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دنس

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of dirtiness, impurity, and contamination. It describes something being soiled, stained, or morally tainted, and can be applied to both physical objects and abstract concepts.

Derived headwords

الدَّنَسnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt, filthboth

    dirt, filth

دَنِسَverb
  1. 1.
    the garment: became dirtyboth

    the garment: became dirty

يَدْنُسُverb
  1. 1.
    To become dirty (present)both

    The present tense of the intransitive verb, indicating the ongoing process of becoming soiled.

دَنَسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Becoming dirtyboth

    This is the masdar (verbal noun) of the verb 'danesa', signifying the act or state of becoming dirty.

تَدَنَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    also became dirtyboth

    also became dirty

دَنَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    the garment: became dirtyboth

    the garment: became dirty

تَدْنِيسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Making dirtyboth

    This is the masdar (verbal noun) of the verb 'dannasa', signifying the act of making something dirty or causing contamination.

Parallel reading

الدنس: الوسخ.
Dirt: the uncleanliness.
وقد دنس الثوب يدنس دنسا: توسخ.
And the garment became dirty, it becomes dirty, a becoming dirty: it became soiled.
وتدنس مثله.
And it became soiled similarly.
ودنسه غيره تدنيسا.
And another made it dirty, a making dirty.