عَيْنٌ
Root: عين
Form: 1
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عَيْنٌI
[app. as Verbal.Noun of عَانَ, agreeably with analogy, (like as أَذْنٌ is of أَذَنَ, and أَنْفٌ of أَنَفَ, &c.,) Present.T يَعِينٌ,] signifies The hitting, or hurting, [another] in the eye.
2 And The smiting with the [evil] eye: which is said in a trad. to be a reality. You say, عِنْتُ الرَّجُلَ I smote the man with my [evil] eye. And إِنَّكَ لَجَمِيلٌ وَلَا أَعِنْكَ, meaning [Verily thou art beautiful,] and may I not smite thee with the [evil] eye; and ولا أَعِينُكَ, meaning and I will not smite thee &c. And تعيّن المَالَ He smote the مال [i. e. cattle, or camels, &c.,] with an [evil] eye: or تعيّن الأِبِلَ, and , and , he raised his eyes towards the camels, looking at them, and expanded his hand over his eyebrow like as does he who shades his eyes from the sun, to smite them
3 عَانَ عَلَيْنَا, Present.T يَعِينُ, Verbal.Noun عَيَانَةٌ; (S, TA; [in one of my copies of the S, عِيَانَة;]) and لَنَا; both signify He was, or became, a spy, or scout, for us. [Golius mentions also , construed with ل, in this sense, as from the S; in which I do not find it.] And one says, اِذْهَبْ لَنَا مَنْزِلًا, Go thou, and look for, or seek, a place of alighting for us: and Lh says the like, making the verb trans. And بَعَتْنَا عَيْنًا , and يَعْتَانُ لَنَا; and يَعِينُنَا, and يَعِينُ لَنَا, Verbal.Noun عَيَانَةٌ, with fet-h, [in the CK عِيَانَة;]) i. e. [We sent a spy, or scout, to bring us information. [See also مُعْتَانٌ.]
4 عان الدَّمْعُ, and المَآءُ, Verbal.Noun عَيَنَانٌ and عَيْنٌ, The tears, and
5 And حَفَرْتُ حَتَّى عِنْتُ
def.2 عَيِنَ, Verbal.Noun عَيَنٌ, (S, * K, [not, as in the CK, with the ى quiescent.]) and عِيْنَةٌ, [He was wide in the eye: or large and wide therein: (see أَعْيَنُ:) or ] he was large in the black of the eye, with width [of the eye itself].
2 And The smiting with the [evil] eye: which is said in a trad. to be a reality. You say, عِنْتُ الرَّجُلَ I smote the man with my [evil] eye. And إِنَّكَ لَجَمِيلٌ وَلَا أَعِنْكَ, meaning [Verily thou art beautiful,] and may I not smite thee with the [evil] eye; and ولا أَعِينُكَ, meaning and I will not smite thee &c. And تعيّن المَالَ He smote the مال [i. e. cattle, or camels, &c.,] with an [evil] eye: or تعيّن الأِبِلَ, and , and , he raised his eyes towards the camels, looking at them, and expanded his hand over his eyebrow like as does he who shades his eyes from the sun, to smite them
3 عَانَ عَلَيْنَا, Present.T يَعِينُ, Verbal.Noun عَيَانَةٌ; (S, TA; [in one of my copies of the S, عِيَانَة;]) and لَنَا; both signify He was, or became, a spy, or scout, for us. [Golius mentions also , construed with ل, in this sense, as from the S; in which I do not find it.] And one says, اِذْهَبْ لَنَا مَنْزِلًا, Go thou, and look for, or seek, a place of alighting for us: and Lh says the like, making the verb trans. And بَعَتْنَا عَيْنًا , and يَعْتَانُ لَنَا; and يَعِينُنَا, and يَعِينُ لَنَا, Verbal.Noun عَيَانَةٌ, with fet-h, [in the CK عِيَانَة;]) i. e. [We sent a spy, or scout, to bring us information. [See also مُعْتَانٌ.]
4 عان الدَّمْعُ, and المَآءُ, Verbal.Noun عَيَنَانٌ and عَيْنٌ, The tears, and
5 And حَفَرْتُ حَتَّى عِنْتُ
def.2 عَيِنَ, Verbal.Noun عَيَنٌ, (S, * K, [not, as in the CK, with the ى quiescent.]) and عِيْنَةٌ, [He was wide in the eye: or large and wide therein: (see أَعْيَنُ:) or ] he was large in the black of the eye, with width [of the eye itself].
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