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الضاءن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sheep, specifically the domestic sheep (Ovis aries), and its characteristics. It also extends to describe weakness, slowness, and certain physical attributes, as well as specific types of sand and leather containers.

Derived headwords

الضَّائِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Sheepboth

    The domestic sheep (Ovis aries), distinguished from goats.

  2. 2.
    Weak personclassical

    A person who is weak or feeble.

  3. 3.
    Flabby personclassical

    Someone with a relaxed or flabby abdomen.

  4. 4.
    Well-built personclassical

    A person with a good physique or well-formed body.

  5. 5.
    Person of little appetiteclassical

    Someone who eats very little.

  6. 6.
    White, wide sandclassical

    A description of sand that is white and broad.

ضَأْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Sheepboth

    The plural form of sheep, referring to a flock or group of domestic sheep.

ضَائِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sheepboth

    A female sheep, or a single sheep.

ضَوَائِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Female sheepclassical

    The plural of ضائنة, referring to female sheep.

أَضْأَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To have many sheepclassical

    To possess a large number of sheep.

أَضِئْنverb
  1. 1.
    To separate sheepclassical

    To isolate or separate sheep from goats.

ضِئْنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Large leather bagclassical

    A large bag made of skin, used for churning milk to make yogurt.

الضَّانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Nose ringclassical

    A nose ring for livestock, specifically when made from a bone or hard material.

Parallel reading

الضَّائِن: الضعيف، والمسترخي البطن، والحسن الجسم، القليل الطعم، والأبيض العريض من الرمل، وخلاف الماعز من الغنم ج: ضأن، ويحرك، وكأمير، وهي ضائنة ج: ضوائن.
Al-ḍāʾin: the weak, and the one with a relaxed abdomen, and the well-formed of body, the one with little appetite, and the white and wide sand, and the opposite of goats from sheep, plural: ḍaʾn, and it is moved, and like amīr, and she is ḍāʾinah, plural: ḍawāʾin.
وأضأن: كثر ضأنه.
And aḍāna: his sheep became numerous.
وأضئن ضأنك: اعزلها من المعز.
And aḍiʾn your sheep: separate them from the goats.
والضئني، بالكسر: السقاء الضخم من جلدة يمخض بها ms1687 الرائب.
And al-ḍiʾnī, with kasra: the large waterskin made from a hide with which curdled milk is churned.
والضانة: الخزامة إذا كانت من عقب.
And al-ḍānah: the nose ring if it is made from bone.