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مَكَانٌ

Root: انس

Full Definition

مَكَانٌ , and مَحَلٌّ مَأْنُوسٌ, [A place, and] a place of alighting or abode, in which is أُنْس [i. e. sociableness, &c.]: مأنوس is a kind of possessive noun, because they did not say أَنَسْتُ المَكَانَ, nor أَنِسْتُهُ.
2 مَأْنُوسَةُ and المَأْنُوسَةُ: see أَنِيسٌ.
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