[1]
قَنَطَ , 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 إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ and يَقْنُطُ (Bd, TA) and يَقْنَطُ
(Bd) [And who despaireth of the mercy of his
Lord except those who are in error?] ＝
1-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.)