دين

دَائِنٌ ذ A debtor; (S, M, Msb, * K;) as also ↓ مَدِينٌ and ↓ مَدْيُونٌ, (S, * M, Msb, * K,) this last of the dial. of Temeem, (M,) and ↓ مُدَانٌ (M, K) and ↓ مُدَّانٌ: (K:) or all of these, (M, K,) or ↓ مَدْيُونٌ, (S, TA,) one much in debt: (S, M, K, TA:) and ↓ مُدَّانٌ, constantly in debt: (Sh, T:) and دَائِنٌ signifies one who takes, or receives, a loan, or the like; who borrows; or who takes, or receives, or buys, upon credit: (Sh, T, Msb:) and also one who repays a debt: (Sh, T, TA:) thus bearing two contr. meanings: (TA:) or also one who gives, or grants, credit; or sells upon credit: (Msb:) pl. دَائِنُونَ, with which ↓ دِينٌ is syn. [as a quasi-pl. n.], as in the saying of a poet, وَكَانَالنَّاسُ اـِلَّا نَحْنُ دِينَا [ And the people, except us, were debtors ]. (S.)