زَيَّنَ

zayonN * [as an inf. n., and also as a simple subst.,] is the contr. of $ayonN : (S, Msb, K:) [as a simple subst.,] i. q. ziynapN , q. v.: (Har p. 139:) [and commonly signifying A grace; a beauty; a comely quality; a physical, and also an intel-lectual, adornment; an honour, or a credit; and anything that is the pride, or glory, of a person or thing: in these senses contr. of $ayonN :] pl. A^azoyaAnN . (K.) ― -b2- Az says, I heard a boy of [the tribe called] Benoo- 'Okeyl say to another, wajohiY zayonN wawajohuka $ayonN , meaning My face is comely and thy face is ugly; for wajohiY *uw zayonK wawajohuka *uw $ayonK [ my face is possessed of comeliness and thy face is possessed of ugliness ]; using the inf. ns. as epithets; like as one says rajulN SawomN and EadolN . (TA.) ― -b3- Also The comb of the cock. (S.)