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دمن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دِمْنٌ دام دمن دمنن دمنة [ Dung, such as is called ] سِرْقِين, (T, M, K,) or سِرْجِين, (Msb,) that has become compacted, (T, M, Msb, K,) and formed a cake upon the ground: (T:) and camels', sheep's, goats', or similar, dung; syn. بَعْرٌ: (S, M, K:) also, (T,) or ↓ دِمْنَةٌ, of which the former word is the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.], (TA,) [ dung of the kind called ] بَعْر, and mud, or clay, that have become mixed together, at a watering-trough or tank, (T, TA,) and compacted, or caked: (T:) and remains of water in a watering-trough or tank. (TA.) See also دِمْنَةٌ, in three places. ― -b2- فُلَانٌ دِمْنُ مَالٍ is a phrase like اـِزَاآءُ مَالٍ, (S, TA,) and means (assumed tropical:) Such a one is a manager, or tender, of cattle, or camels &c., (K, TA,) who keeps to them inseparably. (TA.)

Derived headwords

دِمْنٌ
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فُلَانٌ دِمْنُ مَالٍ
اـِزَاآءُ مَالٍ