عنف

1 عَنُفَ بِهِ (S, MA, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَلَيْهِ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) with damm, (S, O,) like قَرُبَ, (Mgh, Msb,) or like كَرُمَ, (K,) aor. ـُ (MA, TA,) inf. n. عُنْفٌ (S, * MA, Mgh, O, * Msb, TA) and عَنَافَةٌ; (MA, Mgh, TA;) and عَنِفَ بِهِ, aor. ـَ (MA;) [and عَنَفَ, inf. n. عَنْفٌ, is mentioned as syn. with عَنُفَ by Golius and Freytag, by the latter as on the authority of the S and K, in neither of which do I find it;] He was ungentle, rough, harsh, rigorous, severe, violent, or vehement, with him, or to him: (S, MA, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA:) hence the phrase, عَنُفَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِى السَّوْقِ [He was ungentle, rough, &c., to them in driving]: (Mgh:) and ↓ عنّفــهُ and عنّف عَلَيْهِ signify the same as عَنُفَ بِهِ: (MA:) you say عَنَّفْــتُهُ, inf. n. تَعْنِيفٌ; and ↓ أَــعْنَفْــتُهُ; (Lth, O, K;) both meaning عَنُفْــتُ عَلَيْهِ; (TK; [and the same is implied in the K;]) both from الــعُنْفُ: (Lth, O:) or ↓ التَّعْنِيفُ signifies the upbraiding, or reproaching; and blaming, reproving, or censuring: (S, O:) you say عنّفــهُ, inf. n. تَعْنِيفٌ, (Msb, K, TA,) meaning he blamed, reproved, or censured, him; (Msb;) or did so with roughness or harshness, and vehemence; (K, TA;) omitted in some of the copies of the K; (TA;) or did so in anger or displeasure; (Msb;) upbraided, or reproached, him; blamed, reproved, or censured, him with reproach. (TA.) 2 عَنَّفَ see the preceding paragraph, in two places.4 أَــعْنَفَ see 1. b2: اعنف الشَّىْءَ He took the thing (أَخَذَهُ [or this may mean he took to it, or set about it,]) with violence, or vehemence. (TA.) [See also 8, in two places. b3: In Har p. 386, اعنفــت الشىء is expl. as meaning ايتنفته اذا استقبلته: but in the lexicons I find only اعتنفته in this sense.]5 تــعنّف is expl. by Golius as signifying Incommodè et imperitè aggressus fuit rem, et incepit; on the authority of the S: but it is اعتنف that has this, or a similar, meaning.]8 اِعْتَنَفْتُ الأَمْرَ I took to, or set about, the affair (أَخَذْتُهُ [for أَخَذْتُ فِيهِ or أَخَذْتُ أَفْعَلُهُ]) with ungentleness, roughness, violence, or vehemence. (S, O, Msb, K, TA. [See also 4.]) I entered into, engaged in, did, or performed, the affair, (أَتَيْتُهُ,) not having knowledge in it: (O, K, TA:) or (K) I was ignorant of the affair; (O, K, TA;) and found it troublesome, or difficult, and hard, to do; (TA;) whence the saying (O, TA) of Ru-beh, (TA,) بِأَرْبَعٍ لَا يَعْتَنِفْنَ العَنَقَا [With four legs not ignorant of the pace termed عَنَق]: (O, TA:) and [simply] I had no knowledge in the affair: (O:) and اعتنفت الشَّىْءَ I took to, or set about, the thing, (أَخَذْتُهُ [as above],) or I entered into, engaged in, did, or performed, the thing, (أَتَيْتُهُ,) not being skilled, nor having knowledge, in it. (TA. (See, again, 4.]) b2: Also [simply] I began, or commenced, the affair: (O, * K:) some of the Benoo-Temeem use the phrase [thus] in the sense of اِئْتَنَفْتُهُ: (Lth, O, TA:) an instance of العَنْعَنَةُ. (TA.) See also عُنْفَــة. b3: And اِعْتَنَفْنَا المَرَاعِىَ We pastured [our cattle] upon the herbage that had not been pastured upon before, of the pasturages: (O, K: but the latter has اعتنف in the place of اعتنفنا:) an instance of the عَنْعَنَة of Temeem. (O.) b4: And اعتنف المَجْلِسَ He removed from the sitting-place; (K, TA;) like اِئْتَنَفَ: (TA:) Esh-Sháfi'ee, after recommending that a man when he is drowsy in the sitting-place [in the mosque] on Friday, and finds another sitting-place without his treading therein upon any one, should remove from it, says, وَاعْتِنَافُ المَجْلِسِ مَا يَذْعَرُ عَنْهُ النَّوْمَ [i. e. and the removing from the sitting-place is a cause of scaring from him sleep]: making الاِعْتِنَافُ to be the putting himself in motion, and removing from place to place; which is like الاِئْتِنَاف [or the beginning, or commencing, anew]. (Az, O.) b5: اِعْتَنَفْتُ الطَّعَامَ I disapproved, or disliked, the food that I had eaten; (El-Báhilee, O, K, * TA;) it disagreeing with me. (Az, TA.) And اِعْتَنَفْتُ الأَرْضَ I disliked the land, (S, O, K, TA,) and deemed it insalubrious. (TA.) And اِعْتَنَفَتْنِى

البِلَادُ, (O,) or الأَرْضُ, (K,) The country, or the land, disagreed with me, or was unsuitable to me. (O, K.) b6: اعتنف الطَّرِيقُ [perhaps اُعْتُنِفَ (see the part. n.)] The road swerved from the right course. (TA.) عَنْفٌ: see the next paragraph.

A2: هُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ عَنْفًــا عَنْفًــا means [They go forth one after another, or] first and then first; as also ↓ عُنْفُــوَانًا. (O, K.) عُنْفٌ (S, Mgh, O, K, &c.) and ↓ عَنْفٌ and ↓ عِنْفٌ [the first of which is an inf. n.] Ungentleness, roughness, harshness, rigorousness, severity, violence, or vehemence; (TA;) contr. of رِفْقٌ. (S, Mgh, O, K, TA.) It is said of God, in a trad., يُعْطِى عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِى عَلَى الــعُنْفِ [He gives on account of gentleness in the petitioner, what He will not give on account of ungentleness]. (O.) عِنْفٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

عَنِفٌ: see عَنِيفٌ.

عُنُفٌ, with two dammehs, Roughness, and hardness: so expl. by Lh as used in the saying, فَقَذَفَتْ بِبَيْضَةٍ فِيهَا عُنُفْ [And she cast forth an egg in which were roughness and hardness]. (TA.) كَانَ ذٰلِكَ مِنَّا عُنْفَــةً, and ↓ عُنُفَــةً, i. q. ↓ اِعْتِنَافًا, meaning اِئْتِنَافًا [i. e. That was, on our part, a beginning, or commencing]. (Ks, O, K.) عَنَفَــةٌ A thing [app. a wheel] which, being smitten [or put in motion] by water, turns a mill. (AA, O, K.) b2: And The space between two lines of corn, or seed-produce. (AA, O, K.) عُنُفَــة: see عُنْفَــة.

عَنِيفٌ Ungentle, [rough, harsh, rigorous, severe, violent, or vehement,] (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA,) in his affair; as also ↓ عَنْفٌ and ↓ أَــعْنَفُ and ↓ مُعْتَنِفٌ; (TA;) [thus] as applied to a driver; (Mgh;) [and particularly] in the riding of horses; (S, O, K;) or who does not ride well; or who is not acquainted with the riding of horses: (TA:) pl. عُنُفٌ. (S, O.) And Hard, severe, violent, or vehement, applied to a saying, (O, K,) and to journeying, or a pace. (K.) عُنْفُــوٌّ: see عُنْفُــوَانٌ.

عُنْفُــوَةٌ Such as is dried up of the [plant called]

نَصِىّ, (TA in this art.,) or of the حَلِىّ, when it has become black, and old and withered, or wasted. (TA in art. عنث.) عُنْفُــوَانٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) of the measure فُعْلُوَانٌ from الــعُنْفُ, or it may be originally أُنْفُوَانٌ, having the أ then changed into ع, (TA,) or it is from اِعْتَنَفْتُ الشَّىْءَ meaning “ I began, or commenced, the thing,” (Ham p. 269,) and ↓ عُنْفُــوٌّ also, (Ibn-'Abbád, TA,) The first of a thing: (S, O, Msb, K:) or the first of the beauty and brightness thereof: (Lth, O, K:) and (S, O, TA) predominantly (TA) of youth, or youthfulness, and of plants, or herbage. (S, O, TA.) You say, هُوَ فِى عُنْفُــوَانِ شَبَابِهِ [He is in the prime, spring, or bloom, of his youth]. (S, O, Msb.) b2: See also عَنْفٌ. b3: عُنْفُــوَانٌ also signifies The juice that flows from grapes without their being pressed. (TA.) b4: And The force, or strength, of wine. (TA.) أَــعْنَفُ: see عَنِيفٌ.

مُعْتَنَفٌ: see the next paragraph.

مُعْتَنِفٌ: see عَنِيفٌ. b2: إِبِلٌ مُعْتَنِفَةٌ Camels in a district, or country, that disagrees with them, or is unsuitable to them. (S, O, K. *) b3: And طَرْيقٌ مُعْتَنِفٌ, (K,) or ↓ مُعْتَنَفٌ, (so in the O,) A road swerving from the right course. (O, K.)