تَأَوَّهَ
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لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا أَنَّ فِى السَّمَاءِ نَجْمٌ means I will not do it as long as there is a star in the heaven: (S, M, K:) أَنَّ being here a dialect var. of عَنَّ. (S.) You say also, مَا أَنَّ فِي الفُرَاتِ
قَطْرَةٌ
As long as there is a drop in the Euphrates. (T, S.) And لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا أَنَّ فِى السَّمَاءٌ [I will not do it as long as there is rain in the heaven]. (S.) [It is said in the M that Lh mentions the last two sayings; but it is there indicated that he read قَطْرَةً and سَمَاءً: and] ISk mentions the saying, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا أَنَّ فِى السَّمَاءِ نَجْمًا, (T, M,) and مَا عَنَّ
فِى السَّمَاءِ نَجْمٌ; (T;) [in the former of which, أَنّ must be a particle (which see below); but it seems that it should rather be إِنَّ, in this case, as ISd thinks; for he says,] I know not for what reason انّ is here with fet-h, unless a verb be understood before it, as ثَبَتَ or وُجِدَ: [and he adds,] Lh mentions مَا أَنَّ ذلِكَ الجَبَلَ مَكَانَهُ [as long as that mountain is in its place]: and مَا أَنَّ
حِرَاءً مَكَانَهُ [as long as Mount Hirà is in its place]: but he does not explain these sayings. (M.)