اتن

10 استأتن ذ [lit.] He (an ass) became a she-ass. (M.) The saying, كَانَ حِمَارَّا فَاسْتَأْتَنَ, said of a man, [lit.] signifies [ He was a he ass, ] and he became a she ass; meaning (assumed tropical:) he was mighty, or of high condition, [like the wild he-ass,] and he became base, abject, or vile. (S, TA.) ― -b2- Also, (S, TA,) or استأتن أَتَانَّا, (M,) He (a man) purchased a she-ass; (S;) he took for himself a she-ass. (S, M.)