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رجل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of baseness, lowliness, and undesirable qualities. It extends to describe someone lacking sense or intellect, as well as the act of suffering from hunger, desire, and subjugation. It also encompasses the meaning of refuse or the lowest class of people.

Derived headwords

رجلٌ دَنِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, ignobleboth

    Describing a person who is base, lacking in spirit, intellect, or good sense.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be base, ignobleclassical

    To be characterized by baseness, lack of spirit, or ignoble qualities.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To suffer hardshipclassical

    To experience hardship, hunger, intense desire, greed, submission, humiliation, and baseness.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be hungryclassical

    To suffer from hunger.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To desire intenselyclassical

    To have intense desire or greed.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be submissiveclassical

    To be submissive, humbled, or debased.

دَنِعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be base, ignobleclassical

    To be characterized by baseness or ignobility.

دَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    To be base, ignobleclassical

    To be characterized by baseness or ignobility.

دُنُوعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Baseness, ignobilityclassical

    The state or quality of being base, ignoble, or lacking in spirit and intellect.

دَنَاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Baseness, ignobilityclassical

    The state or quality of being base, ignoble, or lacking in spirit and intellect.

دَانِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, ignobleclassical

    One who is base, ignoble, or characterized by a lack of spirit and intellect.

دَنِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, ignobleclassical

    One who is base, ignoble, or characterized by a lack of spirit and intellect.

الدَّنَعُnoun
  1. 1.
    Refuse, offalclassical

    The parts of a slaughtered animal that are discarded by the butcher.

  2. 2.
    Lowlifes, ruffiansclassical

    The lowest and most ignoble people in society.

Parallel reading

رجلٌ دَنِعٌ، ككتف وأمير وسفينة: فسلٌ لا لبَّ له ولا عقل.
A base person, like 'katif', 'amir', and 'safinah': a weakling who has no sense or intellect.
وَدَنِعَ الصبيُّ، كفرح: جَهِدَ، وجاعَ، واشتهى، وطَمِعَ، وخَضَعَ، وذَلَّ، ولَؤُمَ، كَدَنِعَ، كَمَنَعَ، دُنُوعاً ودَنَاعَةً، فهو دَانِعٌ ودَنِعٌ، كَفَرِحَ.
And the boy suffered hardship, like 'fariha': he struggled, became hungry, desired intensely, was greedy, submitted, was humiliated, and became base, like 'danica', like 'mana'a', experiencing 'dunūʿan' and 'danāʿatan', so he is 'dāniʿun' and 'danicun', like 'farihun'.
والدَّنَعُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: ما يطرحه الجازر من البعير، وسفلة الناس ورذالهم.
And 'ad-danacu', when vocalized: what the butcher throws away from the camel, and the lowlifes and ruffians among people.