دثن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of flying with rapid, descending movements, and by extension, to settling or nesting. It also refers to specific locations, often associated with tribes or historical events.

Derived headwords

دَثَنَverb

1.
to fly rapidly downwardsclassical
When a bird flies, it descends rapidly in close and repeated succession.
2.
to settle, to nestclassical
To settle in a tree, meaning to establish a nest within it.

تَدْثِينnoun

1.
rapid descending flightclassical
The act of a bird flying with rapid, descending, and repeated movements.

دَثِينَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a spring belonging to the Banu Siyar ibn Amr.
2.
a place nameclassical
A place name, a region near Aden, mentioned in a hadith.

الدَّثِينَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, a region near Aden, mentioned in a hadith.

دَاثِنname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, a region in the Levant near Gaza, where Muslims fought the Romans.

الدَّفِينَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, a dwelling or settlement belonging to the Banu Sulaym. It was formerly called Al-Dafīnah but was renamed Al-Dathīnah due to superstition.

دَثِينَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, a dwelling or settlement belonging to the Banu Sulaym. It was formerly called Al-Dafīnah but was renamed Al-Dathīnah due to superstition.

Parallel reading

دثن الطائر يدثن تدثينا إذا طار وأسرع السقوط في مواضع متقاربة وواتر ذلك.

A bird flies, it descends rapidly in close and repeated succession.

ودثن في الشجرة: اتخذ فيها عشا.

And he settled in the tree: he made a nest in it.

والدثينة: الدفينة؛ عن ثعلب؛ قال ابن سيده: وأراه على البدل.

And Al-Dathīnah: Al-Dafīnah; according to Tha'lab; Ibn Sidah said: and I think it is by substitution.

والدثينة والدفينة: منزل لبني سليم، وحكاه يعقوب في المبدل؛

And Al-Dathīnah and Al-Dafīnah: a dwelling for Banu Sulaym, and Ya'qub mentioned it in Al-Mubaddal;

ونحن تركنا بالدثينة حاضرا، ... لآل سليم، هامة غير نائم .

And we left in Al-Dathīnah a present, ... for the family of Sulaym, a prominent person not sleeping.

الدثينة موضع، وهو ماء لبني سيار بن عمرو؛

Al-Dathīnah is a place, and it is a spring belonging to Banu Sayyar ibn Amr;

وعلى الرميثة من سكين حاضر، ... وعلى الدثينة من بني سيار .

And on Al-Rumaythah from Sakīn is a present, ... and on Al-Dathīnah from Banu Sayyar.

إنها كانت تسمى في الجاهلية الدفينة ثم تطيروا منها فسموها الدثينة؛

It was called Al-Dafīnah in the Jahiliyyah, then they took an omen from it and called it Al-Dathīnah;

الذي أنشده الجوهري: وعلى الدمينة من سكين قال: وهو بخط ثعلب: وعلى الرميثة من سكين .

What Al-Jawhari recited: And on Al-Damīnah from Sakīn he said: And it is in Tha'lab's handwriting: And on Al-Rumaythah from Sakīn.

وفي الحديث ذكر الدثينة، وهي بكسر الثاء وسكون الياء، ناحية قرب عدن، لها ذكر في حديث أبي سبرة النخعي.

And in the hadith, Al-Dathīnah is mentioned, and it is with a kasrah on the tha' and sukun on the ya', a region near Aden, it is mentioned in the hadith of Abu Sabrah Al-Nakh'i.

وفي الحديث ذكر غزوة داثن ، وهي ناحية من غزة الشام، أوقع بها المسلمون بالروم، وهي أول حرب جرت بينهم.

And in the hadith, the Battle of Dāthin is mentioned, which is a region of the Levant near Gaza, where the Muslims defeated the Romans, and it was the first war that occurred between them.