طعن

مَطْعَنٌ ذ is a noun of place [signifying A place of piercing or thrusting &c.]; as well as an inf. n. (Msb.) مَا فِيهِ مَطْعَنٌ means (assumed tropical:) There is not in him anything [ for which his reputation is to be wounded, or attacked, or] for which he is to be blamed, censured, or spoken against: (TA in art. غمز:) and you say, لَهُ فِيهِ مَطْعَنٌ (assumed tropical:) [ He has (meaning he finds ) in him something for which his reputation may be wounded, &c.]: pl. مَطَاعِنُ. (TA in the present art.)