غُنَّةٌ
1.
[mentioned above as a verbal noun of غَنَّ but generally explained as a simple subst. signifying A sort of nasal sound, or twang:] a sound that comes forth from the nose; (Ham p. 339;) a sound (S, Msb) in, (S,) or that comes forth from, (Msb,) the
خَيْشُوم [apparently here meaning the innermost part of the air-passages of the nose]: (S, Msb:) or a sound from the
لَهَاة [q. v., apparently here meaning the arches, or pillars, of the soft palate, or the furthest part of the mouth,] and the nose, like [that which is heard in the utterance of] the
ن
of
مِنْكَ
and
عَنْكَ, for the tongue has not part in it: (Mgh:) or the flowing [or passage] of the speech in the
لَهَاة [apparently here also meaning as explained above]: (K:) or a mixture of the sound of the
خَيْشُوم [explained above] in the pronunciation of a letter: (Mbr, TA:) ن is that one of the letters in which it is greatest in degree: (Kh, Mgh, Msb, TA:) خُنَّةٌ is [a sound] greater in degree than غُنَّةٌ. (TA.)
2.
[Also The roughness of the voice, of a boy, consequent upon the attaining to puberty; or, as Mtr says,] الغُنَّةُ signifies also what is incident to the boy on the occasion of his attaining to puberty, when his voice becomes rough. (Mgh.)
3.
And A soft, or gentle, plaintive, and melodious, voice, in singing. (Har p. 645.) See 4.
4.