عِنَانrein

Example sentences

• أنه لما كان بابُ المناظرة في الرد والقبول مُتَّسِعًا، وكل واحدٍ من المتناظرين في الاستدلال والجواب يرسل عِنانه في الاحتجاج، ومنه ما يكون صوابًا ومنه ما يكون خطأً،

  that since the field of debate in rejection and acceptance was wide, and each debater in reasoning and answering would let loose his reins in argumentation, some of it being correct and some incorrect,

  عِنَانَهُ — his reins. 'his rein' — 'inan' plus 'his', accusative object — 'gives his reins free play', a horse metaphor for arguing unchecked.

  From: Rules of Scholarly Debate →