عَنْعَنَةٌ
1.
[a verbal noun of which the verb is عَنْعَنَ] The substituting of
ع
for
ء; [for instance,] saying
عَنْ
in the place of
أَنْ: a practice of [the tribe of] Temeem: (S, K:) or, according to Fr, it is of the dialect of Kureysh and of those in their neighbourhood, and of Temeem and Keys and Asad and those in their neighbourhood: they change the أ of أَنَّ, with fet-h, into ع; but not when it is with kesr. (TA.) [See two instances in article عنف, conj. 8.]
2.
Hence, عَنْعَنَةُ المُحَدِّثِينَ [i. e. The saying of the relaters of traditions
فُلَانٌ
عَنْ فُلَانٍ عَنْ فُلَانٍ, suppressing the word رَوَى or حَدَّثَ or. سَمِعَ]: but this is said to be post-classical. (TA.)