أَنَسٌ

i. q. أُنْسٌ, q. v. (S, K.)

-A2- Also i. q. إِنْسٌ, q. v. (Akh, S, TA.)

Also A numerous company of men; (K, * TA;) many men. (TA.)

A tribe (حَىُّ) staying, residing, dwelling, or abiding: (S, K:) the people of a place of alighting or abode: (M, TA: [but in the latter, in one place, said to be إِنْسٌ, with kesr; though a verse cited in both, as an example, shows it to be أَنَسٌ:]) the inhabitants of a house: (AA, TA:) plural (of the word in the first sense, of these three, TA, and in the second, M, TA) انَاسٌ. (M, TA.)

One with whom a person is sociable. (Ham p. 136.) You say also, هُمْ أَنَسُ فُلَانٍ They are they with whom such a one is sociable (اَلَّذِينَ يَسْتَأْنِسُ إِلَيْهِمْ). (Lh, M.) And هُوَ أَنَسُ فُلَانٍ He is much accustomed to the serving of him. (Har p. 472.)