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دفن

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of burying, hiding, or concealing something. It extends to meanings of being hidden, secret, or internal, as well as actions related to concealment like evasion or suppression. It also encompasses related concepts like worn-out items and specific types of clothing.

Derived headwords

دَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to buryboth

    To place something in the ground, covering it with earth.

  2. 2.
    to hide, concealboth

    To keep something secret or out of sight.

مَدْفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    buriedboth

    buried

دَفِينadjective
  1. 1.
    buriedboth

    buried

ادْفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing was buried (on the pattern of افتعل)both

    the thing was buried (on the pattern of افتعل)

انْدَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    with the same meaningboth

    with the same meaning

داءٌ دَفِينnoun
  1. 1.
    a hidden disease: not knownboth

    a hidden disease: not known

رَكِيَّةٌ دَفِينnoun
  1. 1.
    partially buried wellclassical

    A well where part of it has become covered or buried.

رَكِيَّةٌ دَفَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    partially buried wellclassical

    A well where part of it has become covered or buried.

رَكَايا دُفُنnoun
  1. 1.
    partially buried wellsclassical

    Wells where parts of them have become covered or buried.

ادْفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    escape of a slaveclassical

    The act of a slave running away from their masters.

عَبْدٌ دَفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    runaway slaveclassical

    A slave who is prone to escaping or has a history of escaping.

نَاقَةٌ دَفُونadjective
  1. 1.
    camel that stays in the middleclassical

    A female camel that habitually stays in the midst of other camels.

تَدَافُنnoun
  1. 1.
    concealment, mutual hidingboth

    The act of hiding or concealing things from each other.

بَقَرَةٌ دَافِنَةُ الْجَذْمnoun
  1. 1.
    cow with worn-out molarsclassical

    An old cow whose molars have been worn down.

مَدْفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    worn-out waterskinclassical

    An old and dilapidated waterskin.

دَفَنِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    striped clothclassical

    A type of cloth that is striped.

Parallel reading

دفنت الشئ، فهو مدفون ودفين.
I buried the thing, so it is buried and hidden.
وادفن الشئ على افتعل، واندفن، بمعنى.
And 'idafana' the thing in the pattern of 'ifta'ala', and 'indafana', with the same meaning.
وداء دفين (2) : لا يعلم به.
And a hidden illness: it is not known.
وركية دفين ودفان، إذا اندفن بعضها، وركايا دفن.
And a partially buried well and a 'daffan' well, if part of it is buried, and partially buried wells.
سدما قليلا عهده بأنيسه من بين أصفر ناصع ودفان
A little bit of its familiarity with its companion, from among bright yellow and buried (things).
والادْفَان أيضا: إباق العبد.
And 'al-idfan' also: the escape of the slave.
الادْفَان أن يروغ من مواليه اليوم واليومين.
'Al-idfan' is to slip away from one's masters for a day or two.
يقال: عبد دفون، إذا كان فعولا لذلك.
It is said: a 'dafūn' slave, if he is prone to that.
وكان أبو عبيدة يقول: هو أن لا يغيب من المصر في غيبته.
And Abu Ubaidah used to say: it is not to be absent from the city during his absence.
وناقة دفون، إذا كان من عادتها أن تكون في وسط الإبل.
And a 'dafūn' she-camel, if it is her habit to be in the midst of the camels.
والتدافن: التكاتم.
And 'al-tadafun': mutual concealment.
لو تكاشفتم لما تدافنتم "، أي لو يكشف عيب بعضكم لبعض.
If you revealed yourselves to each other, you would not conceal from each other", meaning if the fault of one of you was revealed to another.
وبقرة دافنة الجذم، وهي التي انسحقت أضراسها من الهرم.
And a 'dafina al-jadhmi' cow, which is one whose molars have been worn down from old age.
والمدفن: السقاء البالى.
And 'al-madfan': the worn-out waterskin.
والدفنى، بالتحريك: ضرب من الثياب المخططة.
And 'al-dafani', with harakah: a type of striped clothing.