ظَنَّ

1 Zan~a * , aor. Zanu3a , inf. n. Zan~N , (Msb,) [ He thought, opined, supposed, or conjectured: and he doubted: and he knew, but not by ocular perception: see Zan~N below:] you say, Zananotu Al$~aYo'a , aor. A^aZun~uhu , inf. n. Zan~N ; and ↓ AiZ~ananotuhu and AiZoTananotuhu ; and ↓ taZan~anotuhu and taZan~ayotuhu , this last formed by changing the last n into Y : [i. e. I thought the thing, &c:] and Lh mentions, as heard from the Benoo-Suleym, Zanotu *aAka i. e. Zananotu *Ak [ I thought that, &c.] like Zalotu and other instances of the dial. of Suleym. (M.) [In the first of the senses expl. above, it governs two objective complements, which are originally an inchoative and an enunciative:] you say, Zananotuka zayodFA [ I thought thee Zeyd, originally I thought thou wast Zeyd ], and Zananotu zayodFA A_iy~aAka [ I thought Zeyd thee, originally I thought Zeyd was thou ], denoting by a pronoun what is originally an inchoative [in the former phrase] and what is originally an enunciative [in the latter phrase]. (S, TA.) It is also used [in this sense] in the same manner as a verb signifying an oath, the Arabs giving it the same kind of complement, saying, Zananotu laEabodu A@ll~`hi xayorN minoka [ I thought surely 'Abd-Allah was better than thou ]. (S in art. drd .) [ Zan~a bihi ka*aA means I thought of him, or it, such a thing: and I thought such a thing to be in him, or it: and is used in relation to good and to evil.] It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 10], wataTun~uwna biA@ll~`hi A@lZ~unuwnaA [ And ye were thinking, of God, various thoughts ]. (M.) Accord. to Sb, Zananotu bihi means I made him, or it, the place [i. e. object ] of my Zan~ [or thought, &c.]. (M.) [In all these exs. the verb denotes a state of mind between doubt and certainty, but the latter is predominant: and hence Zan~a sometimes means He doubted: and sometimes, he knew, by considering with endeavour to understand, not by ocular perception; being more frequently used in this sense than as meaning “ he doubted, ” though not so frequently as it is in the sense of “ he thought, ” whence the meaning “ he knew ” is held by some to be tropical.] A_in~aY , Zananotu A^an~iY mulaAqK HisaAbiyaho , in the Kur [lxix. 20], means Verily I knew [ that I should meet with my reckoning ]. (T.) And A@l~a*iyna yaZun~uwna A^an~ahumo mulaAquw rab~ihimo , in the same [ii. 43], means Who know [ that they shall meet their Lord, lit., be meeters of their Lord ]. (Msb.) And Zananotu maA qaAla , occurring in a trad., means I knew [ what he meant to say by his making a sign with his hand]. (TA.) ― -b2- Zananotuhu , (M, Mgh, Msb,) aor. as above, (Msb,) and so the inf. n., (M,) signifies also I suspected him; thought evil of him; (M, Mgh, Msb;) and (M) so ↓ AiZ~ananotuhu (S, M, Mgh, K) and AiZoTananotuhu (M, TA) and AiT~ananotuhu . (TA.) [Thus, too, ↓ A^aZonanotuhu accord. to several copies of the S and accord. to the CK; but this is app. a mistranscription.] In the saying of Ibn-Seereen, lamo fiY qatoli EuvomaAna ↓ yakuno EaliY~N yuZ~an~u , (T, S, K, but in the T maA kaAn ,) meaning Alee was not suspected [ in the case of the slaying of 'Othmán ], (T,) yuZ~an~u is of the measure yufotaEalu , originally yuZotan~u : (T, S, K:) so says A'Obeyd: (T:) or, as some relate it, the word is yuT~an~u . (TA.) One says, bika*aA ↓ huwa yuZ~an~u and yuT~an~u , meaning He is suspected of such a thing. (TA in art. Tn .) And Tananotu bizayodK and Zananotu zayodFA I suspected Zeyd: in this sense the verb has a single objective complement. (TA.)