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ضءن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ضَائِنٌ ذ : see ضَأْنٌ, in three places. ― -b2- It is also used as an epithet: one says كَبْشٌ ضَائِنٌ [app. meaning A ram: كَبْشٌ alone having several meanings]. (M.) ― -b3- And it signifies also (tropical:) Weak: (K, TA:) [opposed to مَاعِزٌ:] or a soft man, as though he were a ewe: (M, TA:) or one who ceases not to be goodly in body while a scanty eater: (M, K: *) or soft and flaccid in the belly. (M, K. *) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) Such as is white and broad, of sands. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

ضَائِنٌ
  1. 1.
كَبْشٌ ضَائِنٌ