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ونى

1 وَنَى فِيهِ ذ He entered upon a thing languidly; and عَنْهُ He passed from it: see عَنْ. 6 تَوَانَى ذ He was, or became, languid, remiss, weak, feeble, or faint, (T, S, M, MA, Msb, K, *) in actions, and affairs, (T,) in respect of an object of his want, (S,) or in an affair. (MA, Msb.) ― -b2- تَوَانَى فى الأَمْرِ He flagged, or was remiss, in the affair; (Msb;) i. q. قَصَّرَ. (S.) وَنَاةٌ ذ A woman languid, or gentle, or grave in deportment, &c.: see أَنَاةٌ. مِينَآءٌ ذ A port: see an ex. in a verse cited voce شُحُون: it is masc.; its being a substitute for ى: or it is an ancient Egyptian word in origin.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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