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1 صَانَهُ ذ , (M, K,) first pers. صُنْتُهُ, (S, Msb,) aor. يَصُونُهُ, (TA,) inf. n. صَوْنٌ and صِيَانٌ and صِيَانَةٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) He preserved it, kept it, laid it up, took care of it, or reserved it, (Msb, K,) in its repository; (Msb;) and ↓ اضطانهُ signifies the same: (M, K:) but one should not say اصانهُ, as the vulgar say. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence] one says, (M, Msb,) by way of comparison, (M,) صان عِرْضهُ, (M, Msb,) inf. n. صِيَانَةٌ and صَوْنٌ, (M,) (assumed tropical:) [He preserved his honour, or reputation], عَنِ الدَّنَسِ [from pollution]. (Msb. [See also 6.]) And فُلَانٌ يَصُونُ دِيبَاجَتَيْهِ i. e. (tropical:) [Such a one preserves from disgrace] his cheeks; (A in art. دبج;) or دِيبَاجَتَهُ his face. (Har p. 15.) ― -b3- And صان الفَرَسُ عَدْوَهُ (M, TA) and جَرْيَهُ, (TA,) inf. n. صَوْنٌ, (tropical:) The horse reserved somewhat of his running for the time of need. (M, TA.) And فَرَسٌ لَهُ صَوْنٌ وَبَذْلٌ; and ذُو صَوْنٍ وَا@بْتِذَالٍ: see 1 in art. بذل. ― -b4- And صان الفَرَسُ, aor. يَصُونُ, inf. n. صَوْنٌ, means صَفَّ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ [app. the same as صَفَّ رِجْلَيْهِ He set his hind legs evenly, side by side]: (M:) or he stood upon the extremity of his hoof, (S, M, K,) by reason of [attenuation, or abrasion, such as is termed] وَجًى or حَفًا. (S, K.) ― -b5- And صان, inf. n. صَوْنٌ, He (a horse) limped, or halted, much; (M;) or, as expl. by IB, slightly. (TA.) يَصُنَّ المَشْىَ occurs in a verse (S, M, TA) of En-Nábighah, (M, TA,) [referring to horses,] and J says that As knew it not, but that others expl. it as meaning Reserving somewhat of the rate of going, (TA,) or as meaning suffering pain in the hoofs from attenuation, or abrasion: (S:) accord. to IB, it means limping, or halting, and suffering pain in the hoofs, from fatigue. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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