ن ء ء

He fed him, or nourished him, well. (K.) -A2- He restrained him, or turned him back, (El-Umawee, S, K,) from a thing that he desired to do. (El-Umawee, S.) -A3- نَأْنَأَ فِى الرَّأْىِ, inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ and مُنَأْنَأَةٌ; [the latter an unusual form of inf. n.;] and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ; He was weak, (M, K,) or confused; (S;) and not firm or sound, (S, M, K,) in his judgment, or opinion. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- نَأْنَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He was weak in the affair. (S.) ― -b3- نَأْنَأَ عَنْهُ, and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ, He was unable to do it. (K.) ― -b4- نَأْنَأَ, inf. n. نَأْنَأَةٌ; (AA;) and ↓ تَنَأْنَأَ; (S;) He was weak, feeble, or remiss. (AA, S, TA.)

see R. Q. 1 in three places.

and ↓ نَأْنَآءٌ (S, K) and ↓ نُوأْنُوءٌ and ↓ مُنَأْنَأٌ Weak; cowardly. (S, K.) ― -b2- نَأْنَأٌ One who frequently turns about, or rolls, the pupil, or black part, of his eye. (K.)

: see the verb. ― -b2- Weakness. (AA, S.) ― -b3- طُوبَى لِمَنْ مَاتَ فِى النّأنأةِ [Good betide him who hath died in (the time of) weakness!] i. e., in the first of El-Islám, before it acquired strength, (S,) and its adherents and assistants multiplied. (TA.)

, نُوأْنُوءٌ, and مُنَأْنَأٌ: see نَأْنَأٌ.