عنت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns hardship, distress, and difficulty. It describes the imposition of trouble upon someone, leading to suffering, damage, or even ruin. The concept extends to causing confusion or making things arduous for another.

Derived headwords

العَنَتُnoun

1.
hardshipboth
The state of experiencing difficulty or distress.
2.
troubleboth
Adversity, affliction, or a difficult situation.
3.
corruptionclassical
Moral decay or deviation from righteousness.
4.
destructionclassical
Ruin or utter loss.
5.
sinclassical
An offense against divine law.
6.
errorclassical
A mistake or deviation from the right course.
7.
fornicationclassical
Unlawful sexual intercourse.

أَعْنَتَverb

1.
to cause hardshipboth
To impose difficulty or distress upon someone.
2.
to harmclassical
To inflict damage or injury upon someone.
3.
to corruptclassical
To cause moral decay or lead astray.

إعناتاًnoun

1.
causing hardshipboth
The act of imposing difficulty or distress upon someone.
2.
inflicting harmclassical
The act of causing damage or injury.

يُعْنِتُverb

1.
to cause hardshipboth
To impose difficulty or distress upon someone.
2.
to troubleclassical
To cause distress or annoyance.

تَعَنُّتَverb

1.
to cause hardshipboth
To impose difficulty or distress upon someone.
2.
to cause confusionclassical
To deliberately make something difficult or confusing for someone.

تَعَنُّتاًnoun

1.
causing hardshipboth
The act of imposing difficulty or distress upon someone.
2.
causing confusionclassical
The act of deliberately making something difficult or confusing.

Parallel reading

دخول المشقة على الإنسان، ولقاء الشدة

The entry of hardship upon a person, and encountering distress.

أعنت فلان فلانا إعناتا إذا أدخل عليه عنتا أي مشقة

So-and-so caused so-and-so hardship (i'anatan) when he introduced hardship (ʿanatan) to him, meaning difficulty.

البَاغُونَ البُرَآءَ العَنَتَ

Those who seek to harm the innocent, [bringing them] hardship.

العَنَتُ المشقة، والفساد، والهلاك، والإثم، والغلط، والخطأ، والزنا: كل ذلك قد جاء، وأطلق العنت عليه، والحديث يحتمل كلها

Hardship means difficulty, corruption, destruction, sin, error, mistake, and fornication: all of these meanings have been used, and 'al-'anat' was applied to it, and the hadith encompasses all of them.

والبرآء جمع بريء، وهو والعنت منصوبان مفعولان للباغين

And 'al-burā'' is the plural of 'barī'' (innocent), and it and 'al-'anat' are in the accusative case, as objects of 'al-bāghīn' (those who seek).

فيعنتوا عليكم دينكم أي يدخلوا عليكم الضرر في دينكم

So they cause you hardship in your religion, meaning they bring harm to your religion.

حتى تعنته أي تشق عليه

Until it causes him hardship, meaning it makes things difficult for him.

أيما طبيب تطبب، ولم يعرف بالطب فأعنت، فهو ضامن

Any physician who practices medicine without knowing it, and causes harm, he is liable.

أي أضر المريض وأفسده

Meaning he harmed the patient and corrupted him.

وأعنته وتعنته تعنتا: سأله عن شيء أراد به اللبس عليه والمشقة

And he caused him hardship (a'antahu) and he caused him hardship (ta'antuhu) with great difficulty (ta'anttan): he asked him about something with the intention of confusing him and causing him difficulty.