1.
[lit.]
He (an ass)
became a she-ass. (
M.) The saying,
كَانَ حِمَارَّا فَاسْتَأْتَنَ, said of a man, [lit.] signifies [
He was a he ass,]
and he became a she ass; meaning (assumed tropical:)
he was mighty, or
of high condition, [like the wild he-ass,]
and he became base, abject, or
vile. (
S,
TA.)