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دنن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of being low, close to the ground, or stooped. It extends to physical deformities like short limbs or a hunched back, and metaphorically to unclear speech or old, dark vegetation.

Derived headwords

أَدْنَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be low-lyingclassical

    Describing something that is close to the ground or low-lying, such as a house or a valley.

أَدْنَنadjective
  1. 1.
    short-limbedclassical

    Said of a horse that has short forelegs, considered a defect.

  2. 2.
    stoopedclassical

    Describing a person with a hunched or stooped back.

  3. 3.
    low-lyingclassical

    Describing a house that is low and close to the ground.

الدَّنَنnoun
  1. 1.
    defect of short limbsclassical

    A defect in four-legged animals, specifically the chest being too close to the ground, implying short limbs.

الدَّنُّnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the large jars, which are the jugsboth

    one of the large jars, which are the jugs

الدِّنَانnoun
  1. 1.
    bubbles (pl.)classical

    The plural of 'al-dunn', referring to bubbles in a liquid.

الدَّنْدَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    to hear a murmur from a man but not understand what he saysboth

    to hear a murmur from a man but not understand what he says

الدَّنْدَنnoun
  1. 1.
    old dark vegetationclassical

    That which has become black due to age or being old and withered, referring to plants.

Parallel reading

فرس أدن بين الدنن: قصير اليدين.
A horse is 'adnan' among the 'danan' (defects): short in the forelegs.
ومن أسوأ العيوب الدنن في كل ذي أربع، وهو دنو الصدر من الأرض.
And among the worst defects are 'al-danan' in any four-legged animal, which is the chest being close to the ground.
ورجل أدن، أي منحني الظهر.
And a man is 'adnan', meaning stooped in the back.
وبيت أدن، أي متطامن.
And a house is 'adnan', meaning low-lying.
والدن: واحد الدنان، وهي الحباب.
And 'al-dunn' is one of 'al-danan', which are the bubbles.
والدندنة بالفتح: أن تسمع من الرجل نغمة ولا تفهم ما يقول.
And 'al-dandana' (with fatha) is when you hear a sound from a man but do not understand what he is saying.
حولها ندندن.
Around it we murmur/ramble.
والدندن بالكسر: ما اسود من النبات لقدمه.
And 'al-dandan' (with kasra) is that which has become black from vegetation due to its age.
كالسيل يغشى أصول الدندن البالى
Like a flood covering the roots of the old, withered vegetation.