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الدبنة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of largeness or enclosure. It describes a large mouthful and a sheep pen.

Derived headwords

الدِّبْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large mouthfulclassical

    A very large bite or mouthful of food.

الدِّبْنnoun
  1. 1.
    sheep penclassical

    An enclosure or pen specifically for keeping sheep.

Parallel reading

الدبنة، بالضم: اللقمة الكبيرة.
Ad-dibnah, with dammah: the large mouthful.
والدبن، بالكسر: حظيرة الغنم.
And ad-dibn, with kasrah: the sheep pen.