انث

1 اَنڤثَ [أَنُثَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. أَنَاثَةٌ and أُنُوثَةٌ, (see the former of these two ns. below,) It was, or became, female, feminine, or of the feminine gender. b2: And hence, أَنُثَتْ, said of land (أَرْض), (tropical:) It was, or became, such as is termed أَنِيثَة. b3: Hence also,] أَنُثَ, said of iron, (tropical:) It was, or became, soft. (Golius, from the larger of two editions of the lexicon entitled مرقاة اللغة.) Accord. to IAar, softness is the primary signification. (M.) [But accord. to the A, the second and third of the meanings given above are tropical: (see أَنِيثٌ:) and the verb in the first of the senses here assigned to it, if not proper, is certainly what is termed حَقِيقَة عُرْفِيَّة, i. e., conventionally regarded as proper.]2 أنّثهُ, inf. n. تَأْنِيثٌ, He made it (namely, a noun [&c.], S and Msb) feminine; (S, M, L, Msb;) he attached to it, or to that which was syntactically dependent upon it, the sign of the feminine gender. (Msb.) b2: (assumed tropical:) He, or it, rendered him effeminate. (KL.) [See the pass. part. n., below.]

A2: أنّث لَهُ, inf. n. as above, (tropical:) He acted gently, [or effeminately] towards him; as also له ↓ تأنّث. (K, TA.) And أنّث فِى أَمْرِهِ, inf. n. as above, (T, A,) (tropical:) He acted gently in his affair: (A:) or he applied himself gently to his affair: (T:) and some say, فى امره ↓ تأنّث, meaning he acted effeminately in his affair. (T, TA.) 4 آنَثَتْ, (S, M, A, K,) inf. n. إِينَاثٌ, (K,) She (a woman) brought forth a female, (S, A, K,) or females. (M.) b2: [And hence,] (assumed tropical:) It (land, أَرْض,) was, or became, such as is termed مِئْنَاث. (A.) 5 تأنث It (a noun [&c.]) was, or became, or was made, feminine. (S, L.) b2: See also 2, in two places.

أُنْثَي Female; feminine; of the female, or feminine, sex, or gender; contr. ?? ذَكَرٌ: (T, S, M:) an epithet applied to anything of that sex or gender: (T:) IAar asserts, that a woman is termed انثي from the phrase بَلَدٌ أَنِيثٌ, q. v, because of her softness; she being more soft than a man: (M, L:) [but see the observation at the end of the first paragraph of this art.:] the pl. is إِنَاثٌ; (T, S, M, A, Msb, K;) and sometimes one says أُنُثٌ, as though it were pl. of إِنَاثٌ; (S;) or it is [truly] pl. of إِنَاثٌ, like as نُمُرٌ is of نِمَارٌ; (T;) and أَنَاثَى, (T, A, Msb, K,) which last occurs in poetry. (T.) You say, هٰذَا طَائِرٌ وَ أُنْثَاهُ [This is a (male) bird and his female]: not أُنْثَاتُهُ. (ISk, T.) In the Kur iv. 117, I'Ab reads أُثُنًا [in the place of أُنُثًا or إِنَاثًا]; and Fr says that it is pl. of وَثَنٌ, the و in وُثُنٌ being changed into أ as in أُقِّتَتٌ [for وُقِّتَتٌ]. (T, L.) b2: اِمْرَأَةٌ أَنْثَى (tropical:) [A feminine woman,] means a perfect woman; (T, A, K;) a woman being thus termed in praise; like as a man is termed رَجُلٌ ذَكَرٌ. (T, A.) b3: [The pl.]

إِنَاثٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Inanimate things; (Lh, T, M, K;) as trees and stones (T, K) and wood. (T.) In the passage of the Kur mentioned above, إِنَاثًا is said to have this meaning: (T, M:) [or it there means females; for] Fr says that El-Lát and El-'Ozzà and the like were said by the Arabs to be feminine divinities. (T, TA.) b2: Also (assumed tropical:) Small stars. (K.) b3: And [the dual] الأُنْثَيَانِ (tropical:) The two testicles; syn. الخُصْيَتَانِ; (S, K;) or الخُصْيَانِ [which is said by some to mean the scrotum; but the former is generally, though app. not always, meant by الانثيان]. (M, Mgh, Msb.) b4: and The two ears: (As, T, S, M, A, Mgh, K:) because they are of the fem. gender. (TA.) b5: And (assumed tropical:) The two tribes of Bejeeleh and Kudá'ah. (K) b6: And أُنْثَيَا الفَرَسِ (assumed tropical:) The inner parts (الرَّبَلَتَانِ) of the thighs of the horse. (M, L.) b7: And الأُنْثَي is also used to signify (assumed tropical:) The [engine of war called]

مَنْجَنِيق; because the latter word is [generally] of the feminine gender. (M.) أَنِيثٌ: see مُؤَنَّثٌ. b2: أَرْضٌ أَنِيثَةٌ, (AA, * IAar, T, S, M, K,) and ↓ مِئْنَاثٌ, (ISh, T, M, K,) (tropical:) Plain, even, or soft, land, or ground, (ISh, IAar, T, M, K,) that produces many plants, or much herbage; (AA, T, M, K;) or that produces herbs, or leguminous plants, and is plain, even, or soft; (El-Kilábee, S;) or fitted for producing plants, or herbage; not rugged. (ISh, T, L.) And مَكَانٌ أَنِيثٌ A place in which the herbage grows quickly, and becomes abundant. (T, L.) And بَلَدٌ أَنِيثٌ (assumed tropical:) A country, or district, of which the soil is soft, and plain, or even. (IAar, M, L.) b3: حَدِيدٌ أَنِيثٌ (tropical:) Female iron; that which is not what is termed ذَكَرٌ: (S, M, L, K:) soft iron. (T and K in art. انف.) And سَيْفٌ أَنِيثٌ (tropical:) A sword of female iron: (M, L:) or a sword that is not sharp, or cutting; a blunt sword: (T, M, * L:) and ↓ سَيْفٌ مِئْنَاثٌ, and ↓ مِئْنَاثَةٌ, (T, M, L, K,) mentioned by Lh, (T, L,) a blunt sword; (K;) as also ↓ مُؤَنَّثٌ: (TA:) or a sword of soft iron. (T, L.) أَنَاثَةٌ [inf. n. of أَنُثَ, q. v.:] The female, or feminine, nature, or quality, or gender; (M;) as also ↓ أُنُوثَةٌ. (A.) b2: (tropical:) The quality of land which is termed أَنِيثَةٌ. (A.) b3: [(tropical:) Softness of iron: see أَنيثٌ.]

أُنُوثَةٌ: see the paragraph next preceding.

مُؤْنِثٌ A woman bringing forth, or who brings forth, a female, (S, K,) or females. (M.) مِئْنَاثٌ A woman who usually brings forth females: (S, M, K:) and a man who usually begets female children; for the measure مِفْعَالٌ applies equally to both sexes: (S:) the contr. epithet is مِذْكَارٌ. (TA.) b2: See also مُؤَنَّثٌ, in two places. b3: أَرْضٌ مِئْنَاثٌ: see أَنِيثٌ. b4: سَيْفٌ مِئْنَاثٌ, and مِئْنَاثَةٌ: see أَنِيثٌ.

مُؤَنَّثٌ [A feminine word; a word made feminine. b2: Also,] (T, A, K,) and ↓ أَنِيثٌ, (AA, T,) and ↓ مِئْنَاثٌ, (K,) and ↓ مِئْنَاثَةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) i. q. مُخَنَّثٌ, (AA, T, A, K,) i. e. An effeminate man; one who resembles a woman (AA, T, TA) in gentleness, and in softness of speech, and in an affectation of languor of the limbs: (TA:) or a man in the form, or make, of a female. (T.) b3: سَيْفٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ: see أَنِيثٌ. b4: طِيبٌ مُؤَنَّثٌ (tropical:) Perfume that is used by women; such as خَلُوق and زَعْفَران, (Sh, T, L,) and what colours the clothes: (L:) ذُكُورَةُ الطِّيبِ being such perfumes as have no colour; such as غَالِيَة and كَافُور and مِسْك and عُود and عَنْبَر and the like, which leave no mark. (T, L.)

انق

1 أَنِقَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. أَنَقٌ, It excited admiration and approval by its beauty or goodliness; it pleased, or rejoiced. (Msb.) b2: Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He rejoiced; was joyful, happy, or pleased. (S, K.) You say, أَنِقْتُ بِهِ, (Lth, JK, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Lth, JK,) I was pleased with it, or by it; or was rejoiced by it. (Lth, JK, Msb, K. [In the CK اَعْجَبَ is erroneously put for أُعْجِبَ] It is said in a trad., مَا مِنْ عَاشِيَةٍ أَشَدُّ أَنَقًا وَلَا أَبْعَدُ شِبَعًا مِنْ طَالِبِ عِلْمٍ There is not any eater by night [i. e. any man] who hath more pleasure and approval and desire and love [in his pursuit, nor any who is further from satiation therein, than the student, or pursuer, of science]; meaning that the man of learning is excessively greedy and insatiable, persevering in vehement desire. (L.) b3: And أَنَقَ الشَّىْءَ, (Az, K,) inf. n. as above, (Az,) He loved the thing. (Az, K.) 2 أنّق, inf. n. تَأْنِيقٌ, He made, or caused, to wonder. (K, TA.) 4 آنَقَنِى, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِيْنَاقٌ and نِيقٌ, (K,) [but the latter is properly a quasi-inf. n.,] It excited my admiration and approval; pleased me; or rejoiced me. (S, Msb, K.) b2: مَا آنَقَهُ فِى

كَذَا How vehemently does he seek, or pursue, or desire, such a thing! or how vehement is he in seeking, pursuit, or desire, with respect to such a thing! (JK, K.) 5 تأنّق He sought, pursued, or desired, the most pleasing of things; (TA;) [he affected nicety, or refinement; he was dainty, nice, exquisite, refined, or scrupulously nice and exact; or chose what was excellent, or best; and he exceeded the usual bounds; as also تَنَوَّقَ and تَنَيَّقَ, in all these senses;] فِى المَطْعَمِ, in respect of food, never eating anything but what was clean [and choice]; and فِى المَلْبَسِ, in respect of apparel, never dressing otherwise than well; and فِى الكَلَامِ, in respect of speech, never speaking otherwise than chastely; and فِى جَمِيعِ الأُمُورِ, in respect of all affairs. (TA in art. نطس.) تأنّق فِيهِ is like تَنَوَّقَ; (JK, S, K;) i. e. He did it, or performed it (namely, a thing, or an affair,) with نِيقَة [i. e. daintiness, nicety, exquisiteness, refinement, neatness, or scrupulous nicety and exactness; or in a manner exceeding what is usual]: (S:) or he chose what was excellent, or best, to be done in it, and did it admirably: (TA:) or he did it (namely, his work, Msb) firmly, solidly, soundly, or thoroughly, (Msb, K,) and skilfully. (K: [but in this last sense, 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh allows only the latter of these two verbs. TA in art. نوق.]) Yousay also, تأنّق فُلَانٌ فِى الَّرَّوْضَةِ Such a one found himself in the meadow, or garden, (وَقَعَ فِيهَا,) pleased, or rejoiced, therewith: (S:) or he found it pleasant or delightful, delighted in it, or took pleasure or delight in it, and enjoyed its beauties: and he sought after its beauties, step by step, and was pleased, or rejoiced, therewith, and enjoyed it. (TA.) And تأنّق المَكَانَ He was pleased, or rejoiced, with the place, and attached to it, not quitting it: (L:) he loved the place. (Fr, K.) It is said in a trad. of Ibn-Mes'ood, إِذَا وَقَعْتُ فِى

آلِ حم وَقَعْتُ فِي رَوْضَاتٍ أَتَأَنَّقُهُنَّ, or, as in the T, أَتَأَنَّقُ فِيهِنَّ, meaning [When I find myself in the chapters of the Kur-án commencing with Há Meem,] I find myself in meadows, or gardens, the beauties of which I seek after step by step, and with which I am pleased, or rejoiced, and which I enjoy: i. e., I find pleasure, or delight, in reading them, or reciting them, and enjoy their beauties. (TA.) أَنَقٌ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.] (Lth, JK, &c.) b2: [Hence, A pleasing, or rejoicing, state, or condition.] You say, هُوَ فِى أَنَقٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ وَخِصْبٍ

[He is in a pleasing, or rejoicing, state, or condition, in respect of his life, and in a state of plenty]. (JK.) b3: Goodliness, or beauty, and pleasingness, of aspect, or outward appearance: or, as some say, a uniform and uninterrupted state of verdure before the eye; because it pleases, or rejoices, its beholder. (TA.) b4: Herbage, or pasturage, (K, TA,) that is goodly, or beautiful, and pleasing, or rejoicing: an inf. n. used as a subst. (TA.) أَنِقٌ: see أَنِيقٌ.

مَا لَهُ فِى الشَّىْءِ أَنِقَةٌ He has no pleasure, or pride, in the thing. (JK.) أَنُوقٌ A certain bird; (S;) i. e. the رَخَمَة [or female of the vultur percnopterus]; (IAar, S;) called by Kumeyt ذَاتُ اسْمَيْنِ [possessor of two names] because having these two appellations: (S:) or the eagle: and also the former bird: (K:) ISk cites 'Omárah as saying that it is in his opinion the eagle; but that people say it is the رخمة; and he adds, [alluding to a prov., which see below,] that the eggs of the رخمة are found in ruins, and in plain country: (TA:) or the male of the رَخَم: (JK, TA:) or a certain black bird, having what resembles the عُرْف [or comb of the cock], (AA, K,) that deposits its eggs in remote places: (AA:) or a certain black bird, (AA, K,) like a great hen, (AA,) bald in the fore part of the head, (AA, K,) having a yellow bill, (K,) or having a long bill: (AA:) she guards her eggs, and defends her young one, and keeps with her offspring, and submits not herself to any but her mate, and migrates among the first of the migrating birds, and returns among the first of the returning birds, and will not fly while moulting, and will not be deceived by her small feathers but waits until they become quills and then flies, and will not remain constantly in the nests, and will not alight upon the quiver (K) knowing it to contain arrows: (TA:) the word is sing. and pl.: (TA:) or its pl. is أُنُقٌ. (JK.) Hence the prov., (JK, S,) أَعَزُّ مِنْ بَيْضِ الأَنُوقِ [More rare than the eggs of the anook]: (JK, S, K:) because this bird guards its eggs, so that they are hardly ever, or never, found; for its nests are on the tops of mountains, and in difficult and distant places; (S, K;) notwithstanding which, it is said to be stupid: (S:) ISd says that the female bird called رخمة may be meant thereby; or the male, because the eggs of the male exist not; or the eggs of the latter may be meant because he often guards them, like as does the male ostrich. (TA.) أَنِيقٌ Goodly, or beautiful; (S, K;) pleasing, or rejoicing; (JK, S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ أَنَقٌ: (JK, TA:) and loved. (TA.) You say, رَوْضَةٌ أَنِيقٌ A meadow, or garden, that is loved: and رَوْضَةٌ

أَنِيقَةٌ a meadow, or garden, that is pleasing, or rejoicing. (TA.) لَهُ إِنَاقَةٌ and أَنَاقَةٌ (K, and so in some copies of the S,) He has goodliness, or beauty, and pleasingness: but in the L, [and in some copies of the S,] لَهُ إِنَاقَةٌ وَلَبَاقةٌ; and what precedes it indicates that the meaning is he has a faculty of doing well or excellently [and of nice or refined skilfulness]. (TA.) آنَقُ [originally أأْنَقُ] More, or most, pleasing or rejoicing. (TA.) مُتَأَنِّقٌ [part. n. of 5; Seeking, pursuing, or desiring, the most pleasing of things; affecting nicety, or refinement; dainty, nice, exquisite, refined, &c.; in respect of food, apparel, speech, &c.:] one who is in a pleasing condition (فِى أَنَقٍ) in respect of his life, and in a state of plenty. (JK.) It is said in a prov., لَيْسَ المُتَعَلِّقُ كَالمُتَأَنِّقِ, (JK, TA,) i. e. He who is content with what is little, (S, K, in art. علق,) or what is barely sufficient, of sustenance, (TA in the present art.,) is not like him who seeks, pursues, or desires, the most pleasing of things, or who is dainty, &c., (مَنْ يَتَأَنَّقُ,) and eats what he pleases, (S, K, in art. علق,) or him who is not content save with the most pleasing of things. (TA in the present art.)