Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عنّاهُ

Root: عنو

Form: 2

Full Definition

عنّاهُII , Verbal.Noun تَعْنِيَةٌ, He imprisoned him, or confined him, long, straitening him. [See also 4.]
2 And تَعْنِيَةٌ is said to signify Any long confining or restraining: in a trad. of 'Alee, respecting the day of Siffeen, he is related to have said, اِسْتَشْعِرُوا الحَشْيَةَ وَعَنُّوا بِالأَصْوَاتِ i. e. [Make ye fear, or awe, to be the thing next your hearts,] and restrain, and suppress, the voices; as though he forbade their raising a confused and unintelligible clamour.

def.2 عَنَّيْتُ البَعِيرَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I smeared the camel with عَنِيَّة [q. v.]. [Hence تَعْنِيَةٌ as a subst., expl. below.]

def.3 See also Q. Q. 1.


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