אֲנִינָה, (אָנַן) grief, retired mourning, esp. the status of the mourner between death and burial of a kinsman, contrad. to אֲבֵילָה, אֲבֵילוּת. Lam. R. introd. (R. Abbahu 4) א׳ מבפנים ăninah is indoor (retired) grief. Y. Hor. III, 48ᵃ top איזהו א׳ וכ׳ what is ăninah?—The time from death to &c. Y. Pes. VII, 35ᵃ top אֲנִינַת לילה תורה observance of ăninah by night is biblical. Gen. R. s. 85 he is named Onan שהביא א׳ לעצמו because he brought mourning over his early death.