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1 قَنَأَ ذ , aor. قَنَاَ , inf. n. قُنُوْءٌ, It (a thing, TA) was, or became, intensely red: (K:) and قَنَا, without ', is a dial. var. thereof, (TA in this art.,) aor. يَقْنُو, inf. n. قُنُوٌّ. (TA in art. قنو.) You say, قَنَأَتْ لِحْيَتُهُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, His beard was, or became, intensely red from the dye: (S, O:) or, was, or became, black with the dye. (TA.) And قَنَأَتْ أَطْرَافُ الجَارِيَةِ بِالحِنَّآءِ The extremities of the girl, or young woman, were, or became, black, or, accord. to the T, intensely red, with the hinnà (TA.) And قَنَأَتِ البُسْرَةُ The full-grown unripe date began to have its redness intermixed with blackness. (M in art. نثر.) ― -b2- See also 2. -A2- قَنَأَهُ He mixed it, i. e. milk (O, K, TA) with water. (TA.) -A3- And, (O, K, TA,) aor. قَنَاَ , (TA,) inf. n. قَنْءٌ, (O, TA,) He killed him: (O, K, TA:) or he incited him, or induced him, to kill him; as also ↓ اقنأهُ , (K, TA,) inf. n. إِِقْنَآءٌ: (TA:) [but this is a strange rendering of a verb with a single objective complement; and it appears that اقنأهُ should be followed by عَلَيْهِ, to give this sense; and so should قَنَأَهُ, if used in the same sense; for, accord. to Sgh,] عَلَيْهِ ↓ أَقْنَأْتُهُ signifies I incited him, or induced him, to kill him. (O.) -A4- قَنَأَ الجِلْدُ, (AHn, K, TA,) [if not a mistranscription, for قُنِئَ, as seems to be probably the case from what follows,] inf. n. قُنُوْءٌ, (AHn, TA,) The skin was thrown into the tan, (AHn, K, TA,) after the removal of its hair and dirt: and قَنَأَهُ صَاحِبُهُ [Its owner threw it into the tan, &c.]. (AHn, TA.) -A5- قَنِئَ, (O, K, TA,) aor. قَنَاَ , inf. n. قُنُوْءٌ, (TA,) He died. (O, K.) One says, ضَرَبْتُهُ حَتَّى قَنِئَ I beat him until he died. (TA.) ― -b2- And قَنِئَ said of a hide, It became spoiled, or rendered unsound. (O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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