علن

عَلَانِيَةٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]: (K, TA:) or a simple subst. from 1; (Msb;) [as such] signifying Openness, or publicity; (S, Msb;) contr. of سِرٌّ. (S.) [Hence, عَلَانِيةً meaning Openly, or publicly; and aloud: see Kur ii. 275; &c.] ― -b2- Also One's outward man; syn. بَرَّانِىٌّ, q. v.: opposed to سَرِيرَةٌ and جَوَّانِىٌّ. (T in art. بر.) -A2- [And it is also used as an epithet; app. by those who hold it to be originally an inf. n.; or rather its being thus used may be regarded as corroborating the assertion that it is originally an inf. n., like عَدْلٌ &c., though, as an epithet, it has a pl.:] one says رَجُلٌ عَلَانِيَةٌ, pl. عَلَانُونَ; as also ↓ عَلَانِىٌّ, pl. عَلَانِيُّونَ; A man whose affair, or case, is open, or manifest; (K, TA;) mentioned by Lh. (TA.)