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, عَنَنًا بَاطِلًا وَظُلْمًا كَمَا يُعْ تَرُ عَنْ حُجْرَةِ الرَّبِيضِ الظِّبَآءُ 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 opposition (الاِعْتِرَاض); as though saying, of associating another with God and of wrongdoing: or, as some say, the meaning [of the last word] in this case is disagreement, or opposition, or contravention, (الخِلَاف), and that which is wrong (البَاطِل). And in another trad., دَهِمَتْهُ المَنِيَّةُ فِى عَنَنِ جِمَاحِهِ [Death came upon him suddenly in the opposition of his heedless, or inconsiderate, course]. (TA. [There expl. only by the words هُوَ مَا لَيْسَ بِقَصْدٍ.]) And one says, هُوَ لَكَ بَيْنَ الأَوْبِ وَالعَنَنِ, meaning [He is to thee in a state] between obedience and disobedience. وَرْهَآءُ , a phrase used by a poet, means [A woman foolish in] opposing herself, or intervening, in every discourse. And العَنَنُ signifies also [particularly] Death's opposing itself, and preceding: occurring in a trad. of Sateeh [the Diviner].
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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