Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

دَنِيْئَةٌ ذ A low, or base, quality, property, natural disposition, habit, practice, or action; syn. نَقِيصَةٌ; (S, K;) or such as is blamed; also pronounced دَنِيَّةٌ. (TA in art. دنو, q. v.)

دَانِئٌ ذ : see دَنِىْءٌ, in two places.

أَدْنَأُ ذ [ More, and most, low, ignoble, or mean, in his actions; &c.]. You say, هُوَ أَدْنَأُ مِنْهُ [ He is more low, &c., than he ]. (Zj, T.) Fr says that أَدْنَى in the Kur ii. 58 is [for أَدْنَأُ,] derived from دَنَاآءَةٌ: accord. to one reading, it is أَدْنَأُ. (TA.) -A2- Applied to a man, (M,) Hump-backed: (S, M, K: *) fem. دَنْأَى. (K, * TA.)

2 دَنَّرَ دنر , (T, M, K,) inf. n. تَدْنِيرٌ; (K;) and ↓ تدنّر; (A;) (tropical:) It (a man's face) glistened (T, M, A, K) like a دِينَار. (TA.) ― -b2- دُنِّرَ He (a man, TA) had many دَنَانِير [pl. of دِينَار]. (K.) ― -b3- See also the pass. part. n., below.

5 تَدَنَّرَ see 2.

دُنَيْنِيرٌ دنينير : see the next paragraph.

دِينَارٌ دينار , an arabicized word, (M, K,) from the Persian [دِينَارْ], (M,) or from دِينْ اآرْ, meaning “ the law brought it ” [into being or circulation]: (Er-Rághib:) some say, (TA,) its original is دِنَّارٌ; one of its ن being changed into ى (S, Msb, K,) to render it more easy to be pronounced, (Msb,) or that it may not be confounded with inf. ns., such as كِذَّابٌ; (S, K;) and hence its pl. is دَنَانِيرُ, (M, Msb,) and its dim. ↓ دُنَيْنِيرٌ: (M:) this is the opinion generally obtaining: others say that it is of the measure فِيعَالٌ; but this opinion is contradicted by the absence of the ى in [the second syllable of] the pl.; for were it so, its pl. would be like دَيَامِيسُ, pl. of دِيمَاسٌ: (Msb:) [it is the name of A certain gold coin; ] its weight is seventy-one barley-corns and a half, nearly, reckoning the دَانِق as eight grains of wheat and two fifths; but if it be said that the دانق is eight grains of wheat, then the دينار is sixty-eight grains of wheat and four sevenths: it is the same as the مَثْقَال. (Msb.)

شَرَابٌ دِينَارِىٌّ ذ A kind of wine or beverage, so called in relation to Ibn-Deenár el-Hakeem, or because like the دينار in its redness. (TA.)

مُدَنَّرٌ مدنر , applied to a دِينَار, (M, K,) and to gold, (TA,) Coined. (M, K, TA.) ― -b2- Also A man having many دَنَانِير [pl. of دِينَار]. (M, K.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) A horse having specks, or small spots, exceeding what are termed بَرَشٌ: (AO, T, S, M, K:) or having black and white spots like دَنَانِير: (Mgh:) or having a spotting (↓ تَدْنِير) of black intermixed with whiteness predominating over blackness: (TA:) and of a white colour predominating over blackness, with a round blackness intermixed with the former colour upon his back and rump: (M:) or of a white hue intermixed with red, (أَصْهَبُ,) marked with round black spots. (A.) ― -b4- Also (tropical:) A garment, or piece of cloth, with marks, or figures, like دَنَانِير. (A.)

1 دَنِسَ دنس , aor. دَنَسَ , inf. n. دَنَسٌ (S, A, K) and دَنَاسَةٌ, (K,) It (a garment, S, A, K) was, or became, dirty, filthy, foul, sullied, defiled, or polluted; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ تدنّس: (S, M, A:) and in like manner (tropical:) said of a man's honour, (K, TA,) and (tropical:) of his disposition. (TA.)

2 دنّسهُ دنس دنسه دنسة , (S, M, A, K,) inf. n. تَدْنِيسٌ, (S, K,) He, or it, made it (namely a garment, S, A, K) dirty, filthy, or foul; sullied, defiled, or polluted, it. (S, M, A, K.) And in like manner, دنّس عِرْضَهُ (tropical:) [ He sullied his honour; ] he did to him that which disgraced him. (A, K.) And دنّسهُ سُوْءُ خُلُقِهِ (tropical:) [ The evilness of his disposition sullied his honour ]. (A, TA.)

5 تَدَنَّسَ see 1.

دَنَسٌ دنس Dirt; filth; soil, or pollution: (S, M, A, K:) pl. أَدْنَاسٌ. (M.) [Hence,] هُوَ يَتَصَوَّنُ مِنَ الأَدْنَاسُ (tropical:) [ He preserves his honour from pollutions ], and ↓ مِنَ المَدَانِسِ (tropical:) [ from causes of pollution, مَدَانِسُ being pl. of ↓ مَدْنَسَةٌ, a noun of the same kind as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ]. (A, TA.)

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.)

مَدْنَسَةٌ مدنسه مدنسة ; and its pl. مَدَانِسُ: see دَنَسٌ.

مَدَانِيسٌ مدانيس : see دَنِسٌ.

1 دَنِفَ دنف , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. دَنَفَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَنَفٌ; (M, Msb;) and ↓ ادنف; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) or, accord. to Sb, one does not say دَنِفَ, though they sometimes said دَنِفٌ, for he regarded this as a possessive epithet; (M;) said of a sick man, (S, Mgh, K,) He had a constant, or chronic, disease: (Msb: [see دَنَفٌ, below:]) or he was, or became, heavy, (S, Mgh, K, TA,) by reason of disease, (Mgh, TA,) and near to death, (Mgh,) or at the point of death: (TA:) or he became emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (M.) ― -b2- And [hence,] دَنِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ, and ↓ ادنفت, (tropical:) The sun was near to setting, and became yellow. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- And دَنِفَ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or event, was, or became, near (K, TA) to passing. (TA.)

4 ادنف أدنف ادنف دنف : see 1, in two places. -A2- ادنفهُ, said of a disease, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) It rendered him constantly, or chronically, ill; or clave to him constantly: (Msb:) or it rendered him heavy [ so that he was near to death, or at the point of death: see 1]: (S, Mgh, K:) or, said of God, He caused him to become emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (M.) Thus the verb is trans. as well as intrans. (S, Msb.) ― -b2- And أَدْنَفْتُ الأَمْرَ (tropical:) I caused the thing, or event, to be near, or brought it near, (K, TA,) to passing. (TA.)

دَنَفٌ دنف A constant, or chronic, disease; (S, M, K;) such as infects, or pervades, the person or the inside: or, as some say, any disease, whatever it be. (M.) -A2- Also, (S, M, K,) and ↓ دَنِفٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the latter held by Sb to be a possessive epithet, as he disallowed the verb دَنِفَ, (M,) A man having a constant, or chronic, disease; (S, M, Msb, K;) such as infects, or pervades, his person or his inside: or, accord. to some, having any disease: or emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death: and ↓ مُدْنَفٌ and ↓ مُدْنِفٌ signify the same: (M:) or these two signify rendered heavy by disease [ so as to be near to death, or at the point of death: see 1]: (S, Mgh, K:) [and Freytag adds ↓ دَانِفٌ, explained as meaning “ interitui obnoxius, ” as from the Ham; in which I only find (p. 624) authority for دَنِفٌ, signifying being at the point of death or destruction: ] دَنَفٌ is used alike as masc. (Fr, T, S, M, K) and fem. (S, M, K) and sing. (Fr, T, S, M, K) and dual (S, M) and pl., (Fr, T, S, M, K,) as though it were an inf. n. used as an epithet: (M:) but if you say ↓ دَنِفٌ, you vary it for the fem. and dual and pl., (T, * S, M, K,) saying اِمْرَأَةٌ دَنِفَةٌ, (S, M,) &c., (S,) i. e., saying also رَجُلَانِ دَنِفَانِ, (TA,) and قَوْمٌ أَدْنَافٌ, (M,) or رِجَالٌ أَدْنَافٌ: (TA:) and sometimes دَنَفٌ has a dual form and a pl.; (K;) [i. e.] one may say أَخَوَاكَ دَنَفَانِ and اـِخْوَتُكَ أَدْنَافُ. (Fr, T.) ― -b2- Applied to the sun, it means (tropical:) Near to setting, (M, TA,) and (TA) becoming yellow. (T, TA.) So in the saying (of El-'Ajjáj, T, TA), وَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ كَادَتْ تَكُونُ دَنَفَا (tropical:) [ And the sun had almost become near to setting, and to turning yellow ]. (T, M, TA.) [See Q. 2 in art. زحلف.]

دَنِفٌ دنف : see دَنَفٌ, in two places.

دَانِفٌ دانف : see دَنَفٌ.

مُدْنَفٌ مدنف : see دَنَفٌ.

مُدْنِفٌ مدنف : see دَنَفٌ.

1 دَنَقَ دنق , aor. دَنُقَ and دَنِقَ , inf. n. دُنُوقٌ, He pursued small, little, or minute, things. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, Z, K. [See also 2.]) [Two other significations assigned to دَنَقَ in the CK and in the Lexicons of Golius and Freytag belong to دَنَّقَ.]

2 دنّق دنق , (S, Mgh, TA,) inf. n. تَدْنِيقٌ, (Mgh, K,) He went to the utmost point [ in his dealings &c.]: (S, K, TA:) he was minute, observant of small things, nice, or scrupulous: (Mgh:) he examined minutely into his dealings and expenses. (So accord. to an explanation of the act. part. n. in the TA.) Hence the saying, لَا تُدَنَّقُوا فَيُدَنَّقَ عَلَيْكُمْ [ Go not ye to the utmost point against others, for in that case the utmost point may be gone to against you ]. (S, TA.) And the saying of El-Hasan, (Mgh, TA,) لَعَنَ ا@للّٰهُ الدَّانَقَ وَ مَنْ دَنَّقَ, (TA,) or وَ مَنْ دَنَّقَ بِهِ, (Mgh,) [ May God curse the دانق and him who has been minute, &c., in his dealings, or and him who has been minute, &c., therewith; ] as though he meant to forbid the considering and examining a paltry or contemptible thing: (TA:) or, as some relate it, وَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَحْدَثَ الدَّانَقَ [ and the first who innovated the دانَق], meaning El-Hajjáj. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] تَدْنِيقٌ, metonymically, signifies (tropical:) The being niggardly, stingy, or avaricious. (Az, TA.) ― -b3- Also The continuing to look at a thing; (S, K;) as also تَرْنِيقٌ: [or rather each has this signification elliptically; for] you say, دنّق اـِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ and رنّق [meaning He continued looking at it ]. (S.) [See رَنَّقَ.] And in like manner, The looking weakly. (S, TA.) And دنّق بَصَرَهُ He looked hard, and sharply, or intently. (JK.) ― -b4- Also (tropical:) The approaching of the sun to setting. (S, K, TA.) You say, دنّقت الشَّمْسُ (tropical:) The sun became near to setting. (JK, TA. [See also رنّقت.]) ― -b5- And دنّق (tropical:) He (a man) died: (JK, TA:) or (tropical:) he was near to dying; inf. n. as above. (TA.) ― -b6- And دنّقت عَيْنُهُ, (JK, K, TA, [accord. to the CK دَنَقَتْ, which is wrong,]) inf. n. تَدْنِيقٌ, (S, TA,) (tropical:) His eye sank, or became depressed, in his head: (JK, S, K, TA:) or, accord. to Az, the more correct explanation is, the ball, or globe, of his eye became prominent, and apparent. (TA.) ― -b7- And دنّق وَجْهُهُ, (Lth, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَنَقَ,]) inf. n. تَدْنِيقٌ, (Lth, TA,) His face exhibited emaciation, arising from fatigue or disease. (Lth, K, TA.)

دُنُوقٌ دنوق [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned] Persons niggardly, or parsimonious, in expenditure, towards their households (IAar, K, TA) and themselves. (IAar, TA.)

دَنِيقٌ دنيق One who alights by himself, (TA,) and eats by himself in the daytime, and in the moonlight by night, last the guest should see him: (K, TA:) mentioned by IAar, on the authority of Abu-I-Mekárim: and so كِيصٌ and صُوصٌ. (TA.)

دَانَقٌ دانق : see the next paragraph.

دَانِقٌ دانق Foolish; stupid; having little, or no, intellect, or understanding: (K:) and so دَائِقٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A thief. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K, TA.) ― -b3- Emaciated and falling down, or emaciated and tottering; expl. by مَهْزُولٌ سَاقِطٌ: (AA, S, K:) or falling down, or tottering, (سَاقِطٌ,) by reason of emaciation: (JK:) applied to a man (AA, K) and to a she-camel. (K.) ― -b4- Having a constant, or chronic, disease, and oppressed thereby so as to be at the point of death. (AA, TA.) -A2- Also, and ↓ دَانَقَ, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) the former, accord. to some, the more chaste, arabicized [from the Pers. دَانْك or دَانَك], (Msb,) and ↓ دَانَاقٌ, (JK, S, K,) like as they said دِرْهَمٌ and دِرْهَامٌ, (S,) [but دَانَاقٌ seems to have been disallowed by Sb, either as unused or as post-classical,] The sixth part of a dirhem (or drachm ); (S, Msb, K;) [i. e.] two carats; (Mgh;) [i. e.] two grains of the خُرْنُوب [or carob ], with the ancient Greeks, for the dirhem with them was twelve grains of the خرنوب; but the دانق of the Muslims is two grains of the خرنوب and two thirds of a grain of the خرنوب, for the dirhem of the Muslims is sixteen grains of the خرنوب: (Msb:) and the sixth part of the deenár: (TA: [but this I find nowhere else: see دِينَارٌ: and see also رِطْلٌ:]) the pl. of دانق is دَوَانِقُ and دَوَانِيقُ; (Mgh, TA;) the former is said by Az to be pl. of دَانِقٌ; and the latter, of دَانَقٌ; and it is said that every pl. of the measure فَوَاعِلُ or مَفَاعِلُ may be lengthened with ى so that one may say فَوَاعِيلُ and مَفَاعِيلُ: (Msb:) or, accord. to Sb, دَوَانِيقُ is pl. of ↓ دَانَاقٌ, though this be not in their speech. (TA.) [Also A small silver coin, the sixth part of the coin called دِرْهَم.] The dim. is ↓ دُوَيْنِيقٌ. (TA.)

دَانَاقٌ داناق : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

دَوَانِقِىٌّ دانق دوانقى دوانقي [rel. n. from دَوَانِقُ pl. of دَانِقٌ], (ElMekeen, “ Hist. Sarac. ” p. 104,) or دَوَانِيقِىٌّ [rel. n. from دَوَانِيقُ pl. of دَانَاقٌ], (TA,) [ Of, or belonging or relating to, dániks: and hence,] a surname of the 'Abbásee Khaleefeh Aboo-Jaáfar El-Mansoor; (El-Mekeen, TA;) because of his extreme niggardliness. (El-Mekeen.)

دُوَينِيْقٌ دوينيق : see دَانِقٌ, last sentence.

مُدَنِّقٌ مدنق One who examines minutely into his dealings and expenses: used in this sense by the people of El-'Irák. (TA.) ― -b2- عَيْنٌ مُدَنِّقَةٌ An eye of which the ball, or globe, is prominent, and apparent: so accord. to AZ; and Az holds this to be the correct explanation, rather than an eye sunk, or depressed, in the head. (TA.)

1 دَنَا دان دنا دننا , (T, M, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) first pers. دَنَوْتُ, (T, S,) aor. يَدْنُو, (T, Msb,) inf. n. دُنُوٌّ (T, S, M, Msb, K) and دَنَاوَةٌ, (M, K,) He, or it, was, or became, near; drew near, or approached; (T, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ ادنى; (IAar, T, K;) and ↓ دنّى, inf. n. تَدْنِيَةٌ; (IAar, T;) and ↓ دانى, inf. n. مُدَانَاةٌ; (KL, but only the inf. n. is there mentioned;) and ↓ اِدَّنَى, inf. n. اِدِّنَاآءٌ: (TA:) it is either in person, or substance, or in respect of predicament, and in place, and in time: (El-Harállee, TA:) you say, دَنَا مِنْهُ, (M, Mgh, Msb,) and دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ, (T, S,) and اـِلَيْهِ, (M, Msb,) and لَهُ, (TA,) and عَلَيْهِ occurs in a verse of Sá'ideh as meaning مِنْهُ, (M,) He, or it, and I, was, or became, near, &c., to him, or it: (T, M, Mgh, Msb:) [and in like manner you use the other verbs mentioned above, except ↓ دانى, which is immediately trans.: or دَنَا مِنْهُ with دَنَاوَةٌ for its inf. n. means, or means also, He was near to him in respect of kindred; was related to him: for] دَنَاوَةٌ is syn. with قَرَابَةٌ (S, M, K) and قُرْبَى: (M, K:) you say, بَيْنَهُمَا دَنَاوَةٌ meaning قَرَابَةٌ [i. e. Between them two is relationship ]; (S;) and مَا تَزْدَادُ مِنَّا اـِلَّا قُرْبًا وَدَنَاوَةٍ [ Thou increasest not save in nearness and relationship to us ]. (ISk, T, S.) A rájiz says, مَا لِى أَرَاهُ دَالِفًا قَدْدُنْىَ لَهُ meaning دُنِىَ لَهُ [i. e. What hath happened to me that I see him walking gently or with short steps, or rendered lowly by age, having been approached by death?]: it is from دَنَوْتُ, but the و is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, and then the ن is made quiescent: and there are similar instances of contraction of verbs: but [ISd says,] I know not دُنْىَ except in this instance; and As used to say of the poem in which this occurs, This rejez is not ancient: it is app. of Khalaf ElAhmar or some other of the Muwelleds. (M.) One says also, دَنَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِلْمَغُرُوبِ and ↓ أَدْنَت [ The sun was, or became, near to setting ]. (M.) -A2- دَنِىَ, (T, M, K, TA, [in the CK, ما كانَ دَنْيَا ولقد دَنا is erroneously put for مَا كَانَ دَنِيًا وَلَقَدْ دَنِىَ,]) like رَضِىَ, (TA,) aor. يَدْنَى, (T,) inf. n. دَنًا (T, M, K) and دَنَايَةٌ, (T, K, TA,) or دِنَايَةٌ; (M, accord. to the TT; and so in the CK; [app. a mistranscription occasioned by a misunderstanding of what here follows;]) the ى [in دَنِىَ] being substituted for و because of the nearness of the kesreh; all on the authority of Lh; (M;) and دَنُوَ, aor. يَدْنُو, without ء, inf. n. دَنَاآءَةٌ, with ء, (ISk, T,) and دُنُوٌّ; (T;) or دَنَا, aor. يَدْنُو, inf. n. دَنَاوَةٌ; i. q. دَنَأَ and دَنُؤَ; (Msb;) [i. e.] He (a man, T, M) was, or became, such as is termed ↓ دَنِىٌّ; (T, M, Msb, K;) and دَنِىْءٌ; (Msb;) meaning weak; contemptible (خَسِيسٌ); not profitable to any one; who falls short in everything upon which he enters: (T: [like مُدَنٍّ:]) or low, ignoble, or mean; (سَاقِطٌ;) weak; (M, K;) such as, when night affords him covert, will not quit his place, by reason of weakness: (M:) or low, ignoble, or mean, (لَئِيمٌ,) in his actions, or conduct; bad, evil, or foul; accord. to the explanation of دَنَا by Es-Sarakustee: but some distinguish between دَنِىْءٌ and دَنِىٌّ; making the former to signify “ low, ignoble, or mean; ” (لَئِيمٌ;) and the latter, خَسِيسٌ [app. as meaning contemptible ]. (Msb, and so the latter is explained in the Mgh.)

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.)

3 دانى دانى داني دانيي , inf. n. مُدَانَاةٌ: see 1, in two places. You say also, دَانَيْتُ الأَمْرَ I was, or became, near to [ doing, or experiencing, ] the affair, or event. (M.) ― -b2- دَانَيْتُ القَيْدَ لِلْبَعِيرِ I made the shackles, or hobbles, strait, or contracted, to the camel. (M, K.) And دَانَى القَيْدُ قَيْنَىِ البَعِيرِ (M, TA) The shackles, or hobbles, straitened, or contracted, [ the two parts of the camel that were the places thereof. ] (TA.) Dhu-r-Rummeh says, دَانَى لَهُ القَيْدُ فِى دَيْمُومَةٍ قَذَفٍ قَيْنَيْهِ وَا@نْحَسَرَتْ عَنْهُ الأَنَاعِيمُ [ The shackles, or hobbles, straitened to him, in a far-extending, wide desert, the two parts of him that were the places thereof, and enjoyments became removed from him ]. (M.) And you say also, دَانَيْتُ بَيْنَ الأَمْرَيْنِ I made the two affairs, or events, to be nearly uninterrupted; syn. قَارَبْتُ: (T, S, Msb:) or I made the two affairs, or events, to be connected; syn. جَمَعْتُ. (M.)

4 ادناهُ أدان أدناه أدنى أدنناه ادناه ادناة ٱدناه ٱدنى آد He made him, or it, to be, or become, near; to draw near, or to approach; he drew near, or brought near, him, or it; (S, M, Mgh, K;) as also ↓ دنّاهُ, (M, K,) inf. n. تَدْنِيَةٌ. (K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَدْنَتْ ثَوْبَهَا عَلَيْهَا She (a woman) let down her garment upon her, and covered, or veiled, herself with it. (Mgh.) And أَدْنَيْتُ السِّتْرَ I let down the veil, or curtain, [ for the purpose of concealment. ] (Msb.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 59], يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنّ مِنْ جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ [ They shall let down upon them a portion of their outer wrapping-garments ]; (Mgh;) meaning they shall let down a portion of their outer wrapping-garments over their faces, when they go forth for their needful purposes, except one eye. (Jel.) -A2- ادنى is also intrans.: see 1, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] أَدْنَتْ, said of a she-camel, (S, TA,) and of a woman, (TA,) She was, or became, near to bringing forth. (S, TA.) And أَدْنَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ [a phrase similar to أَضْرَعَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ, q. v.]. (Occurring in a verse cited in the TA in art. فكه.) ― -b3- And ادنى He lived a strait life, (IAar, T, K,) after easiness and plenty. (IAar, T.)

5 تدنّى أدان أدنى دنا دنى دني تدنى تدنني تدني ودى ٱدنى He (a man, S) drew near, or approached, by little and little. (S, K.)

6 تَدَانَوْا أدان دانى تدانى تدانوا They drew near, or approached, one to another. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] تدانى It (a thing) drew together, or contracted; or became drawn together or contracted. (M* and L in art. قلص.) ― -b3- And تَدَانَتْ اـِبِلُ الرَّجُلَ The camels of the man became few and weak. (M.)

8 اِدَّنَى أد أدان أدنى أدنني أدني ادنى ادني دنا دنى دني ودى ٱدنى آد آدني , inf. n. اِدِّنَاآءٌ: see 1.

10 استدناهُ استدناه استدناة ٱستدان ٱستدناه ٱستدنى ٱستدنناه He sought, desired, or demanded, of him, nearness, or approach; (M, K, TA;) he sought, or desired, to make him draw near, or approach: and he drew him near, or caused him to approach. (MA. [See also 4.])

دَنًا دنا inf. n. of دَنِىَ, q. v. (T, M, K.) -A2- أَدْنَى دَنًا: see ادنى.

هُوَ ا@بْنُ عَمّ دِنْىٍ ذ and دِنْيًا and دِنْيَا and ↓ دُنْيَا mean [ He is a son of a paternal uncle ] closely related; syn. لَحًّا [q. v.]: when you pronounce the د with damm, you do not make the word perfectly decl.: when you pronounce it with kesr, you make it either perfectly or imperfectly decl.: but when you prefix عَمّ to a determinate noun, دِنْى may not be in the gen. case: for instance, you say, هُوَ ا@بْنُ عَمِّهِ دِنْيًا, i. e. [ He is the son of his paternal uncle ] closely related; as also ↓ دِنْيَةٌ; because دِنْى, being indeterminate, cannot be an epithet applied to that which is determinate: (S:) and [in like manner] you say, هُوَ ا@بْنُ عَمِّى, or ابن خَالِى, or ابن عَمَّتِى, or ابن خَالَتِى, or ابن أَخِى, or ابن أُخْتِى, (M, K,) all mentioned by Lh, the last two as on the authority of Aboo- Safwán, but all except the first and second as unknown to Ks and to As, (M,) followed by ↓ دِنْيَةٌ and دِنْيًا and دِنْيَا and ↓ دُنْيَا, (M, K, TA,) the last two without tenween, (TA; [and so written in the M; but in the CK and my MS. copy of the K, in the place of these two is put دُنْيًا, which is disallowed by J;]) meaning [ He is the son of my paternal uncle, and the son of my maternal uncle, &c.,] closely related: (M, K:) and ↓ هُوَ عَمُّهُ دُنٌيَا and ↓ دِنْيَةً and دِنْيًا and دِنْيَا [ He is his paternal uncle closely related ]: (Ks, T:) Lh says that the و is changed into ى in ↓ دِنْيَةً and دِنٌيًا because of the nearness of the kesreh and the weakness of the intervening letter, as is the case in فِتْيَةٌ and عِلْيَةٌ: but it seems that these words are originally ↓ دُنْيَا, i. e., by a relationship, or uterine relationship, nearer to me than others; and that the change of the letter is made only to show that the ى is that of the fem. of أَدْنَى. (M.) You say also, ↓ هُمْ رَهْطُهُ دِنْيَةً They are his people, and his tribe, closely related. (S and TA in art. رهط.)

دِنْيَةٌ دني دنيه دنية : see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

دُنْيَا دنى دني دنيا fem. of أَدْنَى [q. v.].

دُنْيِىٌّ دني دنيى دنيي دنييي : see what next follows.

دُنْيَوِىٌّ دنيوى دنيوي : see what next follows.

دُنْيَاوِىٌّ دنياوى دنياوي دنيوي [ Of, or relating to, the present world, or state of existence; worldly: ] a rel. n. from الدُّنْيَا; (T, S;) as also ↓ دُنٌيَوِىٌّ and ↓ دُنْيِىٌّ. (S.)

دَنِىٌّ أدنى دنى دني i. q. قَرِيبٌ [as meaning Near, in person, or substance, or in respect of predicament, and in place, and in time: (see 1, first sentence: and see also دَانٍ:) and a relation ]: (T, S:) and a friend; or a sincere, or secret, or particular, friend; syn. خُلْصَانٌ. (T.) It has these significations (of قريب and خلصان) in the prov. كُلُّ دَنِىٍّ دُوَنهُ دَنِىٌّ [app. meaning There is a relation, or a friend, nearer than every other relation, or friend; like another prov., namely, دُونَ كُلِّ قُرَيْبَى قُرْبَى, for the meaning and application of which see art. قرب: Freytag renders it, “ Quod attinet ad quemlibet propinquum (amicum), præter eum est propinquus:” (Arab. Prov. ii. 357:) and he adds, “ Proverbii sensus esse videtur: Quilibet propinquus seu amicus unicus non est; sed præter eum est alius ”]: (T, Meyd:) so says AZ. (Meyd.) ― -b2- See also أَدْنَى. -A2- As an epithet applied to a man, signifying Weak; contemptible; &c.: see 1, near the end of the paragraph: [but J says that] as meaning دُونٌ, it is [دَنِىْءٌ,] with ء: (S:) the pl. is أَدْنِيَاآءُ. (T, M.) [In the CK, by a mistranscription mentioned above (voce دَنِىَ), دَنْىٌ is made to signify the same.]

دَنِيَّهٌ دني دنيه دنية A low, or base, quality, property, natural disposition, habit, practice, or action; syn. نَقِيصَةٌ; (Mgh;) or such as is blamed; originally دَنِيْئَةٌ: (TA:) pl. دَنَايَا. (Har p. 327.) Hence the saying of Ibn-Háritheh, المَنِيَّةَ لَا الدَّنِيَّةَ, meaning I choose death rather than, or not, disgrace. (Har ubi suprà.)