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ضيف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ضَيْفَنٌ ذ One who comes with a guest: (S, O:) or who so comes intruding without invitation: (K:) or one who follows a guest: derived from ضَيْفٌ, accord. to Sb; but said by AZ to belong to art. ضفن: (M:) [accord. to J and Sgh] the ن is augmentative: the pl. is ضَيَافِنُ. (S, O.)

Derived headwords

ضَيْفَنٌ
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