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عنت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns hardship, difficulty, and distress, often leading to sin or falling into trouble. It can also refer to the act of causing hardship to others or seeking out their faults.

Derived headwords

العَنَتُnoun
  1. 1.
    sinclassical

    The state of committing a sin or transgression.

  2. 2.
    hardshipboth

    Falling into a difficult or arduous matter; distress or affliction.

  3. 3.
    troubleboth

    A state of difficulty or distress.

عَنَتَverb
  1. 1.
    al-ʿanat with two fathas: sin, and its verb class is طَرِبَboth

    al-ʿanat with two fathas: sin, and its verb class is طَرِبَ

  2. 2.
    falling into a difficult matterboth

    falling into a difficult matter

  3. 3.
    The faces humbled themselves before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.both

    The faces humbled themselves before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.

أَعَانَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause hardshipboth

    To cause someone to fall into hardship or difficulty.

مُتَعَنِّتًاadjective
  1. 1.
    fault-findingboth

    One who comes seeking your faults or errors; being overly critical or pedantic.

عَنَتٌnoun
  1. 1.
    al-ʿanat with two fathas: sin, and its verb class is طَرِبَboth

    al-ʿanat with two fathas: sin, and its verb class is طَرِبَ

  2. 2.
    falling into a difficult matterboth

    falling into a difficult matter

  3. 3.
    The faces humbled themselves before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.both

    The faces humbled themselves before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.

مُعْنَتٌadjective
  1. 1.
    afflictedclassical

    One who is caused hardship or distress, especially in the context of a re-injured bone.

Parallel reading

العنت: الإثم.
Al-'anat: sin.
وقد عنت الرجل.
And the man sinned/fell into hardship.
عزيز عليه ما عنتم
Grieved is he over your hardship.
ذلك لمن خشي العنت منكم
That is for him who fears hardship/sin from among you.
يعني الفجور والزنا.
Meaning fornication and adultery.
والعنت أيضا: الوقوع في أمر شاق.
And al-'anat also: falling into an arduous matter.
وقد عنت وأعنته غيره.
And he fell into hardship, and others caused him hardship.
ويقال للعظم المجبور إذا أصابه شئ فهاضه: قد أعنته، فهو عنت ومعنت.
And it is said of a mended bone if something strikes it and breaks it again: it has been caused hardship, so it is afflicted and causing hardship.
وجاءني فلان متعنتا، إذا جاء يطلب زلتك.
And so-and-so came to me fault-finding, meaning he came seeking your slip-up.