עֲנֵי ², עֲנֵי, עֲנָא ch. same
    Pa. - עַנֵּי 1) to tarry, be detained, late. Y. Sot. I, 16ᵈ bot. חד זמן ע׳ דריש once he (R. Meïr) was long in preaching (preached to a late hour, or came late); Num. R. s. 9 אִיעַנֵּי דרשה (Ithpa., read דָּרוֹשָׁה or דָּרְשָׁא); Lev. R. s. 9 תנתא מדרשא (corr. acc.). Y. Bicc. III, 65ᶜ bot. חד זמן ע׳ מיסק (not מסיק) once he was late in coming; (Keth. 62ᵇ משכתיה שמעתא); a. e.—עַנִּי מרי be slow, my lord (a respectful form of interrupting and introducing an objection or correction). Men. 17ᵃ ע׳ מ׳ משמיה דרב וכ׳ beg pardon, sir; (do you mean to say) ‘in the name of Rab?’ Said he, yes. Ib. 81ᵃ ע׳ מ׳ ארבעין וכ׳ beg pardon, he deserves forty lashes (for exchanging sacrifices), and yet his act is legal?; Snh. 26ᵇ ע׳ מ׳ ארבעין … וכשר he deserves forty lashes, and yet his testimony is admissible? B. Kam. 49ᵇ ע׳ מורי וכ׳; [Rashi interprets: give answer, my lord, v. עֲנֵי I]. —2) to afflict, oppress. Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 21, sq. Ib. I, 12 מְעַנַּן (Y. מְעַנְיַין); a. e.—Part. pass. מְעַנֵּי; pl. מְעַנָּן. Targ. Is. LIII, 4. —3) to violate. Targ. O. Deut. XXII, 24 (ed. Amst. עָנֵי, corr. acc.); a. fr. —4) (with, or sub. נפשא) to afflict one’s self, fast. Targ. Lam. III, 33 (ed. Amst. עָנֵי). Targ. Lev. XVI, 31; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Tanḥ. B’resh. 2 בשבת גופא לא מע׳ he does not fast on the Sabbath itself.
    Ithpa. - אִתְעַנֵּי, אִיעַנֵּי 1) to be delayed. Num. R. s. 9, v. supra. —2) to be afflicted, suffer; to fast. Targ. I Kings II, 26. Targ. Zech. VII, 5; a. e.—Y. Ber. III, 6ᵇ top; Y. Naz. VII, 56ᵃ bot. בעי מזקפוניה ואשכחוניה איע׳ they wanted to help him up, but found that he was suffering; Koh. R. to VII, 2 (not איע׳ בדבורא).—4) to be violated. Targ. Lam. V, 11.
    Ithpe. - אִיעֲנִי to become poor. Taan. 23ᵇ אמר לִיעֲנוּ ואִיעֲנוּ he said, let them become poor, and they became poor.