زِينَة

ziynapN * , the subst. from zaAnahu , (Msb,) signifies maA yutazay~anu bihi [i. e. A thing with which, or by which, one is adorned, ornamented, decorated, decked, bedecked, garnished, embellished, beautified, or graced; or with which, or by which, one adorns, &c., himself ]; (T, S, K;) any such thing; (T, TA;) [ any ornament, ornature, decoration, garnish, embellishment, or grace; ] and so ↓ ziyAnN ; (K;) and ↓ zayonN , also, [which see above,] signifies the same as ziynapN : (Har p. 139:) accord. to El- Harállee, ziynapN denotes the [ means of ] beautifying, or embellishing, a thing by another thing; consisting of apparel, or an ornament of gold or silver or of jewels or gems, or aspect: or, as some say, it is the beauty [ seen ] of the eye that does not reach to the interior of that which is adorned [ thereby ]: accord. to Er-Rághib, its proper mean- ing is a thing that does not disgrace, or render unseemly, a man, in any of his states or conditions, either in the present world or in that which is to come: but that which adorns him in one state or condition, exclusively of another, is in one point of view $ayonN : summarily speaking, it is of three kinds; namely, mental, such as knowledge or science, and good tenets; and bodily, such as strength, and tallness of stature, and beauty of aspect; and extrinsic, such as wealth, and rank or station or dignity; and all these are mentioned in the Kur: (TA:) the pl. is ziyanN . (Bd in x. 25.) ziynapu AlHayaApi Ald~unoyaA [or simply ziynapu Ald~unoyaA generally means The ornature, finery, show, pomp, or gaiety, of the present life or world; and] particularly includes wealth and children. (Kur xviii. 44.) ziynapu AlA^aroDi [ The ornature of the earth ] means the plants, or herbage, of the earth. (TA.) yawomu Alz~iynapi [ The day of ornature ] is the festival ( AlEiydu ); (S, K;) when men used [and still use] to adorn themselves with goodly articles of apparel. (TA.) And also The day of the breaking [ of the dam a little within the entrance ] of the canal of Misr [here meaning the present capital of Egypt, El-Káhireh, which we call “ Cairo ”], (K, TA,) i. e. the canal which runs through the midst of Misr, and [the dam of] which is broken when the Nile has attained the height of sixteen cubits or more: this day is said to be meant in the Kur xx. 61: it is one of the days observed in Egypt with the greatest gladness and rejoicing from ancient times; and its observance in the days of the Fátimees was such as is inconceivable, as it is described in the “ Khitat ” of El-Makreezee. (TA. [The modern observances of this day, and of other days in relation to the rise of the Nile, are described in my work on the Modern Egyptians.])