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Form 1عَنِتَ4 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarعَنَتٌ

Core sense — he fell into difficulty or distress; it broke after being set; he sinnedgenerated

1.1he fell into a difficult, hard, or distressing case—عَنَتٌ

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meeting with difficulty, hardship, or distress—عَنَتٌ

Some hold this to be the primary meaning: see عَنَتْ below; the explanations there seem to show that the verb has several meanings not expressly assigned to it in the lexicons.

grievous to him is your experiencing difficulty, hardship, or distress—عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ

In the Qur'ān 9, last verse but one; so Az and most of the commentators.

Or, as some say, the meaning is مَا أَعْنَتَكُمْ, that is, what has brought you into difficulty, hardship, or distress.

In the S and O the context seems to indicate that مَا عَنِتُّمْ means your having sinned.

1.1.1the beast limped, or halted, from hard or rough treatment it could not bear—عَنِتَتِ الدَّابَّةُ
he shod his beast and it became lame—أَنْعَلَ دَابَّتَهُ فَعَنِتَتْ

From a tradition; so some relate it. Others relate it as فَعَتَبَتْ, but Kt prefers the first reading.

1.1.2it broke after having been set and united—عَنِتَ

Also, said of a bone: it became weak, and broke.

it broke after having been set and united—عَنِتَتْ

The first is said of a bone, the second of an arm or a leg..

on this sense The Ksh and Bd, at 4:30, say this is the primary meaning.

1.1.3he committed a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience deserving punishment—عَنِتَ

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Or he committed sins, crimes, or acts of disobedience deserving punishment; or he did wrong, intentionally or unintentionally.

[And particularly He committed fornication, or adultery: see عَنَتٌ below.]

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
3:118
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ بِطَانَةً مِّن دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا وَدُّوا۟ مَا عَنِتُّمْ قَدْ بَدَتِ ٱلْبَغْضَآءُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَمَا تُخْفِى صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ۖ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.

9:128
لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful.

49:7
وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِى كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكُفْرَ وَٱلْفُسُوقَ وَٱلْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ

And know that among you is Allah's Messenger: were he, in many matters, to follow your (wishes), ye would certainly fall into misfortune: But Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful in your hearts, and He has made hateful to you Unbelief, wickedness, and rebellion: such indeed are those who walk in righteousness;-

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, [aor. عَنَتَ ,] inf. n. عَنَتٌ , He fell into a difficult, hard, or distressing, case: (S, A, * O, TA:) or عَنَتٌ signifies the meeting with difficulty, hardship, or distress. (K.) [This is held by some to be the primary signification: see عَنَتْ below; by the explanations of which it seems to be indicated that the verb has several significations that are not expressly assigned to it in the lexicons.] عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ , in the Kur [ix. last verse but one], means, accord. to Az [and most of the expositors], Grievous unto him is your experiencing difficulty, or hardship, or distress: or, as some say, the meaning is مَا أَعْنَتَكُمْ , i. e., what hath brought you into difficulty, or hardship, or distress. (TA. [In the S and O, it seems to be indicated by the context that مَا عَنِتُّمْ means your having sinned.]) عَنِتَتِ الدَّابَّةُ The beast limped, or halted, in consequence of hard, or rough, treatment, such as it could not bear. (TA.) It is said in a trad., أَنْعَلَ دَابَّتَهُ فَعَنِتَتْ He shod his beast and it became lame: thus as some relate it; as others relate it, فَعَتَبَتْ ; but the former relation is preferred by Kt. (TA.) عَنِتَ said of a bone, (Az, A, K, TA,) and عَنِتَتْ said of an arm or a leg, (Az, TA,) [aor. عَنَتَ ,] inf. n. عَنَتٌ , (TA,) It broke (Az, A, K, TA) after its having been set and united: (A, K:) [this is said in the Ksh and by Bd, in iv. 30, to be the primary signification:] and the former, said of a bone, it became weak, and broke. (K, * TA.) عَنِتَ , (S, O, Msb, TA,) aor. عَنَتَ , (Msb,) inf. n. عَنَتٌ , (S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA,) He committed a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience deserving punishment: (S, O, K, * TA: *) or he committed sins, crimes, or acts of disobedience deserving punishment: (K, * TA:) or he did wrong [intentionally or unintentionally]. (Msb.) [And particularly He committed fornication, or adultery: see عَنَتٌ below.]
Form 2عنّتهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَعْنِيتٌ

Core sense — he treated him harshly and forced hardship on him; he destroyed himgenerated

2.1if God had willed, He would certainly have treated you with hardness and forced you to do what would be difficult for you—لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ

He treated him with hardness, severity, or rigour, and forced him to do what was difficult for him to perform. The same is said of تعنّتهُ. Afterwards it came to mean he destroyed him, or caused him to perish; and اعنتهُ has both of these meanings.

In the Qur'ān 2:219. Or it may mean: would have destroyed you.

According to IAar, إِعْنَاتٌ means requiring a person to do what is not in their power.

2.1.1

See also form 5.

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, inf. n. تَعْنِيتٌ , He treated him with hardness, severity, or rigour, and constrained him to do that which was difficult to him to perform; (IAmb, O, K, TA;) as also تعنّتهُ : and afterwards it became applied to signify he destroyed him; or caused him to perish: (IAmb, TA:) [and اعنتهُ has both of these significations: for it is said that] لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ , in the Kur [ii. 219], means If God had willed, He would assuredly have treated you with hardness, &c., and constrained you to do that which would be difficult to you to perform: or it may mean, would have destroyed you: or, accord. to IAar, إِعْنَاتٌ signifies the requiring to do that which is not in one's power. (TA.) See also 5.
Form 4اعنتهُ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِعْنَاتٌ

Core sense — he caused him to fall into difficulty or distress; he broke a bone newly setgenerated

4.1

He caused him to fall into difficulty, hardship, or distress; into what was difficult, hard, or distressing for him to bear.

See also forms 1 and 2.

4.1.1

Said of a rider: he treated the beast with hardness or roughness that it could not bear, and so made it limp, or halt.

4.1.2

Said of a physician: he treated the sick man roughly, without gentleness, and so harmed or injured him.

4.1.3

He, or it, broke a bone after it had been set and united.

Or, said of a bone-setter: he handled the broken bone roughly, so that the fracture became worse.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
2:220
فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ ۖ قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَإِن تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

(Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter. They ask thee concerning orphans. Say: "The best thing to do is what is for their good; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren; but Allah knows the man who means mischief from the man who means good. And if Allah had wished, He could have put you into difficulties: He is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (inf. n. إِعْنَاتٌ , Mgh,) He caused him to fall into difficulty, hardship, or distress; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA;) into that which was difficult, hard, or distressing, to him to bear. (Mgh, Msb.) See also 1, and 2. He (the rider) treated him (i. e. a beast) with hardness, or roughness, such as the latter could not bear, and so caused him to limp, or halt. (TA.) He (a physician) treated him (i. e. a sick man) roughly, or without gentleness, and so harmed, or injured, him. (A, O. *) He, or it, broke it (i. e. a bone) after it had been set and united: (Az, S, A,. O, K, TA:) or he (a bone-setter) treated it (i. e. a broken bone) roughly, or ungently, so that the fracture became worse. (TA.)
Form 5تعنّتهُ1 sense

Core sense — he sought to cause him difficulty; he questioned him so as to confuse himgenerated

5.1

See form 2.

According to AHeyth: he brought annoyance, molestation, harm, or hurt upon him; or he sought to cause him difficulty, hardship, or distress.

Hence: he questioned him about something, wanting by doing so to involve him in confusion or doubt — as when one says to a witness, “Where was this, and when was it, and what garment was he wearing when you undertook to bear witness?”

يُعَنِّتُ الشُّهُودَ and يَتَعَنَّتُ عَلَى الشُّهُودِ are also mentioned, but these need looking into.

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: see 2. Accord. to AHeyth, (TA,) He brought upon him annoyance, molestation, harm, or hurt: (Msb, TA:) or he sought to occasion him difficulty, hardship, or distress. (Mgh.) And hence, (Mgh,) He asked him respecting a thing, desiring by doing so to involve him in confusion, or doubt; (A, Mgh, TA;) as when one says to a witness, “ Where was this, and when was it, and what garment was upon him when thou tookest upon thyself to bear witness? ” and يُعَنِّتُ الشُّهُودَ and يَتَعَنَّتُ عَلَى الشُّهُودِ are also mentioned; but these require consideration. (Mgh.)
Form R. Q.1عَنْتَتَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it rose, or rose high; he turned away from, or avoided, itgenerated

R. Q.1.1

Said of the horn of the عَتُود [or goat a year old]: it rose, or rose high.

R. Q.1.1.1he turned away from, avoided, or shunned, him or it—عنتت عَنْهُ
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, said of the horn of the عَتُود [or goat a year old], It rose, or rose high. (O, K.) عنتت عَنْهُ He turned away from, avoided, or shunned, him, or it. (O, K.)

Derived nouns 8

Nounعَنَتٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — difficulty, hardship, or distress; perdition; a sin; fornicationgenerated

1

Maṣdar of form 1, and also explained as having the meanings that follow.

Difficulty, hardship, or distress; this is said to be the primary meaning. Or severe difficulty, hardship, or distress. Or the coming of difficulty, hardship, or distress upon a man.

Lane cites “Jel in iv. 30” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1

A state of perdition or destruction.

1.2

A bad, an evil, or a corrupt state; or bad, evil, or corrupt conduct or doing: synonymous with فَسَادٌ, which has both of these meanings, and may here have the former, as agreeing closely with what comes before it, or the latter, as agreeing closely with what follows.

1.3

A sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience deserving punishment; and so مَعْنَتَةٌ.

1.4

A wrong action [intentional or unintentional]; an error; a mistake.

1.5that is for him, among you, who fears the commission of fornication—ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ ٱلْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْ

Fornication, or adultery: but this is a conventional explanation given by the lecturers of the colleges.

So in the Qur'ān 4:30.

Az says this was revealed about a man who might not have the means to marry a free woman, so that he was allowed to marry a slave. Or العنت here means perdition; or perdition through fornication.

1.6

Also wrongful, unjust, injurious, or tyrannical conduct; and annoyance, molestation, harm, or hurt. Also distressing, grievous, or afflicting harm, injury, hurt, or mischief.

1.7

According to the 'Ináyeh: contention, or contention for superiority in greatness; and persistence in opposition, or in vain contention.

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[inf. n. of 1, q. v.: and also expl. as having the following meanings:] Difficulty, hardship, or distress: (A, IAth, Mgh, Msb, TA:) this is [said to be] the primary signification: (Jel in iv. 30:) or severe difficulty, or hardship, or distress: (Zj, TA:) or the coming of difficulty or hardship or distress upon a man. (K.) A state of perdition or destruction. (A, IAth, K, TA.) A bad, an evil, or a corrupt, state: or bad, evil, or corrupt, conduct or doing: syn. فَسَادٌ [which has both of these meanings; and may here have the former meaning as nearly agreeing with what precedes it, or the latter meaning as nearly agreeing with what follows it]. (A, IAth, K, TA.) A sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience deserving punishment; (AHeyth, S, A, IAth, O, K, TA;) and so مَعْنَتَةٌ . (A.) A wrong action [intentional or unintentional]; an error; mistake. (IAth, Msb, * TA.) Fornication, or adultery: (S, IAth, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA:) but this is a conventional explanation of the lecturers of the colleges. (Mgh.) So in the Kur [iv. 30], where it is said, ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَشِىَ ٱلْعَنَتَ مِنْكُمْ [That is for him, among you, who fears the commission of fornication]: (S, O, Msb, TA: [and the like is said in the Mgh:]) this, says Az, was revealed in relation to him who might not have the means of taking to wife a free woman; therefore it was allowed to him to take to wife a slave: (Msb, TA:) or the meaning of العنت here is perdition: or perdition in [or by means of] fornication. (TA.) Also Wrongful, unjust, injurious, or tyrannical, conduct: and annoyance, molestation, harm, or hurt. (AHeyth, TA.) And Distressing, grievous, or afflicting, harm, injury, hurt, or mischief. (TA.) And accord. to the 'Ináyeh, Contention; or contention for superiority in greatness: and persistence in opposition, or in vain contention. (TA.)
Nounعَنِتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a bone broken after having been set and unitedgenerated

1

A bone broken after having been set and united; and so مُعْنَتٌ.

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A bone broken after its having been set and united; as also مُعْنَتٌ . (S, O, K.)
Nounعَنُوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a hill difficult of ascentgenerated

1

A hill difficult of ascent; and so عُنْتُوتٌ. Or high, and difficult of ascent.

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A hill ( أَكَمَةٌ ) difficult of ascent; (O, Msb, * K;) as also عُنْتُوتٌ : (O, K:) or high, and difficult of ascent. (A.)
Nounعُنْتُوتٌ5 senses · 4 main

Core sense — a tapering mountain; the notch in a bow; the beginning of anythinggenerated

1

See the word just before this.

1.1

With the article, ال: a mountain, or tapering mountain, in the صَحْرَآء [or desert]. Or, according to the L, a small mountain tapering into, or towards, the sky.

It is said to be دون الحرة [apparently دُونَ الحَرَّةِ, but something seems to be left out or miscopied here; for of the various meanings that might be assigned to this phrase, none seems to fit. I incline to think that العُنْتُوتُ, explained in this way, is the proper name of a particular mountain].

2the notch in a bow—عُنْتُوتٌ

According to Az, the عُنْتُوت of the bow is the notch into which the غَانَة enters, that is, the ring at the head of the string.

3

And the first, or beginning, of anything.

4

And dry حَلِىّ, which is a certain plant. (In my MS. copy of the K حَلْى, and so according to the TA, but this is clearly a mistake.)

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: see what next precedes. With the article ال , A mountain, (O,) or tapering mountain, (K,) in the صَحْرَآء [or desert]: (O, K:) or, accord. to the L, a small mountain tapering into [or towards] the sky ( جُبَيْلٌ مُسْتَدِقٌّ فِى السَّمَآءِ ): and it is said to be دون الحرة [app. دُونَ الحَرَّةِ ; but there seems to be here an omission or a mistranscription; for of the various meanings that may be assigned to this phrase, none seems to be apposite: I incline to think that العُنْتُوتُ thus expl. is the proper name of a particular mountain]. (TA.) عُنْتُوتٌ signifies also The notch in a bow: accord. to Az, (TA,) the عُنْتُوت of the bow is the notch into which enters the غَانَة , i. e. the ring at the head of the string. (O, TA.) And The first, or beginning, or commencement, of anything. (O, K.) And Dry حَلِىّ , (O, and so in the CK, [in my MS. copy of the K حَلْى , and thus accord. to the TA, but this is evidently a mistake,]) which is a certain plant. (TA.)
Nounعَانِتٌ1 sense

Core sense — an adjective applied to a womangenerated

1

An adjective applied to a woman, meaning the same as عَانِسٌ. Said to be formed from that word by substitution of a letter, or to be a dialectal variant, or a mispronounced word.

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an epithet applied to a woman, i. q. عَانِسٌ [q. v.]: (O, K:) said to be formed [from the latter] by substitution, or a dial. var., or a word mispronounced. (MF, TA.)
Nounمُعْنَتٌ1 sense

Core sense — one caused to fall into difficulty, hardship, or distressgenerated

1

See عَنِتٌ.

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: see عَنِتٌ .
Nounمَعْنَتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a cause of difficulty, hardship, or distressgenerated

1

See عَنَتٌ. [Its primary meaning seems to be A cause of difficulty, hardship, or distress; &c.]

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: see عَنَتٌ . [Its primary signification seems to be A cause of difficulty, hardship, or distress; &c.]
Nounجَآءَنِى فُلَانٌ مُتَعَنِّتًا1 sense

Core sense — such a one came to me trying to make me fall into errorgenerated

1

Such a one came to me seeking [to cause] my fall into a wrong action, or an error.

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Such a one came to me seeking [to cause] my fall into a wrong action, or an error. (S, O, K. *)