دنع

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, meanness, and ignobility. It extends to meanings of being submissive, weak, or lacking in substance and character. Some derived terms also relate to gathering or coming together, often in a negative context.

Derived headwords

دَنِعٌadjective

1.
Base, ignobleboth
Describing a person who is base, ignoble, lacking in substance, intelligence, or good character.

دَنَعٌnoun

1.
Meanness, basenessclassical
The state or quality of being mean, base, or ignoble.
2.
Humiliation, degradationclassical
The state of being humiliated or degraded; abasement.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To be base, ignobleclassical
To be characterized by baseness, meanness, or lack of character.
2.
To be humiliatedclassical
To become humiliated or degraded.

دُنُوعًاnoun

1.
Gathering, coming togetherclassical
The act of gathering or coming together, often implying a negative or submissive assembly.
2.
Humiliationclassical
The state of being humiliated or degraded.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To gather, assembleclassical
To come together or assemble, often in a context of submission or weakness.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To be mean, ignobleclassical
To act in a mean, ignoble, or base manner.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To be hungry, needyclassical
To be in a state of hardship, hunger, and strong desire.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To be greedy, covetousclassical
To be greedy or covetous.

دَنِيعَةadjective

1.
Base, ignobleboth
Describing a person who is base, ignoble, lacking in substance and intellect.

دَنَائِعnoun

1.
Base peopleclassical
Plural of 'dani'a', referring to base, ignoble, or worthless people.

دَنِيعٌadjective

1.
Base, ignobleboth
Describing someone as base, ignoble, lacking in substance and intellect.

دَنَعَverb

1.
To be cast off (animal)classical
Referring to an animal, specifically a camel, that has had its meat discarded by the butcher.

دَنَعَةadjective

1.
Worthless, good-for-nothingclassical
Describing a person as having no good qualities or value.

أَنْدَعَverb

1.
To follow ignoble waysclassical
To adopt the ways and character of ignoble and base people.

أَدْنَـعَverb

1.
To follow righteous waysclassical
To follow the path or way of righteous and good people.

Parallel reading

رجل دنع: فسل لا لب له ولا خير فيه.

A 'dan' man: a weakling with no substance and no good in him.

والـدَنَع: الـذل.

And 'al-dana': humiliation.

دنع دنعا ودنوعا: اجتمع وذل.

'Dana' (verb) with 'danaan' and 'dunu'an': to gather and be humiliated.

ودنع دنعا: لؤم.

And 'dana' (verb) with 'danaan': to be ignoble.

رجل دنيعة من قوم دنائع، وهو الفسل الذي لا لب له ولا عقل

A 'dani'a' man from a people of 'dana'i' (base people), and he is the weakling who has no substance and no intellect.

فله هنالك لا عليه، إذا ... دنعت أنوف القوم للتعس

So he has (merit) there, not against him, when... the noses of the people are humbled towards ruin.

يقول: له الفضل في هذا الزمان لا عليه إذا دعا على القوم.

He says: He has the merit in this time, not against him, when he curses the people.

ودنعت أي دقت ولؤمت، ورواه ابن الأعرابي: وإن رغمت.

And 'dana't' (verb) means I was humbled, base, and ignoble, and Ibn al-A'rabi narrated it as: 'even if they are reluctant'.

دنع الصبي إذا جهد وجاع واشتهى.

The child 'dana' (verb) when he is in hardship, hungry, and desirous.

دنع ورثع إذا طمع.

'Dana' and 'rathe'' (verbs) when one is greedy.

ودنع البعير: ما طرحه الجازر.

And the camel 'dana' (verb): what the butcher discards.

والدنيع: الخسيس، ودنع القوم: خساسهم من ذلك.

And 'al-dani'': the base one; and 'dana' al-qawm' (verb) refers to the baseness of the people derived from that.

ورجل دنعة: لا خير فيه.

And a 'dan'a' man: there is no good in him.

وأندع الرجل: تبع أخلاق اللئام والأنذال.

And the man 'andada' (verb): he followed the character of the wicked and the base.

وأدنع إذا تبع طريقة الصالحين.

And he 'adna'a' (verb) if he followed the way of the righteous.