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1 xanasa A^xns xns , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. xanusa , (S,) or xanisa , (Mgh, Msb,) or both, (K,) inf. n. xunuwsN , (A,) or xanosN , (Msb,) or both, (K, TA,) and xunaAsN , (TA,) He went, or drew, back or backwards; receded; retreated; retired; or retrograded: or he remained behind; held back; hung back; or lagged behind: syn. taA^ax~ara : (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) Eanohu from him or it: (S, K:) or mino bayoni Alqawomi from among the company of people: and hid himself: (A:) or and shrank, or drew himself together: (TA:) and ↓ Anxns signifies the same; (Msb, K;) and so ↓ Axtns ; and xanusa , aor. xanusa , is mentioned by Sgh: (TA:) or xanasa signifies he went back, &c., syn. tA^x~r : and also, he shrank, or drew himself together: (Mgh, Msb: *) and he hid himself; became hidden or absent. (TA.) You say, xanasa Alkawokabu (tropical:) The star returned, or went back, or retrograded: syn. rajaEa ; a tropical signification: (A: [and in the TA it is said that xanosN is syn. with rujuwEN , and is tropical in this sense:]) or became hidden, (K, TA,) like a gazelle in its covert, (TA,) or like the devil when he hears the mention of God: (K, TA:) or became concealed in the day-time: (TA:) and xunuwsN signifies also the being, or becoming, depressed. (Ham p. 332.) And xanasa Eani Alqawomi He held back, or hung back, from the company of people; remained behind them, not going with them; syn, taxal~afa ; (As, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, of the Benoo- 'Okeyl;) as also ↓ Anxns . (K.) [This is said in the TA to be tropical; but why, I see not.] And xanasati Aln~axolu (assumed tropical:) The palm-trees were backward to receive fecundation, ( taA^ax~arato Eano qabuwli Alt~aloqiyHi , lit, held back from receiving fecundation, ) so that it had not any effect upon them, and they did not bear fruit that year. (TA.) And yaxonisu Al$~ayoTaAnu A_i*aA samiEa *ikora A@ll~`hi The devil shrinks when he hears the mention of God. (Msb.) And xanasa mino bayoni A^aSoHaAbihi He hid himself from among his companions. (TA.) And xanasa Ean~iY (tropical:) He, or it, [app. the latter,] became hid from me. (A.) And xanasa bihi He went away with him; took him away; so that he was not seen; (ISh, K;) as also bh ↓ txn~s : (K:) and he hid him, or it. (TA.) -A2- See also 4, in four places. -A3- xanisa AlA^anofN , aor. xanasa , (Msb,) inf. n. xanasN , (S, A, Msb, K,) The nose was, or became, [ camous, or camoys, i. e.,] depressed in its bone: (Msb:) or depressed in its bone, (A,) or contracted therein, (TA,) and wide in the end: (A, TA:) or retiring from the face, with a slight elevation in the end; (S, K, TA;) xanasN being nearly the same as faTasN : (TA:) or retiring towards the head, and rising from the lip, not being long nor prominent: or its bone lay close upon the elevated part of the cheek, and it was large in the end. (TA.) See also the inf. n. voce A^axonasu . ― -b2- xanisati Alqadamu , inf. n. xanasN , The foot was, or became, flat in the hollow part of the sole, and fleshy. (TA: but only the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is there mentioned.)