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دهن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ادهن أد أدهن اـد اـدهن ادهن دهن ودى آد آدهن , inf. n. اـِدْهَانٌ: see 1, first sentence: and see 3, in six places. [See also its act. part. n., below.] ― -b2- الاـِدْهَانُ is also syn. with الاـِبْقَاآءُ, which, accord. to IAmb, is the primary signification: in the copies of the K erroneously written الاـِنْقَاآءُ. (TA.) One says, لَا تُدْهِنْ عَلَيْهِ, meaning لَا تُبْقِ عَلَيْهِ [ Show not thou mercy to him; or pity not him; or pardon not him ]. (IAmb, TA.) And مَا أَدْهَنْتَ اـِلَّا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ, i. e. مَا أَبْقَيْتَ [ Thou didst not show, or hast not shown, mercy, save to thyself ]. (Lh, TA.) ― -b3- One says also, أَدْهَنْتُ فِى أَمْرِهِ, meaning I fell short in his affair, or case. (JK.) -A2- And أُدْهِنَ He (a camel) was affected with the vertigo termed دُهْن. (JK.)

Derived headwords

ادهنverb
  1. 1.
لَا تُدْهِنْ عَلَيْهِ
لَا تُبْقِ عَلَيْهِ
مَا أَدْهَنْتَ اـِلَّا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ
مَا أَبْقَيْتَ
أَدْهَنْتُ فِى أَمْرِهِ