علن

1 عَلَنَ الأَمْرُ ذ , aor. عَلُنَ (S, Msb, K) and عَلِنَ ; (K;) and عَلُنَ, aor. عَلُنَ ; (K;) and عَلِنَ, aor. عَلَنَ ; (ISk, S, Msb, K;) inf. n. عُلُونٌ, which is of the first; (S, Msb;) and عَلَنٌ, (ISk, S, Msb, K, TA, [app., accord. to the CK, عَلْنٌ, but this is wrong,]) which is of the last; (ISk, S, Msb, TA;) and عَلَانِيَةٌ, (K, TA,) which is of the three; (TA;) or this last is a simple subst.; (Msb;) The affair, or case, or event, was, or became, overt, open, manifest, public, (S, * Msb, K, TA,) published, or spread; (Msb, TA;) and ↓ اعتلن signifies the same; (K;) [and so ↓ استعلن, but for this I know not any authority except modern usage: and اعلن has a similar meaning, expl. below.] -A2- [The CK has عَلَنْتُهُ where other copies of the K, and the TA, have عَلَّنْتُهُ, as syn. with أَعْلَنْتُهُ, q. v.]