دنو

2 دَنَّوَ see 1: -A2- and 4. ― -b2- It is said in a trad., سَمُّوا وَ سَمِّتُواوَ دَنُّوا, i.e. [ Pronounce ye the name of God, (i. e. say, In the name of God, ) and invoke a blessing upon him at whose abode or table ye eat, (see art. سمت,) and ] make your words to be near together in praising God. (M.) And in another trad., اـِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ فَسَمُّوا ا@للّٰهَ وَدَنُّوا, i. e. [ When ye eat, pronounce the name of God, and ] eat of that which is near you: (M:) or اـِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ فَدَنُّوا, i. e. [ When ye eat, ] eat of that which is next you. (S.) ― -b3- دَنَّى, (T, M,) inf. n. تَدْنِيَةٌ, (T,) also signifies He (a man) sought after mean, paltry, or contemptible, things. (Lh, T, M.) And دنّى فِى الأُمُورِ, (inf. n. as above, S, K,) He pursued small matters, and mean, paltry, or contemptible: (T, S, TA:) in the K, erroneously, and great. (TA.) ― -b4- Also He was, or became, weak; syn. ضَعُفَ. (S and TA in art. دون.)