[1]
سَنَّهُ , (M, L, K,) [aor.
سَنُ3َ ,] inf. n.
سَنٌّ, (M,)
He (a man, M, L)
bit him (another man, M, L)
with his أَسْنَان [or
teeth]. (M, L, K: but in the
K,
with the أَسْنَان.) [Hence, app.,]
سُنَّتِ الأَرْضُ
The herbage of the land was eaten. (L, K.) ―
2-b2-
And, (M, L, in the K “ or, ”) aor. and inf. n. as
above, (M, L,)
He broke his (a man's, M, L)
أَسْنَان [or
teeth]. (M, L, K.) ―
2-b3-
سُنَّتِ البَدَنَةُ:
and
سَنَّهَا ٱللّٰهُ: see 4. ―
2-b4- Also, (accord. to the M
and L, but accord. to the K “ or, ”) aor. and
inf. n. as above, (M, L,)
He pierced him, or
thrust
him, with the سِنَان [or
spear-head]. (M, L, K.)
And
سَنَّهُ بِالرُّمْحِ He pierced him, or
thrust him,
with the spear. (L.) ―
2-b5- And
He fixed, or
mounted,
upon it (i. e. the spear)
the سِنَان [or
iron head];
(M, L, K;) and ↓
أَسَنَّهُ he put to it a سِنَان. (L.)
―
2-b6- Also, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) aor. and inf. n. as
above, (M, L, Msb,)
He sharpened it, whetted it,
or
made it sharp-pointed, (S, M, L, Msb, K,)
and
polished it, (M, L, K,) namely, a thing, (M, L,)
or a knife; (S, L, Msb, K;) and so ↓
سنّنهُ: (M,
L, K:) and
سَنَّ he sharpened, whetted, or
made
sharp-pointed, a spear-head
upon the مِسَنّ: (L:)
and
he rubbed, or
grated, a stone upon a stone.
(Fr, L.) ―
2-b7- [Hence,]
سَنَّنِى هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ (assumed tropical:)
This thing
[
sharpened my appetite;]
made me desirous of
food. (K.) The Arabs say [also]
الحَمْضُ تَسُنُّ
الإِبِلَ عَلَى الخُلَّةِ (assumed tropical:)
The [
plants, or
trees, called]
حمض strengthen the camels [or
sharpen their
appetites]
for the [
plants, or
trees, called]
خلّة,
like as the whetstone strengthens [or
sharpens]
the
edge of the knife. (L.) ―
2-b8- [Hence also,]
سَنَّ
أَضْرَاسَهُ, (M, L, K, *) [aor. and] inf. n. as above,
(M, L,)
He rubbed and cleaned his teeth with
the stick used for that purpose; (M, L, K;) as
though he polished them. (M, L.) ―
2-b9- And
سَنَّ
الإِبِلَ, (ISk, S, M, L,) or
المَالَ, (K,) aor. and
inf. n. as above, (M, L,)
He tended well, (K,) or
pastured and tended well, (ISk, S, L,) or
pastured, and rendered fat, or
plump, (M, L,)
the
camels, (ISk, S, M, L,) or
the cattle; (K;) [
so
that they became in good condition, free from
mange or
the like;] as though he polished them.
(ISk, S, M, L, K.) ―
2-b10- And
سَنُّوا المَالَ They sent
the cattle into the pasturage. (El-Muärrij, S, L,
K. *) ―
2-b11- And
سَنَّ الإِبِلَ, (M, L, K,) [aor. and]
inf. n. as above, (M, L,)
He drove the camels
quickly: (M, L, K:) or, as some say,
السَّنُّ signifies
السَّيْرُ الشَّدِيدُ [i. e.
the making to go vehemently; السَّيْرُ being here syn. with
التَّسْيِيرُ]: (M,
L:) you say,
سَنَنْتُ النَّاقَةَ I made the she-camel
to go (
سِرْتُهَا, S, or
سَيَّرْتُهَا, L)
vehemently. (S, L.)
―
2-b12-
إٍنَّمَا إُنَسَّى لِأَسُنَّ, occurring in a trad., meaning
I am made to forget only that I may drive men
by directing to the right way, and show them
what is needful for them
to do when forgetfulness
occurs to them, may be from
سَنَّ [expl. above as]
meaning “ he pastured and tended well ” the
camels. (L.) ―
2-b13-
سَنَّ عَلَيْهِ المَآءَ, [aor. and inf. n.
as above,]
He poured forth the water upon him,
or
it; (M, L, K;) as also ↓
اسنّهُ: (Ham p. 611:)
or
he discharged the water gently upon him, or
it.
(M, L.) You say,
سَنَنْتُ المَآءَ عَلَى وَجْهِى, (S, L,)
or
عَلَى الوَجْهِ, (Msb,) or
سَنَّ المَآءَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, (L,)
or
فِى وَجْهِهِ, (Mgh,) aor. as above, (Mgh, L,)
and so the inf. n., (L,)
I [or
he]
discharged the
water without scattering upon his face: if scattering it in pouring, you say,
شَنَنْتُ: (S, L:) or
I, or
he, poured the water gently (Mgh, L, Msb)
upon the face, (Msb,) or
upon his face. (Mgh,
L.) And
سَنَّ التُّرَابَ He poured the dust, or
earth, gently upon the ground: (S, L:) and
he
put it gently upon a corpse. (L.) And
سَنَّتِ العَيْنُ
الدَّمْعَ, aor. and inf. n. as above,
The eye poured
forth tears. (M, L.) And
اُسْنُنْ قُرُونَ فَرَسِكَ
Make the [
issues of]
sweat to flow from thy
horse by plying him hard, in order that he may
become lean, or light of flesh: and
سُنَّ لَهُ قَرْنٌ,
and
قُرُونٌ,
An issue, and
issues, of his sweat, was, and
were, made to flow. (L.)
سَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الدِّرْعَ, (S, M, L,
K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (S, M, L,)
He put
(lit.
poured)
upon him the coat of mail. (S, M,
L, K.) ―
2-b14-
سَنَّ الفَحْلُ النَّاقَةَ The stallion threw
down the she-camel (
كَبَّهَا, in copies of the K
[erroneously]
رَكِبَهَا,)
upon her face. (L, K. *
[See also 3.]) ―
2-b15-
سَنَّ الطِّينَ He plastered pottery with the clay: (M, L:) or
he made the clay
into pottery. (M, L, K.) ―
2-b16-
سَنَّهُ, (S, L, K,) aor.
as above, (S,) and so the inf. n., (S, L,) also signifies
He formed it, fashioned it, or
shaped it;
(S, L, K;) namely, a thing: (K:) and some say,
he made it long. (L.) ―
2-b17- And [from the former
of these two meanings, app.,]
He instituted,
established, or
prescribed, it, i. e. a custom, practice, usage, or the like, whether good or bad;
set the example of it; originated it as a custom
&c.
to be followed by others after him. (L.)
You say,
سَنَنْتُ لَكُمْ سُنَّةً فَٱتَّبِعُوهَا [
I have instituted
&c.,
for you an institute, a custom, a practice, a
usage, or
the like, to be followed, therefore follow
ye it]. (L.) And
سَنَّ فُلَانٌ طَرِيقًا مِنَ الخَيْرِ, aor.
and inf. n. as above,
Such a one originated [or
instituted]
an act of goodness, or
piety, [or
a
good, or
pious, way of acting,]
which his people
knew not, and which they afterwards followed, or
pursued. (L.) And
سَنَّ ٱللّٰهُ سُنَّتَهُ لِلنَّاسِ God
manifested, or
made known, his statutes, or
ordinances, and
commands and prohibitions, [i. e.
his
laws,]
to men: (M, L:) and
سَنَّ ٱللّٰهُ سُنَّةً God
manifested, or
made known, a right way [
of
acting &c.]: (L:) [and in like manner one says
of any one,]
سَنَّ الأَمْرَ He manifested, or
made
known, the thing, affair, or
case. (K.) ―
2-b18- And
سَنَّ سُنَّةً, (M, L,) or
طَرِيقَةً, (K,) [aor. and]
inf. n. as above, (M, L,)
He pursued [
a way,
course, rule, mode, or
manner, of acting or
conduct or
life or
the like]; as also ↓
استنّها; (M, L;)
or ↓
استسنّها; (so in the K;) and
استنّ ↓
بِهَا: (K in
art.
سير:) and
استسنّوا ↓
بِطَرِيقٍ مِنَ الخَيْرِ [
They
followed, or
pursued, a good, or
pious, way of
acting]. (L.) It is said in a trad. respecting the
Magians,
سُنُّوا بِهِمْ سُنَّةَ ↓
أَهْلِ الكِتَابِ, i. e.
Pursue
ye with them the way of the People of the
Scripture, or
Bible; act with them as ye act
with these; granting them security on the condition of receiving [from them] the [tax called]
جِزْيَة. (Mgh, L. *) ＝
1-A2-
سُنَّ is also expl. as meaning
He, or
it, became altered for the worse, or
stinking: so in a trad. of Barwaa the daughter of
Wáshik, where it is said,
كَانَ زَوْجُهَا سُنَّ فِى بِئْرٍ
[
Her husband had become altered for the worse,
or
stinking, having died,
in a well which he had
descended]: from the saying in the Kur
مِنْ حَمَأ
مَسْنُونٍ: [see
مَسْنُونٌ:] but some say that he [who
used this phrase] meant [to say, or meant thereby,]
أَسِنَ, i. e.
his head became affected with
vertigo by reason of a foul odour that he smelt,
and he swooned. (L.)