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عني (root ny)

عني
  • Ibn Fāris · 395العين والنون والحرف المعتل أصول ثلاثة الأول القصد للشيء بانكماش فيه وحرص عليه والثاني دال على خضوع وذل والثالث ظهور شيء وبروزه فالأول منه عنيت بالأمر وبالحاجة قال ابن الأعرابي عني بحاجتي وعني وغيره قال أيضا ذلك ويقال مثل

    Ibn Fāris (d. 395/1004), Maqāyīs al-Lugha. Seeks each root's original sense (aṣl).

    العين والنون والحرف المعتل أصول ثلاثة الأول القصد للشيء بانكماش فيه وحرص عليه والثاني دال على خضوع وذل والثالث ظهور شيء وبروزه فالأول منه عنيت بالأمر وبالحاجة قال ابن الأعرابي عني بحاجتي وعني وغيره قال أيضا ذلك ويقال مثل ذلك تعنيت أيضا كل ذلك يقال عناية وعنيا فأنا معني به وعن به قال الأصمعي لا يقال عني قال الفراء رجل عان بأمري أي معني به وأنشد : — عان بقصواها طويل الشغل … له جفيران وأي نبل … ومن الباب عناني هذا الأمر يعنيني عناية وأنا معني به واعتنيت به وبأمره والأصل الثاني قولهم عنا يعنو إذا خضع والأسير عان قال أبو عمرو أعن هذا الأسير أي دعه حتى ييبس القد عليه قال زهير : — ولولا أن ينال أبا طريف … إسار من مليك أو عناء … قال الخليل العنو والعناء مصدر للعاني يقال عان أقر بالعنو وهو الأسير والعاني الخاضع المتذلل قال الله تعالى : ﴿ وعنت الوجوه للحي القيوم ﴾ طه111 وهي تعنو عنوا ويقال للأسير عنا يعنو قال : — ولا يقال طوال الدهر عانيها … وربما قالوا أعنوه أي ألقوه في الإسار وكانت تلبية أهل اليمن في الجاهلية هذا : — جاءت إليك عانيه … عبادك اليمانيه … كيما تحج الثانية … على قلاص ناجيه … ويقولون العاني العبد والعانية الأمة قال أبو عمرو وأعنيته إذا جعلته مملوكا وهو عان بين العناء والعنوة القهر يقال أخذناها عنوة أي قهرا بالسيف ويقال جئت إليك عانيا أي خاضعا ويقولون العنوة الطاعة قال : — هل أنت مطيعي أيها القلب عنوة … والعناء معروف وهو من هذا قال الشيباني ربت عنوة لك من هذا الأمر أي عناء قال القطامي : — ونأت بحاجتنا وربت عنوة … لك من مواعدها التي لم تصدق … قالوا وتقول العرب عنوت عند فلان عنوا إذا كنت أسيرا عنده ويقولون في الدعاء على الأسير لا فك الله عنوته بالضم أي إساره ومن هذا الباب وهو عندنا قياس صحيح العنية وذلك أنها تعني كأنها تذل وتقهر وتشتد على من طلي بها والعنية أبوال الإبل تخثر وذلك إذا وضعت في الشمس ويقولون بل العنية بول يعقد بالبعر قال أوس : — كأن كحيلا معقدا أو عنية … على رجع ذفراها من الليت واكف … قال أبو عبيد من أمثال العرب عنية تشفي الجرب يضرب مثلا لمن يتداوى بعقله ورأيه كما تداوى الإبل الجربى بالعنية قال بعضهم عنيت البعير أي طليته بالعنية وأنشد : — على كل حرباء رعيل كأنه … حمولة طال بالعنية ممهل … والأصل الثالث عنيان الكتاب وعنوانه وعنيانه وتفسيره عندنا أنه البارز منه إذا ختم ومن هذا الباب معنى الشيء ولم يزد الخليل على أن قال معنى كل شيء محنته وحاله التي يصير إليها أمره قال ابن الأعرابي يقال ما أعرف معناه ومعناته والذي يدل عليه قياس اللغة أن المعنى هو القصد الذي يبرز ويظهر في الشيء إذا بحث عنه يقال هذا معنى الكلام ومعنى الشعر أي الذي يبرز من مكنون ما تضمنه اللفظ والدليل على القياس قول العرب لم تعن هذه الأرض شيئا ولم تعن أيضا وذلك إذا لم تنبت فكأنها إذا كانت كذا فإنها لم تفد شيئا ولم تبرز خيرا ومما يصححه قول القائل : — ولم يبق بالخلصاء مما عنت به … من البقل إلا يبسها وهجيرها … ومما يصححه أيضا قولهم عنت القربة تعنو وذلك إذا سال ماؤها قال المتنخل : — تعنو بمخروت … قال الخليل عنوان الكتاب يقال منه عنيت الكتاب وعننته وعنونته قال وهو فيما ذكروا مشتق من المعنى قال غيره من جعل العنوان من المعنى قال عنيت بالياء في الأصل وعنوان تقديره فعوال وقولك عنونت فهو فعولت قال الشيباني يقال ما عنا من فلان خير وما يعنو من عملك هذا خير عنوا

  • Lane · 1876English, synthesising the classical dictionaries.

    E. W. Lane (d. 1876), An Arabic-English Lexicon. English, synthesising the classical dictionaries.

    عَنَاهُ الأَمْرُ

    1. عَنَاهُ الأَمْرُ, aor. يَعْنِيهِ and يَعْنُوهُ, inf. n. عِنَايةٌ and عَنَايَةٌ (K, TA) and عُنِىٌّ, (TA, as from the K, but not in the CK nor in my MS. copy of the K,) The affair, or event, or case, disquieted him; syn. أَهَمَّهُ [more fully expl. by what here follows]: (K, TA:) [عَنَاهُ may be generally rendered it concerned him; agreeing with this in meaning it made him uneasy in mind, anxious, or careful; and in meaning it affected his interest, or was of importance to him; like أَهَمَّهُ: and also it concerned him meaning it related, or belonged, to him; or was of his business; as will be shown by what follows: and] عَنَانِى كَذَا, aor. يَعْنِينِى, means such a thing occurred, or happened, to me, and occupied me [or my mind]. (Msb.) The saying [in the Kur lxxx. 37], لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يَعْنِيهِ, thus accord. to one reading, means يُهِمُّهُ [i. e. To every man of them shall belong, on that day, a business that will disquiet him, &c.]: (Ksh, Bd;) or a business in conjunction with which no other will disquiet him: and like this is the other reading, which is with غ; (TA;) i. e. يُغْنِيهِ, meaning which will suffice him in respect of his being disquieted thereby; (Ksh, Bd;) or the meaning of the latter reading is, [a business such that] he will not be able, in conjunction with his being disquieted thereby, to be disquieted by any other; (TA;) or a state that will occupy him so as to divert him from the state of any other. (Jel.) And it is said in a trad. respecting charming, بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ دَآءٍ يَعْنِيكَ i. e. [By the name of God I charm thee from, or against, any disease] that may disquiet thee, &c., (يُهِمُّكَ,) and occupy thee [or thy mind]. (TA.) And in another trad. it is said, مِنْ حُسْنِ إِسْلَامِ المْرْءِ تَرْكُهُ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ, meaning مَا لَا يُهِمُّهُ [i. e. A condition of the goodness of the man's submitting himself to the requirements of God is his leaving, or relinquishing, that which does not disquiet him, &c.]; (S, TA;) the exceptions therefrom being such things as necessary food and clothing. (So in a marginal note in a copy of the Jámi' es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee.) See also the prov. expl. voce عِنَانٌ. [It is like the common saying, يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيمَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ He talks of that which does not concern him; meaning that which does not relate, or belong, to him; or that which is not of his business.] عُنِىَ in the phrase عُنِىَ بِالأَمْرِ is [said to be] one of a class of verbs used in the pass. form though having the sense of the act. form, like زُهِىَ: (S in art. زهو:) [but is expl. as though pass. of عَنَاهُ meaning as above, or quasipass.:] you say, عُنِىَ بِالأَمْرِ, with damm, (K, TA,) i. e. in the pass. form, (TA,) inf. n. عِنَايَةٌ, (K, TA,) with kesr; (TA;) and عَنِىَ بِهِ, of the class of رَضِىَ, (K, TA,) mentioned by IDrst and others of the expositors of the Fs, and by Hr and Mtr, (MF, TA,) and by IKtt on the authority of Et- Toosee, (TA,) but this is seldom used, (K, TA,) the former being that which is commonly known, and this alone being mentioned by Th in his Fs, and by J and others; (TA;) i. q. اِهْتَمَّ بِهِ [i. e. He became disquieted by the affair, or case; or rendered uneasy in mind, anxious, or careful, by it; and consequently, he became occupied by it, or with it; or set about it, and managed it]; as also بِهِ اِعْتَنَى: (K, TA:) or بِأَمْرِهِ اِعْتَنَيْتُ means I became disquieted by his affair, or case; or rendered uneasy in mind, anxious, or careful, by it; (اِهْتَمَمْتُ بِهِ;) and minded it; or managed it well; (اِحْتَفَلْتُ بِهِ;) and عَنَيْتُ بِهِ, of the class of رَمَى, inf. n. عِنَايَةٌ, signifies the same: and عُنِيْتُ بِأَمْرِ فُلَانٍ, in the pass. form, inf. n. عِنَايَةٌ and عُنِىٌّ, signifies I became occupied [either actually or (as is shown by what follows) in mind] by, or with, the affair, or case, of such a one; and sometimes one said عَنَيْتُ بِأَمْرِهِ [in this sense as well as the similar sense expl. above], using the act. form: (Msb:) one says [also], عُنِيتُ بِحَاجَتِكَ, with damm to the first letter, [which may be rendered I became occupied by, or with, thy want,] aor. أُعْنَى, inf. n. عِنَايَةٌ: (S:) and لِتُعْنَ بِحَاجَتِى, (S, Msb,) which is the imperative form, (S,) meaning [Be thou occupied by, or with, my want; or] let my want occupy, or busy, thy mind: (Msb:) and in interrogating, you say, كَيْفَ مَنْ تُعْنَى بِأَمْرِهِ [How is he by, or with, whose affair, or case, thou art occupied, or disquieted, &c.?]: you do not say, in this case, تَعَنَّى [for تَتَعَنَّى]. (Az, TA.) عَنَى ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ, [inf. n. عِنَايَةٌ, as is implied in the TA,] means God preserved him: (Msb, TA:) and it is said that it may be from عَنَى بِحَاجَتِهِ [as syn. with عُنِىَ بِهَا]. (TA.) And عَنِىَ, (S, Msb,) thus in the Tahdheeb of IKtt, (TA,) with kesr, (S, TA,) of the class of تَعِبَ, (Msb,) aor. يَعْنَى; (S, Msb;) or عَنَى, (K, TA,) with fet-h, thus in the copies of the K, and likewise in the M; (TA;) inf. n. عَنَأءٌ, (S, K, TA,) or this is a simple subst., from عَنَّاهُ, (Mgh, Msb,) and عَنْيَةٌ is syn. therewith; (ISd, K, TA;) He suffered difficulty, distress, or trouble; (S, Msb, K, TA;) or fatigue, or weariness: and تعنّى, also, has the former or the latter meaning. (S, K, TA.) You say, عَنِيتُ فِى الأَمْرِ, meaning تَعَنَّيْتُ [i. e. I suffered difficulty, &c., in the affair, or case]: mentioned by Az. (TA.) And عَنِىَ signifies [also] He stuck fast in captivity; (K in this art., and Msb in art. عنو;) as also عَنَا, inf. n. عُنُوٌّ: (Msb in art. عنو:) or both signify he became a captive. (K in art. عنو.) عَنَى [as intrans.] said of an event, (K, TA,) inf. n. عَنْىٌ, (TA,) It befell, or betided; (K, TA;) as also اعتنى: (TA:) and it occurred, or happened: (K:) عَنَى لَهُ الأَمْرُ is said to mean The event occurred, or happened, to him. (TA.) عَنَى فِيهِ الأَكْلُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. عَنْىٌ and عُنِىٌّ and عَنًى, (TA,) signifies The eating had an agreeable, a wholesome, or a beneficial, effect upon him, (syn. نَجَعَ,) and [it is said that] the aor. is يَعْنَِى, like يَرْمِى and يَرْضَى, (K, TA,) the latter mentioned by ISd, as being anomalous, but MF says that the latter has not been heard unless as having its pret. like رَضِىَ, [i. e. عَنِىَ, of which عَنًى is the inf. n. accord. to analogy,] and [SM adds that] thus it is accord. to IKtt, who mentions the verb as said also, in the same sense, of the drinking of milk; (TA in this art.;) and he states that عَنَا, aor. يَعْنُو, inf. n. عُنُوٌّ, is a dial. var. thereof. (TA in this art. and in art. عنو.) عَنَى بالقَوْلِ كَذَا, (S, K, TA,) aor. يَعْنِى, (TA,) He meant, or intended, by the saying, such a thing; syn. أرَادَ, (S, K, TA,) and قَصَدَ. (TA.) عَنَيْتُهُ, aor. أَعْنِيهِ, inf. n. عَنْىٌ, signifies قَصَدْتُهُ [as meaning I intended it: and app. in other senses expl. in art. قصد]. (Msb.) And you say, عَنَانِى أَمْرُكَ, meaning قَصَدَنِى [i. e., app., Thy command, or thy affair, had me for its object]. (TA.) عَنَيْتُ الشَّىْءَ: and عَنَتِ الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ: see 1 in art. عنو. عَنَيْتُ الكِتَابَ: see Q. Q. 1 in art. عنو.

    عنّاهُ

    2. عنّاهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَعْنِيَةٌ, (S, Msb,) He caused him to suffer difficulty, distress, or trouble; (S, Mgh, * K;) or fatigue, or weariness; (S, K;) as also تعنّاهُ, (S,) or as also اعناهُ: (K:) or he imposed upon him that which was difficult, distressing, or troublesome, to him: (Msb:) or he annoyed, molested, harmed, or hurt, him; and caused him to grieve or mourn, or to be sorrowful or sad or unhappy. (Har p. 120.) [See also 2 in art. عنو.] عنّى الكِتَابَ, mentioned in the K in this art.: see Q. Q. 1 in art. عنو.

    عاناهُ

    3. عاناهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. مُعَانَاةٌ, (S,) He suffered, or endured, or he struggled or contended with or against, the difficulty or trouble or inconvenience that he experienced from it or him; syn. قَاسَاهُ; as also تعنّاهُ: (S, K:) you say, هُوَ يُعَانِى كَذَا i. e. يُقَاسِيهِ [He suffers, &c., the difficulty &c. that he experiences from such a thing]. (TA.) And He contended, disputed, or litigated, with him; syn. شَاجَرَهُ: (K:) you say, لَا تُعَانِ أَصْحَابَكَ i. e. لَا تُشَاجِرْهُمْ [Do not thou contend, &c., with thy companions]. (TA.) And المُعَانَاةُ is also syn. with المُعَالَجَةُ [inf. n. of عَالَجَ, q. v.]. (Har p. 7.) [Hence,] one says, عانى عَمَلَ الأَقْفَاصِ [He plied the manufacture of cages, or coops]. (TA in art. قفص.) And عُونِىَ بِأَدْوِيَةٍ [referring to hair] It was treated (دُووِىَ) with remedies, such as oils and the like. (M and TA in art. دوى.) And عَانَيْتُ المَرِيضَ I treated the sick person; syn. دَاوَيْتُهُ. (TA in art. دوى.) It is also syn. with المُدَارَاةُ [The treating with gentle- ness, or blandishment; &c.: see 3 in art. درى]. (TA.) And one says, هُمْ مَا يُعَانُونَ مَالَهُمْ They do not tend, or take care of, their cattle, or camels, or [other] property (S, K, TA) well. (TA.) And الهُمُومُ تُعَانِى فُلَانًا Anxieties come to such a one. (TA.) And خُذْ هٰذَا وَمَا عَانَاهُ i. e. شَاكَلَهُ [Take thou this and what has become conformable, suitable, agreeable, or similar, to it]. (TA.)

    أَعْنَىَ

    4: see 2. [See also 4 in art. عنو.] ما اعنى شَيْئًا means مَا أَغْنَى [i. e. It did not stand in any stead; or did not avail, or profit, at all]. (TA.) See also أَغْنَى.

    تعنّى

    5. تعنّى, as intrans.: see 1, latter half, in two places. تعنّاهُ: see 2: and see also 3, first sentence. [Hence the prov., جِبَابٌ فَلَا تَعَنَّ أَبْرًا, expl. voce جُبٌّ.] One says also, تعنّى العَنْيَةَ, meaning تَجَشَّمَهَا [i. e. He imposed upon himself the suffering of difficulty, distress, or trouble; or of fatigue, or weariness]. (K.) تَتَعَنَّاهُ as meaning It returns to him time after time (تَتَعَهَّدُهُ) is said of fever (الحُمَّى); but not of aught else. (TA.) And تَعَنَّيْتُ signifies also قَصَدْتُ [app. as intrans., meaning I pursued a right, or direct, course; &c.]. (TA.)

    إِعْتَنَىَ

    8: see 1, former half, in two places: and also in the last quarter of the paragraph.

    عَنٍ

    عَنٍ is the part. n. from عَنِىَ بِالأَمْرِ as syn. with عُنِىَ [q. v.]: (K, TA:) you say, هُوَ بِالأَمْرِ عَنٍ (IAar, K, TA) He is disquieted [&c.] by the affair, or case: (K, TA:) [and مَعْنِىٌّ signifies the same, as part. n. of عُنِىَ: or] بِهِ أَنَا مَعْنِىٌّ, from عَنَانِى كَذَا [q. v.], means I am occupied [either actually or in mind] by it, or with it; i. e., a thing that has occurred, or happened, to me; and sometimes one says, أَنَا عَانٍ, meaning the same, i. e., by the affair, or case, of another, from عَنَيْتُ بِأَمْرِهِ [q. v.]: (Msb:) and one says [also], بِحَاجَتِكَ أَنَا مَعْنِىٌّ [I am occupied by, or with, thy want], from عُنِيتُ بِحَاجَتِكَ. (S.) [And] part. n. from عَنِيتُ فِى الأَمْرِ [q. v.]: you say, أَنَا عَنٍ [I am suffering difficulty, distress, or trouble; or fatigue, or weariness; in an affair, or case]: mentioned by Az. (TA.)

    عَنْيَةٌ

    عَنْيَةٌ: see عَنَآءٌ.

    عُنْيَانٌ

    عُنْيَانٌ i. q. عُنْوَانٌ [expl. in art. عنو]. (K.)

    عَنَآءٌ

    عَنَآءٌ Difficulty, distress, or trouble; (Mgh, Msb; *) the subst. from عَنَّاهُ: (Mgh, Msb:) or the suffering of difficulty, distress, or trouble; or of fatigue, or weariness; inf. n. of عَنَى [or of عَنِىَ]; and عَنْيَةٌ is syn. therewith. (K.) [See also art. عنو.] It is also a subst. from عَنَى in the phrase عَنَى بِالقَوْلِ كَذَا [as such having the signification of the inf. n. of that verb, or perhaps as syn. with مَعْنًى]. (TA.)

    عَانٍ

    عَانٍ: see عَنٍ. [See also art. عنو.] In the phrase عَنَآءٌ عَانٍ, it denotes intensiveness; [the meaning being Severe difficulty, &c.;] (K, TA;) like شَاعِرٌ and مَائِتٌ in the phrases شِعْرٌ شَاعِرٌ and مَوْتٌ مَائِتٌ: (TA:) as also مُعَنٍّ; (K, TA;) in the M like مُكْرَمٌ [i. e. مُعْنًى]. (TA.)

    هُوَ بِهِ أَعْنَى

    هُوَ بِهِ أَعْنَى means أَكْثَرُ عِنَايَةً [i. e. He is more disquieted, uneasy in mind, anxious, or careful, by reason of it]. (TA.)

    Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon

How each letter is made, in brief, from Sībawayh's and Ibn Jinnī's own sentences (linked); their words are under Reference.

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ومن أوسط الحلق مخرج العين والحاء

From the middle of the throat is the place of the ʿayn and the ḥāʾ. Sībawayh, lines 26548–26549 ↗

ومن وسط الحلق مخرج العين والحاء

From the middle of the throat is the place of the ʿayn and the ḥāʾ. Ibn Jinnī, line 970 ↗

ن

ومن حافة اللسان من أدناها إلى منتهى طرف اللسان ما بينها وبين ما يليها من الحنك الأعلى وما فويق الثنايا مخرج النون

From the edge of the tongue, from its nearest part to the end of its tip, between it and the upper palate next to it and what is just above the front teeth, is the place of the nūn. Sībawayh, lines 26555–26556 ↗

ومن طرف اللسان بينه وبين ما فويق الثنايا، مخرج النون

From the tip of the tongue, between it and what is just above the front teeth, is the place of the nūn. Ibn Jinnī, line 979 ↗

ي

ومن وسط اللسان بينه وبين وسط الحنك الأعلى مخرج الجيم والشين والياء

From the middle of the tongue, between it and the middle of the upper palate, is the place of the jīm, the shīn and the yāʾ. Sībawayh, line 26553 ↗

ومن وسط اللسان بينه وبين وسط الحنك الأعلى، مخرج الجيم والشين والياء

From the middle of the tongue, between it and the middle of the upper palate, is the place of the jīm, the shīn and the yāʾ. Ibn Jinnī, line 974 ↗

Sībawayh, al-Kitāb (ed. Hārūn) and Ibn Jinnī, Sirr ṣināʿat al-iʿrāb; OpenITI digital texts (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Full credits on each letter's page.

In the Breath of the All-MercifulIbn ʿArabī · metaphysics

English throughout: AI translation of the Arabic

ع

Level of existence: الطبيعة · Nature

Divine Name: الباطن · The Inward (al-Bāṭin)

Lunar mansion: الثريا · al-Thurayyā (the Pleiades)

Futūḥāt ch. 198, line 63825

Spheres of its simples (ch. 2): 9 line 2572 ↗

ن

Level of existence: السماء الرابعة · the fourth heaven

Divine Name: النور · the Light (al-Nūr)

Lunar mansion: السماك · al-Simāk

Futūḥāt ch. 198, line 64663

Spheres of its simples (ch. 2): 8 line 2571 ↗

الثمانية فحروفها حارة يابسة

The eightfold [rank]: its letters are hot and dry.

Ibn ʿArabī, al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya, line 2580

ي

Level of existence: السماء الأولى · The First Heaven

Divine Name: الرب · The Lord (al-Rabb)

Lunar mansion: الخرتان · al-Kharatān

Futūḥāt ch. 198, line 64500

Spheres of its simples (ch. 2): 10 line 2573 ↗

المرتبة العشرية فحروفها حارة يابسة

The tenfold rank: its letters are hot and dry.

Ibn ʿArabī, al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya, line 2582
Meaning by vowelal-Dabbāgh · a visionary claim about a primordial “Syriac”, not historical Syriac

English throughout: AI translation of the Arabic

ع

فهي اسم لقدوم أو رحيل.

It is a name for arrival or departure.

فهي اسم للساكن في الذات التي تقوم به.

It is a name for that which dwells in the self and by which the self subsists.

فهي اسم لخبث الذات.

It is a name for the foulness of the self.

al-Dabbāgh (d. 1132/1719), al-Ibrīz, ch. 2 §15, compiled by al-Lamaṭī

ن

فهي الخير الساكن في الذات الشاعل فيها.

It is the good that dwells in the self, kindling [al-shāʿil, as written] within it.

فهي إشارة إلى الخير الكامل أو النور الساطع.

It is an indication of perfect good or radiant light.

فهي إشارة إلى شيء يدركه المتكلم أو هو له.

It is an indication of something that the speaker perceives or that belongs to him.

al-Dabbāgh (d. 1132/1719), al-Ibrīz, ch. 2 §15, compiled by al-Lamaṭī

ي

فهي للنداء، وقد يؤكد بها.

It is for the vocative (calling), and it may be used for emphasis.

فهي إشارة إلى الشيء الذي لا يثبت كالبرق ونحوه.

It is an indication of the thing that does not remain fixed, like lightning and the like.

فهي إشارة إلى الشيء الذي يستحيا به أو يستحيا منه كالعورة.

It is an indication of the thing that causes shame, or of which one is ashamed, like the private parts.

al-Dabbāgh (d. 1132/1719), al-Ibrīz, ch. 2 §15, compiled by al-Lamaṭī
Two-letter nucleus11 roots in Ibn Fāris’s chapterع ن

Ibn Fāris groups his roots under two-letter chapters (“the X and the Y and what makes them three”). These are the roots of this root's chapter with the core sense he gives each. Setting them side by side is our juxtaposition; he does not himself draw a shared meaning. His chapter heading, line 20616 ↗

  • عنىالعين والنون والحرف المعتل أصول ثلاثة الأول القصد للشيء بانكماش فيه وحرص عليه والثاني دال على خضوع وذل والثالث ظهور شيء وبروزهL20617
  • عنبالعين والنون والباء أصيل يدل على ثمر معروف وكلمة غير ذلك فالثمر العنب واحدته عنبة ويقولون ليس في كلامهم فعلة إلا عنبة وربماQ 11 · L20665
  • عنتالعين والنون والتاء أصل صحيح يدل على مشقة وما أشبه ذلك ولا يدل على صحة ولا سهولةQ 5 · L20672
  • عنجالعين والنون والجيم أصل صحيح واحد يدل على جذب شيء بشيء يمتد كحبل وما أشبههL20682
  • عندالعين والنون والدال أصل صحيح واحد يدل على مجاوزة وترك طريق الاستقامةQ 201 · L20709
  • عنشالعين والنون والشين أصيل لعله أن يكون صحيحا وإن صح فهو يدل على تمرس بشيء يقولون فلان يعانش الناس أي يقاتلهم ويتمرس بهم ويعانش يظالم وينشدون : — إذا لأL20763
  • عنصالعين والنون والصاد أصيل صحيح على شيء من الشعرL20771
  • عنطالعين والنون والطاء أصيل صحيح يدل على طول جسم وحسن قوامL20779
  • عنقالعين والنون والقاف أصل واحد صحيح يدل على امتداد في شيء إما في ارتفاع وإما في انسياحQ 9 · L20793
  • عنكالعين والنون والكاف أصلان أحدهما لون من الألوان والآخر ارتباك في الأمر واستغلاق في الشىءL20875
  • عنمالعين والنون والميم ليس بأصل يقاس عليه وإنما هو نبت أو شيء يشبه بهL20894
In the sister scriptsHebrew ע נ יSyriac ܥ ܢ ܝ
Arabicع ن ي
Hebrewע נ י
Syriacܥ ܢ ܝ
Ancient South Arabian (musnad)𐩲 𐩬 𐩺
Phoenician𐤏 𐤍 𐤉

Letter for letter, by the regular sound correspondences of the Semitic languages (Arabic keeps several sounds the others merged). This shows how the root would be spelled; whether a related word exists is a separate question, answered in the Semitic lens. Where an Arabic sibilant (s, sh) continues two older sounds, both spellings are shown.

Neighbouring rootsThe roots that share letters with this one, as a map you can open out