عين

3 عَايَنْتُهُ ذ , inf. n. عيَانٌ, (S, Msb) and مُعَايَنَةٌ, (Msb), I saw it [or him ] with my eye [or eyes, ocularly , or before my eyes ]; (S;) [or I viewed with my eye, and faced , or confronted, him, or it; for ] المُعَايَنَةُ signifies the viewing with the eye, and facing , or confronting . (TA.) [See also 5.] You say, لَقِيَهُ عِيَانًا, thus in copies of the K; but in some copies عِيَنَةً, with fet-h to the second and third letters and with kesr to the ع, and thus accord. to Lh, (TA,) i. e. [ He met him ] eye to eye (مُعَايَنَةً), [or face to face ,] not doubting of his seeing him . (K,TA.) -b3- See also 1. -A1- مُعَايَنَةٌ signifies also (assumed tropical:) The dealing in buying and selling with ready money ] which is termed عَيْنٌ]. (KL.) -A2- See also عَيْنٌ, in the third quarter of the paragraph.