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تنا

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to neglect, abandonment, and disengagement, particularly from intellectual pursuits or social obligations. It can also extend to meanings of association or equality in certain contexts.

Derived headwords

التناوةnoun
  1. 1.
    neglect of studyclassical

    The act of abandoning or neglecting one's studies or intellectual engagement.

التنايةnoun
  1. 1.
    neglect of studyclassical

    An alternative form of 'التناوة', meaning the neglect of studies or intellectual pursuits.

  2. 2.
    farming, agricultureclassical

    Cultivation of land and raising of crops; husbandry.

النباوةnoun
  1. 1.
    nobility, high statusclassical

    Dignity, nobility, or a high social standing.

الأَتْناءnoun
  1. 1.
    equals, peersclassical

    Individuals who are equal in rank, status, or ability; peers or contemporaries.

  2. 2.
    feetclassical

    The lower extremities of the body; feet.

Parallel reading

التناوة: ترك المذاكرة.
Al-tanāwah: abandoning the study.
كان حميد بن هلال من العلماء فأضرت به التناوة.
Humayd ibn Hilāl was among the scholars, but neglect of study harmed him.
وقال الأصمعي: هي التناية، بالياء، فإما أن تكون على المعاقبة، وإما أن تكون لغة؛
Al-Asma'ī said: it is al-tanāyah, with a yā', and it is either a substitution, or it is a dialectal variant;
قال ابن الأثير: التناية الفلاحة والزراعة؛
Ibn al-Athīr said: al-tanāyah means farming and agriculture;
يريد أنه ترك المذاكرة ومجالسة العلماء،
He means that he abandoned studying and sitting with scholars,
وكان نزل قرية على طريق الأهواز،
And he had settled in a village on the road to Ahwaz,
ويروى النباوة، بالنون والباء، أي الشرف.
And it is narrated as al-nabāwah, with a nūn and a bā', meaning nobility.
والأَتْناء: الأقران.
And al-atnā': the equals.
والأَتْناء الأقدام.
And al-atnā' the feet.