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عني

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of importance, concern, and care. It extends to meanings of happening, occurring, and being effective, as well as effort, hardship, and struggle. It also encompasses the idea of intention, meaning, and purpose.

Derived headwords

عَنِيَ الأمرُ يَعْنِيهِ ويَعْنُوهُ عِنايَةً، بالكسر، وعَنايَةً، بالفتح، وعَنَاءً، كعتي؛ وضبطه بعض بالضم؛verb
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    to concern, to matterboth

    The matter concerned him or was important to him.

لكل امرىء يومئذ شأن يعنيه — For every person, on that Day, there will be a matter that concerns him.
اعتنى بهverb
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    to take care of, to attend toboth

    He took care of it or paid attention to it.

عُنِيَ فلان بحاجته، بالضمverb
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    to be concerned with, to attend toboth

    So-and-so was concerned with his need, implying it was important to him.

عَنِيَ بحاجته، كَرَضِيَverb
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    to be concerned with, to attend toclassical

    He was concerned with his need. This usage is less common.

عَنِيَ الأمرُ يعنى عَنَاءًverb
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    to happen, to occurboth

    The matter occurred or befell him.

عَنِيَ به الأمرُverb
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    to happen, to occurboth

    The matter happened to him or befell him.

عَنِيَ فيه الأكلُ عَنَاءً وعَنَى وعَنَاءًverb
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    to be effective, to agreeboth

    The food was effective or agreed with him.

فلان ما يعنى فيه الأكل، أي ما ينجع، وشرب اللبن شهرا فلم يعن فيه — So-and-so, the food is not effective for him, meaning it does not agree with him; he drank milk for a month and it did not agree with him.
عَنَتِ الأرضُ بالنباتِ تَعْنِيverb
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    to sprout, to yieldboth

    The land produced plants or plants appeared in it.

لم تعن بلادنا بشيء إذا لم تنبت شيئا — Our land did not yield anything if it did not grow something.
عَنَى بالقولِ كذا يَعْنِيverb
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    to mean, to intendboth

    He intended or meant something by his statement.

المَعْنِيّnoun
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    the intended oneboth

    The one who is intended or meant.

مَعْنَى الكلامِ ومَعْنِيّهُ، بكسر النون مع تشديد الياء، ومَعْنَاتُهُ ومعْنَيَتُهُ واحدnoun
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    meaning, purportboth

    The meaning, purport, or intention of the speech.

عرفت ذلك في معنى كلامه — I knew that from the meaning of his words.
العَنَاءnoun
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    hardship, toilboth

    Hardship, toil, or suffering.

تَعَنَّىverb
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    to toil, to sufferboth

    He exerted himself, suffered, or underwent hardship.

أَعْنَاهُ وعَنَّاهُ تَعْنِيَةًverb
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    to cause hardship, to troubleboth

    He caused him hardship or troubled him.

عنسا تعنيها وعنسا ترحل — a she-camel that he troubles and a she-camel that he makes travel.
العَنِيَّةnoun
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    hardship, toilclassical

    Hardship or toil.

تَعَنَّاهَاverb
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    to undertake, to endureboth

    He undertook it or endured it.

عَنَاءٌ وعَانٌّ ومَعْنٌnoun
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    hardship, toilboth

    Intensified hardship or toil.

عَانَاهُ مُعَانَاةًverb
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    to struggle with, to endureboth

    He struggled with it or endured it.

هو يعاني كذا — He is struggling with such and such.
العُنْوَانnoun
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    title, headingboth

    The title or heading of a book or text.

العِنْوَانِيّadjective
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    related to the titleboth

    Relating to the title or heading.

أَعْنَى الكتابَ وعَنَّنَهُverb
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    to title, to labelboth

    He titled or labeled the book.

أعن الكتاب وأطنه — Title the book and seal it.
عَنِيَ الرجلُ (كرضي)verb
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    to be trapped, to be caughtclassical

    The man became trapped or caught in captivity.

المَعْنَى (كمعظم)name
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    name of a horseclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Al-Mughirah ibn Khalifa Al-Ju'fi.

ما يُعَانُونَverb
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    what they manageboth

    What they manage or are responsible for.

هم ما يعانون ما لهم — They are managing what they have.
عَنَاةًnoun
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    hardshipclassical

    Hardship.

المَعْنَى (كَمُعَظَّم)noun
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    a camelclassical

    A camel that had its hump sinews cut and its hump lanced by pre-Islamic Arabs when their herds reached one hundred.

المَعْنَى (كَمُعَظَّم)noun
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    a stud-horseclassical

    A stud-horse that is restrained when aroused because it shuns its own mares.

المَعْنِيَّةname
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    a villageclassical

    A village in Egypt.

المَعْنِيّ بن حارثةname
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    a historical figureclassical

    Al-Ma'ni ibn Haritha, brother of Muthanna ibn Haritha, mentioned in the conquests.

Parallel reading

لكل امرىء يومئذ شأن يعنيه
For every person, on that Day, there will be a matter that concerns him.
من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه
It is from the excellence of a person's Islam that he leaves what does not concern him.
بسم الله أرقيك من كل داء يعينيك
In the name of God, I perform Ruqyah for you from every ailment that concerns you.
اعتنى به
He took care of it.
عني فلان بحاجته
So-and-so was concerned with his need.
عني الأمر يعنى عنيا
The matter occurred or befell him.
فلان ما يعنى فيه الأكل، أي ما ينجع، وشرب اللبن شهرا فلم يعن فيه
So-and-so, the food is not effective for him, meaning it does not agree with him; he drank milk for a month and it did not agree with him.
لم تعن بلادنا بشيء إذا لم تنبت شيئا
Our land did not yield anything if it did not grow something.
عرفت ذلك في معنى كلامه
I knew that from the meaning of his words.
تعنى: نصب
He toiled: he was weary.
أعناه وعناه تعنية
He caused him hardship and he troubled him.
عنسا تعنيها وعنسا ترحل
a she-camel that he troubles and a she-camel that he makes travel.
هو يعاني كذا
He is struggling with such and such.
أعنى الكتاب وأطنه
Title the book and seal it.
هم ما يعانون ما لهم
They are managing what they have.
لقد عني الله بك
God has indeed cared for you.