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أ
R.
Q. 1 نَأْنَأَهُ He fed him, or nourished him, well. (
K.)
A2: He restrained him, or turned him back, (El-Umawee,
S,
K,) from a thing that he desired to do. (El-Umawee,
S.)
A3: نَأْنَأَ فِى الرَّأْىِ,
inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ and مُنَأْنَأَةٌ; [the latter an unusual form of
inf. n.;] and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ; He was weak, (
M,
K,) or confused; (
S;) and not firm or sound, (
S,
M,
K,) in his judgment, or opinion. (
S,
M,
K.)
b2: نَأْنَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He was weak in the affair. (
S.)
b3: نَأْنَأَ عَنْهُ, and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ, He was unable to do it. (
K.)
b4: نَأْنَأَ,
inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ; (
AA;) and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ; (
S;) He was weak, feeble, or remiss. (
AA,
S,
TA.)
R.
Q. 2 see
R.
Q. 1 in three places.
نَأْنَأٌ and ↓ نَأْنَآءٌ (
S,
K) and ↓ نُؤْنُوءٌ and ↓ مُنَأْنَأٌ Weak; cowardly. (
S,
K.)
b2: نَأْنَأٌ One who frequently turns about, or rolls, the pupil, or black part, of his eye. (
K.) نَأْنَأَةٌ: see the verb.
b2: Weakness. (
AA,
S.)
b3: 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, (
S,) and its adherents and assistants multiplied. (
TA.) نَأْنَآءٌ, نُؤْنُوءٌ, and مُنَأْنَأٌ: see نَأْنَأٌ.
