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دنغ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to individuals of low social standing or base character. It describes people who are considered ignoble, base, or of the lowest class.

Derived headwords

دَنَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to be baseclassical

    To be of low social standing or ignoble character.

دِنْغnoun
  1. 1.
    base personclassical

    A person of low social standing or ignoble character.

دَنَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    base peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people of low social standing or ignoble character.

دُنْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    base peopleclassical

    A collective noun referring to people of low social standing or ignoble character.

Parallel reading

الدنغ: من سفلة الناس.
Al-dang: of the lowest of people.
رجل دنغ من قوم دنغة
A base man from a people of the base.
نادر لأن فعلة جمعا إنما هو تكسير فاعل، وهم السفال الأرذال.
Rare, because fa'alah as a plural is only a broken plural of fa'il, and they are the base, the ignoble.