غِنَآءٌ
Root: غنى
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غِنَآءٌ
is an Verbal.Noun of 3.
def.2 Also, [Song, or vocal music; i. e.] an utterance of the voice with a prolonging and a sweet modulation thereof; or a raising of the voice, and continuing it without interruption; [a singing, and a chanting;] it is said in the S to be مِنَ السَّمَاعِ [meaning that it is a sort of musical performance]: being an utterance of the voice, its analogical form would be with damm [i. e. غُنَآءٌ, like حُدَادٌ &c.]: its pl. is أَغْنِيَةٌ: [and مَغْنًى signifies the same as غِنَآءٌ; and a mode of singing; and any particular air, or tune; and a song, i. e. a composition in verse that is sung or to be sung: and its pl. is مَغَانٍ: but perhaps it is post-classical: the pl. occurs in the K, in art. نصب:] غِنَآءٌ [also] signifies [a song, i. e.] poetry, or verse, that is [sung, or chanted, or] uttered with a trilling, or quavering, or a prolonging and a sweet modulation, of the voice; and أُغْنِيَّةٌ is syn. with غِنَآءٌ in this sense; or, as also , and ↓ each of them also without teshdeed, as mentioned by ISd, but said by him to be not of valid authority, signifies a certain sort of غِنَآء which they sing or chant: and the pl. is أَغَانِىُّ [and أَغَانٍ, this latter being the pl. of each sing. that is without teshdeed].
2 الغِنَآء is also used by a poet in the place of an Verbal.Noun, meaning التَّغَنِّى: he says,
def.2 Also, [Song, or vocal music; i. e.] an utterance of the voice with a prolonging and a sweet modulation thereof; or a raising of the voice, and continuing it without interruption; [a singing, and a chanting;] it is said in the S to be مِنَ السَّمَاعِ [meaning that it is a sort of musical performance]: being an utterance of the voice, its analogical form would be with damm [i. e. غُنَآءٌ, like حُدَادٌ &c.]: its pl. is أَغْنِيَةٌ: [and مَغْنًى signifies the same as غِنَآءٌ; and a mode of singing; and any particular air, or tune; and a song, i. e. a composition in verse that is sung or to be sung: and its pl. is مَغَانٍ: but perhaps it is post-classical: the pl. occurs in the K, in art. نصب:] غِنَآءٌ [also] signifies [a song, i. e.] poetry, or verse, that is [sung, or chanted, or] uttered with a trilling, or quavering, or a prolonging and a sweet modulation, of the voice; and أُغْنِيَّةٌ is syn. with غِنَآءٌ in this sense; or, as also , and ↓ each of them also without teshdeed, as mentioned by ISd, but said by him to be not of valid authority, signifies a certain sort of غِنَآء which they sing or chant: and the pl. is أَغَانِىُّ [and أَغَانٍ, this latter being the pl. of each sing. that is without teshdeed].
2 الغِنَآء is also used by a poet in the place of an Verbal.Noun, meaning التَّغَنِّى: he says,
[Sing thou, or chant thou, the poetry, if thou be uttering it: verily the singing, or chanting, this poetry is a مضمار (expl. in art. ضمر)].تَغَنِّ بِالشِّعْرِ إِمَّا كُنْتَ قَائِلَهُ إِنَّ الغِنَآءَ بهٰذَا الشِعْرِ مِضْمَارُ
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