قنط

1 قَنَطَ ذ , aor. قَنِطَ ; and قَنَطَ, aor. قَنُطَ ; and قَنِطَ, aor. قَنَطَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and قَنُطَ, aor. قَنُطَ ; (K;) and قَنَطَ, aor. قَنَطَ ; and قَنِطَ, aor. قَنِطَ ; each of the last two being a mixture of two dialects; (Akh, S, K;) inf. n. قُنُوطٌ, (S, Msb, K,) which is of the first and second, (S, K, TA,) and of the fourth and sixth also; (K; [but this is doubtful;]) and قَنَطٌ, which is of the third; (S, K;) and قَنَاطَةٌ, which is also of the third, (S, K,) or [more probably, agreeably with analogy,] of the fourth; (TK;) He despaired (S, Msb, K) of (مِنْ) the mercy of God, (Msb,) or, as in the T, of good: or, as some say, he despaired most vehemently of a thing. (TA.) It is said in the Kur, [xv. 56,] accord. to different readings, وَمَنْ يَقْنِطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ اـِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ and يَقْنُطُ (Bd, TA) and يَقْنَطُ (Bd) [ And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord except those who are in error? ] -A2- قَنْطٌ is also syn. with مَنْعٌ. (K.) You say, قَنَطَ مَاآءَهُ عَنَّا He withheld, kept, or debarred, his water from us. (Sgh on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád.)