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انى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

اـٍنِيهْ أنيه اـناء انيه انية ونى آني آنيه آنية a word expressive of disapproval, and of deeming a thing remote or improbable: Sb relates that it was said to an Arab of the desert, who had taken up his abode in a town, or place, “Wilt thou go forth when the desert shall have become plentiful in herbage?” and he said, أَأَنَا اـِنِيهْ [ What, I, indeed? ], meaning “Do ye say this to me when I am know to do thus?” as though he disapproved of their questioning him: but there is much diversity of opinion respecting this word: (TA:) [accord. to some,] it is composed of the redundant اـِنْ and the meddeh denoting disapproval [followed by the ه of silence]. (Mughnee voce اـِنٌ.) [See what is said of the redundant انْ in the present work.]

Derived headwords

اـٍنِيهْ
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أَأَنَا اـِنِيهْ