عَنَنٌ
Root: عن
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عَنَنٌ
is a subst. [as well as an Verbal.Noun] of عَنَّ; [as such,] i. q.
اِعْتِرَاضٌ [used as a simple subst., meaning Opposition]; as also
عِنَانٌ : or opposition of oneself to another, from either side of him, with an abominable, or evil, action. El-Hárith Ibn-Hillizeh says,
2 See also عِنَانٌ, near the middle of the paragraph.
3 Also The place in which a person, or thing, presents, or opposes, himself, or itself.
4 See also أَعْنَانٌ.
def.2 And see عُنَّةٌ, former half.
meaning In wrong opposition, (اِعْتِرَاضًا بَاطِلًا), [and injurious conduct], like as when gazelles are sacrificed [in fulfilment of a vow] for what is due on the part of the flock of sheep, or herd of goats. And it is said in a trad., بَرِئْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الوَثَنِ والعَنَنِ i. e. [We are clear, to thee,] of the idol (الصَّنَم) and oppositionعَنَنًا بَاطِلًا وَظُلْمًا كَمَا يُعْ تَرُ عَنْ حُجْرَةِ الرَّبِيضِ الظِّبَآءُ
2 See also عِنَانٌ, near the middle of the paragraph.
3 Also The place in which a person, or thing, presents, or opposes, himself, or itself.
4 See also أَعْنَانٌ.
def.2 And see عُنَّةٌ, former half.
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