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دنء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, lowliness, meanness, and inferiority. It extends to physical deformities like hunchbackedness and moral failings such as being wicked or having defects.

Derived headwords

الدَّنِيءُadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning the inferior, with hamzaboth

    meaning the inferior, with hamza

دَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    he approachesboth

    he approaches

  2. 2.
    he came nearboth

    he came near

دَانِئٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, wickedboth

    Describing someone who is base and wicked.

دَنُؤَverb
  1. 1.
    alsoboth

    also

دَنَاءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    with fatha and maddboth

    with fatha and madd

دُنُوءَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    Lowliness, basenessboth

    The state of being lowly, base, or mean in action and conduct.

الدَّنِيئَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    the defect, the flawboth

    the defect, the flaw

الدَّنَأُnoun
  1. 1.
    the pluralboth

    the plural

الادْنَاُadjective
  1. 1.
    Hunchbackedclassical

    Describing someone who is hunchbacked.

Parallel reading

الخسيس من الرجال الدون.
The base among men, the inferior.
وقد دَنَأَ الرجلُ يَدْنَأُ صار دَنِيئًا، لا خير فيه
And the man became base, becoming ignoble, with no good in him.
وإنه لَدَانِئٌ خبيثٌ
And indeed, he is a base, wicked one.
وما كان دانئًا.
And he was not base.
ولقد دَنَأَ، ودَنُؤَ أيضًا، دُنُوءَةً ودَنَاءَةً، أي سَفُلَ في فِعْلِهِ ومَجَنَ.
And indeed he became base, and also lowly, with lowliness and baseness, meaning he stooped in his action and was reckless.
والدَّنِيئَةُ: النَّقِيصَةُ.
And the defect: the flaw.
والدَّنَأُ: الحَدَبُ.
And the hunchback: the hump.
والادْنَاُ: الاحدبُ.
And the hunchbacked: the one with a hump.