إِنْىٌ

(AO, T, S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ إِنًى, (Akh, T, S, Msb,) the latter in [some of] the copies of the K erroneously written أَنَاءٌ, (TA,) [and in other copies of the same omitted,] and ↓ إِنْوٌ, (Akh, Th, T, S, M, K,) with و substituted for ى, (AAF, M,) and ↓ أَنْىٌ (K) and ↓ أَنًى, (M, I Amb,) An hour, or a short portion, or a time, or an indefinite time, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the night: (Zj, T, S, M, K:) or a time or season (وَقْتٌ) of the night: (M in article انو:) or i. q. وَهْنٌ [the period about midnight; or the time after an hour, or a short period, of the night; or when the night is departing]: (M, K:) or any سَاعَة [i. e. hour, or short portion, or time,] (M, K) of the night: (M:) [and any period of time; as will be seen below:] or, according to some, (M,) ↓ إِنًى signifies the whole day; (M, K;) as also ↓ أَنًى: (K:) the plural is انَاءٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and أُنىٌّ and إِنِىٌّ. (M, K.) You say, مَضَى إِنْىٌ مِنَ الَّيْلِ and ↓ إِنْوٌ [&c.] A time, or season, [&c.,] (وَقْتٌ, [&c.,]) of the night passed: (M in article انو:) dual إِنْيَانِ and إِنْوَانِ. (S.) And a poet says,

أَتَمَّتْ حَمْلَهَا فِى بَعْضِ شَهْرٍ

وَحَمْلُ الحَامَلَاتِ إنًى طَوِيلُ

[She completed her gestation in a portion of a month; but the gestation of the pregnant in general is a long period of time]. (IAar, T.) Another uses the phrase ضَحَّاكُ الأُنِىْ, occurring at the end of a verse, [for ضحّاك الأُنِىِّ,] meaning Found to be laughing whenever one comes to him. (M.)