ضءن

ضَأْنٌ ذ (S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ ضَأَنٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ ضَئِينٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) which is also pronounced ↓ ضِئِينٌ, with kesr to the first letter because of the kesr following, agreeably with a general rule applying to a word [of the measure فَعِيلٌ] having any faucial letter [for its second radical], and ↓ ضِينٌ and ↓ ضَيْنٌ, which are mentioned by IAar, without ء, and therefore extr., (M,) [ Sheep; ] such as have wool, of what are termed غَنَم; one of which is called ↓ ضَائِنٌ; (Msb;) [i. e.] they are pls., (S, K,) or [rather] quasi-pl. ns., (M,) of ↓ ضَائِنٌ, (S, M, K,) which signifies one that has wool, (M,) or the opposite of مَاعِزٌ, (S, K,) of what are termed غَنَم: (M, K:) ضَأْنٌ is of the fem. gender; (IAmb, Msb;) and has for its pl. أَضْؤُنٌ [properly a pl. of pauc.] (IAmb, M, Msb) and اآضُنٌ, which occurs in poetry, and is formed by transposition from أَضْؤُنٌ: (M:) the fem. of ↓ ضَائِنٌ is ضَائِنَةٌ; (S, M, Msb, K;) the pl. of which is ضَوَائِنُ. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- ضَأْنٌ also signifies A certain species of [ the lizards called ] ضِبَاب [pl. of ضَبٌّ]; opposed to the مَاعِز. (TA.) And A certain species of jerboas, also called شُفَارِىٌّ; (T voce تَدْمُرِىٌّ, q. v.; and TA in art. شفر;) differing from the مَاعِز thereof. (T and TA in art. دمر.)