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قَنِىَ

Root: قنو

Form: 1

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قَنِىَI He kept to the sense of shame, or modesty; he preserved it: and i. q. اِسْتَحْيَى: and he kept to [or preserved] his sense of shame, or modesty.
2 قَنَا غَنَمًا, and , He took for himself, got, or acquired, sheep, or goats [for a permanent possession], not for sale.
3 قَنَا, Present.T يَقْنُو, Verbal.Noun قُنُوٌّ; a dial. var. of قَنَأَ, q. v.
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