Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ن نأ نأت


R. Q. 1. ⇒ نأنأ

نَأْنَأَهُ He fed him, or nourished him, well. (Ḳ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Dissociation: B

He restrained him, or turned him back, (El-Umawee, Ṣ, Ḳ,) from a thing that he desired to do. (El-Umawee, Ṣ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Dissociation: C

نَأْنَأَ فِى الرَّأْىِ, inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ and مُنَأْنَأَةٌ; [the latter an unusual form of inf. n.;] andتَنَأْنَأَ↓; He was weak, (M, Ḳ,) or confused; (Ṣ;) and not firm or sound, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) in his judgment, or opinion. (Ṣ, M, Ḳ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Signification: C2

نَأْنَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He was weak in the affair. (Ṣ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Signification: C3

نَأْنَأَ عَنْهُ, andتَنَأْنَأَ↓, He was unable to do it. (Ḳ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Signification: C4

نَأْنَأَ, inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ; (AA;) andتَنَأْنَأَ↓; (Ṣ;) He was weak, feeble, or remiss. (AA, Ṣ, TA.)


R. Q. 2. ⇒ تنأنأ

see R. Q. 1 in three places.


نَأْنَأٌ

نَأْنَأٌ andنَأْنَآءٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andنُؤْنُوءٌ↓ andمُنَأْنَأٌ↓ Weak; cowardly. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: نَأْنَأٌ Signification: A2

نَأْنَأٌ One who frequently turns about, or rolls, the pupil, or black part, of his eye. (Ḳ.)


نَأْنَأَةٌ

نَأْنَأَةٌ: see the verb.

Root: نأ - Entry: نَأْنَأَةٌ Signification: A2

Weakness. (AA, Ṣ.)

Root: نأ - Entry: نَأْنَأَةٌ Signification: A3

طُوبَى لِمَنْ مَاتَ فِى النّأنأةِ [Good betide him who hath died in (the time of) weakness!] i. e., in the first of El-Islám, before it acquired strength, (Ṣ,) and its adherents and assistants multiplied. (TA.)


نَأْنَآءٌ / نُؤْنُوءٌ / مُنَأْنَأٌ

نَأْنَآءٌ, نُؤْنُوءٌ and مُنَأْنَأٌ: see نَأْنَأٌ.


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