ضن

ضَنِينٌ ذ Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, or avaricious, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) بِشَىْءٍ [ of a thing ], (S,) or بِشَىْءٍ نَفِيسٍ [ of a thing held in high estimation ]. (TA.) وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ا@لْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ, in the Kur [lxxxi. 24], as some read it, others reading بِظَنِينٍ [q. v.], is expl. by Zj as meaning, And he is not a tenacious concealer of that which has been revealed to him: and if عَن or بِ were substituted for عَلَى, it would be correct. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 1. ― -b3- And see ضِنٌّ.