, with him; syn. شَاجَرَهُ: you say, لَا تُعَانِ أَصْحَابَكَ i. e. لَا تُشَاجِرْهُمْ [Do not thou contend, &c., with thy companions].
3 And المُعَانَاةُ is also syn. with المُعَالَجَةُ [Verbal.Noun of عَالَجَ, q. v.]. [Hence,] one says, عانى عَمَلَ الأَقْفَاصِ [He plied the manufacture of cages, or coops]. (TA in art. قفص.) And عُونِىَ بِأَدْوِيَةٍ [referring to hair] It was treated (دُووِىَ) with remedies, such as oils and the like. (M and TA in art. دوى.) And عَانَيْتُ المَرِيضَ I treated the sick person; syn. دَاوَيْتُهُ. (TA in art. دوى.)
4 It is also syn. with المُدَارَاةُ [The treating with gentle- ness, or blandishment; &c.: see 3 in art. درى].
5 And one says, هُمْ مَا يُعَانُونَ مَالَهُمْ They do not tend, or take care of, their cattle, or camels, or [other] property well.
6 And الهُمُومُ تُعَانِى فُلَانًا Anxieties come to such a one.
7 And خُذْ هٰذَا وَمَا عَانَاهُ i. e. شَاكَلَهُ [Take thou this and what has become conformable, suitable, agreeable, or similar, to it].
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