ضءن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sheep, specifically distinguishing them from goats. It covers the noun for sheep, its plurals, the feminine form, and the verb indicating an increase in sheep ownership.

Derived headwords

الضَّائِنnoun

1.
Sheepboth
The term for sheep, contrasted with goats.

ضَأْنnoun

1.
like rākib and rukb, sāfir and safar, and ḍaʾn also like ḥāris and ḥarasboth
like rākib and rukb, sāfir and safar, and ḍaʾn also like ḥāris and ḥaras

ضَأْنnoun

1.
like rākib and rukb, sāfir and safar, and ḍaʾn also like ḥāris and ḥarasboth
like rākib and rukb, sāfir and safar, and ḍaʾn also like ḥāris and ḥaras

ضَئِينnoun

1.
like ghāz and ghuzāboth
like ghāz and ghuzā

ضَائِنَةnoun

1.
Eweboth
The feminine form of sheep.

ضَوَائِنnoun

1.
the pluralboth
the plural

أَضْأَنَverb

1.
the man had many sheepboth
the man had many sheep

Parallel reading

الضائن: خلاف الماعز

The sheep: the opposite of goats.

والجمع الضأن والمعز

And the plural is sheep and goats.

مثل راكب وركب

Like 'rider' and 'riders'.

وسافر وسفر

And 'traveler' and 'travelers'.

وضأن أيضا مثل حارس وحرس

And 'sheep' also, like 'guard' and 'guards'.

وقد يجمع على ضئين

And it may be pluralized as 'ضئين'.

وهو فعيل، مثل غاز وغزى

And it is on the pattern 'fa'eel', like 'warrior' and 'warriors'.

والانثى ضائنة

And the female is a ewe.

والجمع ضوائن

And the plural is 'ضوائن'.

وأضأن الرجل: كثر ضأنه

And the man 'أضأن': his sheep became numerous.