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قنط

1 قَنَطَ ذ , aor. قَنِطَ ; and قَنَطَ, aor. قَنُطَ ; and قَنِطَ, aor. قَنَطَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and قَنُطَ, aor. قَنُطَ ; (K;) and قَنَطَ, aor. قَنَطَ ; and قَنِطَ, aor. قَنِطَ ; each of the last two being a mixture of two dialects; (Akh, S, K;) inf. n. قُنُوطٌ, (S, Msb, K,) which is of the first and second, (S, K, TA,) and of the fourth and sixth also; (K; [but this is doubtful;]) and قَنَطٌ, which is of the third; (S, K;) and قَنَاطَةٌ, which is also of the third, (S, K,) or [more probably, agreeably with analogy,] of the fourth; (TK;) He despaired (S, Msb, K) of (مِنْ) the mercy of God, (Msb,) or, as in the T, of good: or, as some say, he despaired most vehemently of a thing. (TA.) It is said in the Kur, [xv. 56,] accord. to different readings, وَمَنْ يَقْنِطُ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ and يَقْنُطُ (Bd, TA) and يَقْنَطُ (Bd) [And who despaireth of the mercy of his Lord except those who are in error?] -A2- قَنْطٌ is also syn. with مَنْعٌ. (K.) You say, قَنَطَ مَآءَهُ عَنَّا He withheld, kept, or debarred, his water from us. (Sgh on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád.) 2 قنّطهُ ذ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. تَقْنِيطٌ, (K,) He made him to despair; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ اقنطهُ . (Msb.) You say, شَرُّ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ يُقَنِّطُونَ النَّاسَ مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِ The worst of men are those who make men to despair of the mercy of God. (TA.) 4 أَقْنَطَ see 2. قَنِطٌ ذ : see what follows. قَنُوطٌ ذ : see what follows. قَانِطٌ ذ (S, Msb) and ↓ قَنِطٌ (S, TA) and ↓ قَنُوطٌ , (Msb, TA,) but the last has an intensive signification, (Bd, xli. 49,) Despairing: (S, Msb, TA:) pl. of the first with ون; (Kur xv. 55, accord. to the prevailing reading;) and so of the second. (S, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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