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ضين

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a specific type of sheep, the domestic sheep. It appears to be a variant or alternative term for the more common word for sheep.

Derived headwords

الضينnoun
  1. 1.
    domestic sheepclassical

    This refers to the common domestic sheep, distinguished from wild sheep. It is presented as a variant term.

الضينnoun
  1. 1.
    domestic sheepclassical

    This refers to the common domestic sheep, distinguished from wild sheep. It is presented as a variant term.

Parallel reading

الضين والضين: لغتان في الضأن
Al-ḍaynu and al-ḍaynu: two linguistic variants for al-ḍa'nu (domestic sheep).
فإما أن يكون شاذا
It might be an irregular form.
وإما أن يكون من لفظ آخر
Or it might be from another word/root.
قال ابن سيده: وهو الصحيح عندي
Ibn Sīdah said: And this is the correct view according to me.