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دنس

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دَنِسٌ دنس Dirty, filthy, foul, sullied, defiled, or polluted: (M, K:) [pl. أَدْنَاسٌ, agreeably with analogy, and دُنَسَاآءُ, contr. to analogy; but the latter is perhaps post-classical.] You say, قَوْمٌ أَدْنَاسٌ and ↓ مَدَانِيسٌ [ A people dirty, filthy, &c.; both in a proper and in a tropical sense]. (K.) And هُوَ دَنِسُ المُرُوْءَةِ and الثِّيَابِ and الجَيْبِ and الأَرْدَانِ (tropical:) [ He is foul in character, conduct, or the like ]. (A.)

Derived headwords

دَنِسٌ
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هُوَ دَنِسُ المُرُوْءَةِ