kāna dhālika minnā ʿunfatan kaAna *`lika min~aA EunofapF كَانَ ذٰلِكَ مِنَّا عُنْفَةً Bookmark Bookmarked Share , and ↓ عُنُفَةً, i. q. ↓ اِعْتِنَافًا, meaning اِيءْتِنَافًا [i. e. That was, on our part, a beginning, or commencing]. (Ks, O, K.)