he kept to [or preserved]

his sense of shame, or modesty. (TA.)

b2: قَنَا غَنَمًا, and ↓ اِقْتَنَى, He took for himself, got, or acquired, sheep, or goats [for a permanent possession], not for sale. (JK.)

b3: قَنَا, aor. ـْ inf. n. قُنُوٌّ; a dial. var. of قَنَأَ, q. v. (TA.)

3 قَانَى

: see قَانَأَ.

8 اقْتَنَى He gained, acquired, or got, for himself, (S, K,) or took for himself, (Mgh,) property, or camels, &c., (S, Mgh,) as a permanent stock, for propagation, (Mgh,) not for merchandise: (S, Mgh:) he made it to be in his possession, not to depart from his hand: (TA:) he acquired it for himself permanently, or for a permanence.

See 1.

10 إِسْتَ1ْ2َ3َ

see 1.

قَنًا of the nose: see شَمَمٌ.

b2: قنا وُشَّق a name given in Egypt to وُشَّق; also called أُشَّق and أُشَّج. (TA in art. اشق.)

قَنَاةٌ

A spear-shaft; (Mgh;) a spear (T, S. K)

that is hollow, like a cane; (Az, in TA;) a spear with a head affixed to it. (Msb.)

b2: Hence, A subterranean channel, or conduit, for water. (Mgh.)

b3: [And A pipe.]

b4: قَنَاةُ الكُوزِ

The

بُلْبُل

[or spout] of the كوز [or mug], that pours forth the water. (M, K, in art. بل.)

b5: قَنَاةٌ, said to signify بَقَرَةٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ: see فَنَاةٌ.

فِنْوَةٌ

: see قِنِيَّةٌ.

قِنْيَةٌ and ↓ قِنْوَةٌ Sheep, or goats, taken for oneself, gotten, or acquired, [for a permanent possession,] not for sale. (JK.)

أَقْنَى

in the prov., خَلَاؤُكَ أَقْنَى لِحَيائِكَ

i. q.

أَلْزَمُ [as meaning Most preservative: see that prov. in art. خلو, and see قَنِىَ الحَيَآءَ, above]. (S in art. خلو, and Meyd.)

مُقَانَاةٌ

The weaving with one thread white and one thread black. (T, voce نِيرٌ.)