عُنْتُوتٌ
Root: عنت
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عُنْتُوتٌ
: see what next precedes.
2 With the article ال, A mountain, or tapering mountain, in the صَحْرَآء [or desert]: or, accord. to the L, a small mountain tapering into [or towards] the sky (جُبَيْلٌ مُسْتَدِقٌّ فِى السَّمَآءِ): and it is said to be دون الحرة [app. دُونَ الحَرَّةِ; but there seems to be here an omission or a mistranscription; for of the various meanings that may be assigned to this phrase, none seems to be apposite: I incline to think that العُنْتُوتُ thus expl. is the proper name of a particular mountain].
def.2 عُنْتُوتٌ signifies also The notch in a bow: accord. to Az, the عُنْتُوت of the bow is the notch into which enters the غَانَة, i. e. the ring at the head of the string.
def.3 And The first, or beginning, or commencement, of anything.
def.4 And Dry حَلِىّ, (O, and so in the CK, [in my MS. copy of the K حَلْى, and thus accord. to the TA, but this is evidently a mistake,]) which is a certain plant.
2 With the article ال, A mountain, or tapering mountain, in the صَحْرَآء [or desert]: or, accord. to the L, a small mountain tapering into [or towards] the sky (جُبَيْلٌ مُسْتَدِقٌّ فِى السَّمَآءِ): and it is said to be دون الحرة [app. دُونَ الحَرَّةِ; but there seems to be here an omission or a mistranscription; for of the various meanings that may be assigned to this phrase, none seems to be apposite: I incline to think that العُنْتُوتُ thus expl. is the proper name of a particular mountain].
def.2 عُنْتُوتٌ signifies also The notch in a bow: accord. to Az, the عُنْتُوت of the bow is the notch into which enters the غَانَة, i. e. the ring at the head of the string.
def.3 And The first, or beginning, or commencement, of anything.
def.4 And Dry حَلِىّ, (O, and so in the CK, [in my MS. copy of the K حَلْى, and thus accord. to the TA, but this is evidently a mistake,]) which is a certain plant.
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