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دفن
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaدَفُونٌ دفون applied to a slave: see 8. ― -b2- Applied to a she-camel, That is in the midst of the other camels: (S:) or that is usually in the midst of the other camels when they come to water. (M, K.) ― -b3- See also 1, last sentence. ― -b4- Also, (M, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, مَدْفُون,]) applied to a camel and to a human being, That goes his own way, at random, or heedlessly, without need; and so ↓ مِدْفَانٌ. (M, K.) ― -b5- See also دَفْنٌ. In like manner one says حَسَبٌ دَفُونٌ (assumed tropical:) Obscure grounds of pretension to respect or honour. (AZ, T.)
Derived headwords
دَفُونٌ
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حَسَبٌ دَفُونٌ