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5 تأنّى ذ He acted deliberately, or leisurely, not hastily; as also ↓ استأنى; and ↓ أَنِىَ, (M, K,) aor. يَأْنَى, (K,) inf. n. أنْىٌ: (TA:) he acted with moderation, gently, deliberately, or leisurely; without haste; and with gravity, staidness, sedateness, or calmness; فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair; as also ↓ استأنى: (Mgh:) or he acted gently; (IAar, T, TA;) as also ↓ أَنِىَ, aor. and inf. n. as above: (TA:) or he acted gently, and waited; فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair: (S:) or he waited, or was patient, or waited with patience, (T, Msb,) and did not hasten, in an affair. (Msb.) التَّأَتِّى and التَّأَنِّى are nearly syn.: you say, تأنّى لَهُ He acted gently with him, [or to him, ] and did not hasten in his affair. (Mgh.) You say also, بِهِ ↓ استأنى He waited patiently with him; or waited, and had patience, with him; (S, TA;) he did not hasten him; (Lth, T;) as also ↓ استأناهُ. ('Eyn, Har p. 67.) And بِهِ حَوْلًا ↓ اُسْتُؤْنِىَ [ He was waited patiently with for a year ]. (S.) And فِى أَمْرِكَ ↓ اِسْتَأْنِ Hasten not in thine affair. (Lth, T.) And فِى الطَّعَامِ ↓ اِسْتَأْنَيْتُ I waited for the food to become perfectly prepared or cooked. (Har p. 67.) And تَأَنَّيْتُ الرَّجُلَ (and عَلَيْهِ, M and K in art. نظر, [see اِنْتَظَرَهُ,]) I waited for the man; as also بِهِ ↓ اِسْتَأْنَيْتُ: whence, بِالْجِرَاحَاتِ ↓ يُسْتَأنَى One should wait for the issues, or consequences, or results, of wounds. (Mgh.) And تَأنَّيْتُكَ حَتَّى لَا أَنَاةَ بِى [ I have waited patiently for thee until there is no disposition to wait patiently in me ]. (S.)