غِنًى
Root: غنى
Full Definition
غِنًى
and
غَنَآءٌ signify the same; both are inf. ns. of غَنِىَ: [see the first sentence of this art.: used as simple substs., they mean Freedom from need or want; competence, or sufficiency; or richness, or wealthiness:] or غِنًى is the Verbal.Noun of غَنِىَ; and
غَنَآءٌ signifies competence, or sufficiency; as in the saying, لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ غَنَآءٌ
He has not competence, or sufficiency: or غَنَآءٌ signifies profit, utility, or avail; and you say, رَجُلٌ
لَا غَنَآءَ عِنْدَهُ meaning A man who is not profitable to any one: (TA voce دَدَانٌ; [and in like manner this phrase, occurring in the S voce دَدَانٌ, is expl. in the PS:]) and
غُنْوَةٌ signifies the same as غِنًى in the saying لِى عَنْهُ غُنْوَةٌ [I have no need of it, or him]: (K and TA in art. غنو:) so says Ks: but, as ISd says, the word commonly known is
غُنْيَةٌ ; which see in two places in the former half of the first paragraph of this art.: this last word [said in the S to be an Verbal.Noun] and
and
غُنْوَةٌ and
غُنْيَانٌ [which is said in the S and in one place in the K to be an Verbal.Noun] are substs. having one and the same meaning [syn. with غِنًى used as a simple subst.]: and مَا لَه عَنْهُ غِنًى [in the CK erroneously غَنًى] and
غُنْيَةٌ and
غُنْيَانٌ and
مَغْنًى mean [lit. He has not freedom from need of it, or him; and hence,] he has not any means, or way, of separating himself from, or avoiding, it, or him; syn. بُدٌّ: and one says فِى النِّكَاحِ غُنْيَةٌ عَنِ السِّفَاحِ [In marriage is freedom from need of fornication]. (A and Msb in art. سفح.) مَا
كَانَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ غِنًى, in a trad. respecting alms, means What is over and above that which suffices for the sustenance of the household, or family.
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