قنو ند قنى

1 قَنِىَ الحَيَاآءَ ذ He kept to the sense of shame, or modesty; (S, K;) he preserved it: and i. q. اِسْتَحْيَى: and ↓ اِسْتَقْنَى he kept to [or preserved ] his sense of shame, or modesty. (TA.) ― -b2- قَنَا غَنَمًا, and ↓ اِقْتَنَى, He took for himself, got, or acquired, sheep, or goats [ for a permanent possession ], not for sale. (JK.) ― -b3- قَنَا, aor. يَقْنُو, inf. n. قُنُوٌّ; a dial. var. of قَنَأَ, q. v. (TA.)