عنّتهُ

, verbal noun تَعْنِيتٌ, He treated him with hardness, severity, or rigour, and constrained him to do that which was difficult to him to perform; (IAmb, O, K, TA;) as also ↓ تعنّتهُ: and afterwards it became applied to signify he destroyed him; or caused him to perish: (IAmb, TA:) [and ↓ اعنتهُ has both of these significations: for it is said that] لَوْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ, in the Qur'an, 2:219, means If God had willed, He would assuredly have treated you with hardness, &c., and constrained you to do that which would be difficult to you to perform: or it may mean, would have destroyed you: or, according to IAar, إِعْنَاتٌ signifies the requiring to do that which is not in one's power. (TA.)

See also 5.