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ضمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَضْمُونٌ ذ pass. part. n. of 1 in the first of the senses assigned to the latter above: you say شَىْءٌ مَضْمُونٌ [meaning A thing, such as property, or the payment of a debt, &c., ensured by an acknowledgment of responsibility for it ]. (TA.) ― -b2- مَضْمُونُ كِتَابٍ means مَا فِى ضِمْنِهِ and طَيِّهِ [i. e. The contents of a writing or letter; or what is infolded, or included, in a writing or letter; what is implied therein; and what is indicated therein ]: pl. مَضَامِينُ. (TA.) ― -b3- And المَضَامِينُ, (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K,) of which the sing. is مَضْمُونٌ, (A 'Obeyd, Msb, K,) and one may also say مَضْمُونَةٌ, as meaning نَسَمَةٌ, (Msb,) signifies What are [ comprised ] in the loins of the stallions; (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K;) i. e. the progeny [ thereof, in the elemental state ]: (Msb:) or, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, [though the reverse is generally held to be the case,] المَلَاقِيحُ signifies what are in the backs of the he-camels, and المَضَامِينُ what are in the bellies of the females. (L in art. لقح.) The selling of the مضامين and the ملاقيح is forbidden. (S.) [مَضَامِينُ is also pl. of مِضْمَانٌ, q. v.] ― -b4- مَضْمُونُ اليَدِ i. q. مَخْبُونُهَا, (K,) meaning مَعْلُولُهَا [i. e. Diseased in the arm, or hand ]; (TK;) applied to a man. (TA. [See 1, last sentence, which indicates a more particular meaning.])

Derived headwords

مَضْمُونٌ
  1. 1.
مَضْمُونُ كِتَابٍ
مَا فِى ضِمْنِهِ
مَضْمُونُ اليَدِ