عيانا

Arabic

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of عِيان‎ (ʿiyān, “witnessing, seeing”), from عَيْن‎ (ʿayn, “eye”).

Adverb

عِياناً • (ʿiyānan)

  1. publicly, in broad daylight
    ‏وليس ‫الذئب‬ ‫يأكل‬ ‫لحم‬ ‫ذئ‬ب - ‫ويأكل‬ بعضنا‬ ‫بعضنا‬ ‫عيانا‬‎
    The wolf does not eat wolf meat, but we eat each other publicly.
  2. visibly
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