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صن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اصنّ ذ He, or it, (a man, S, or a thing, Msb,) had a foul, or fetid, odour, such as is termed صُنَان: (S, Msb, K:) so too said of a he-goat, when excited by lust. (TA.) And said of flesh-meat, [like صَنَّ,] It stank. (TA.) And اصنّت البَقْلَةُ The herb, or leguminous plant, when held in the hand, stank. (TA.) And اصنّ said of water, It became altered [ for the worse ]. (K.) -A2- Also He elevated his nose, (S, K,) or his head, (ISk, TA,) from pride. (ISk, S, K.) And hence, (S,) اصنّت said of a she-camel, She, having conceived, behaved disdainfully to the stallion. (S, K.) ― -b2- And He was, or became, angry. (K.) -A3- اصنّت said of a she-camel, (ISh, M,) or of a mare, (A 'Obeyd, K,) when near to bringing forth, (A 'Obeyd,) Her young one struggled, or was in a state of commotion, (A 'Obeyd, M,) in the part bordering upon her tail [so I render فِى صَلَاهَا], (A 'Obeyd,) or its hind leg fell [or happened to come ] into that part; (M;) or her young one stuck fast in her belly, and it pushed with its head, (ISh, K,) or with its shank and its nose, (ISh,) in the region of her anus. (ISh, K.) The epithet applied to her in this case is ↓ مُصِنٌّ: (ISh:) and the pl. is مُصِنَّاتٌ and مَصَانُّ. (Az, TA.) -A4- اصنّت said of a woman, She became old, but having in her some remains [ of vigour ]: and such is termed ↓ مُصِنٌّ and مُصِنَّةٌ. (M.) -A5- اصنّ also signifies He spoke in a low, faint, gentle, or soft, manner. (TA.) -A6- And اصنّ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He persevered, or persisted, in the affair. (K.)

Derived headwords

اصنّverb
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فِى صَلَاهَا
اصنّ عَلَى الأَمْرِ