ض ن ط

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of tightness, constriction, and abundance, often in a physical or social context. It can describe a state of being cramped, a dense crowd, or even a person's physical condition of being well-built or plump.

Derived headwords

الضِّنْطnoun

1.
tightnessclassical
A state of being constricted or narrow, implying a lack of space.
2.
abundanceclassical
A large quantity or surplus of something.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be plumpclassical
To be well-nourished and fleshy, particularly referring to meat or a person.

ضَنُوطadjective

1.
plumpclassical
Describing something or someone that is fleshy and well-fed.

فيا قزة لست أحفل أن تفحي ... نديد فحيح صهصلق ضنوط — O Qazzah, I care not if you hiss ... like the hiss of a noisy, plump one.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be narrowclassical
To be constricted or tight, lacking space.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be activeclassical
To exhibit liveliness and energy.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be arrogantclassical
To display haughtiness and insolence.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be fattyclassical
To have a significant amount of fat or blubber.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to crowdclassical
To gather in large numbers, causing congestion.

ضِنَاطnoun

1.
crowdingclassical
A dense gathering or congestion of people, often around a resource.

انْضَنَطَverb

1.
to crowd togetherclassical
To gather closely and densely with others.

ضِنْطnoun

1.
activityclassical
Liveliness and energetic movement.

ضِنْطnoun

1.
fatclassical
Substantial amounts of fat or blubber.

ضِنْطnoun

1.
arroganceclassical
Haughtiness and insolent behavior.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be constrictedclassical
To be squeezed or made narrow.

ضَنَطَverb

1.
to be plumpclassical
To be well-fed and fleshy.

أبو بنات قد ضنطن ضنطآ — A father of daughters who became plump.

Parallel reading

وقال أبو عبيدة: هو الضيق.

And Abu Ubaidah said: it is tightness.

وقال ابن دريد: الضنط والضمد: أن تتخذ المرأة صديقين، فهي ضنوط وضمود

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-Dant and Al-Damd: is for a woman to take two close friends, so she is a Danoot and a Damood.

فيا قزة لست أحفل أن تفحي ... نديد فحيح صهصلق ضنوط

O Qazzah, I care not if you hiss ... like the hiss of a noisy, plump one.

وقال ابن عباد: الضنط، بالتحريك: النشاط.

And Ibn Abbad said: Al-Dant, with harakah: is liveliness.

وأيضا: الشحم.

And also: fat.

وأيضا: الصلف.

And also: arrogance.

وقال ابن دريد: الضناط، ككتاب: الزحام على الشيء

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-Dinaat, like Kitaab: is the crowding for a thing.

وقال الليث: هو الزحام الكثير، يزدحمون على بئر ونحوها

And Al-Laith said: it is the great crowding, they crowd around a well or the like.

إني لوراد على الضناط

Indeed, I am a frequent visitor to the crowded places.

ما كان يرجو مائح السقاط

What the water-carrier of the fallen hoped for.

جذبي دلاء المجد وانتشاطي

My drawing of the buckets of glory and my energetic pulling.

مثلين في كرين من مقاط

Two like two in two rolls from a distance.

وقد انضنطوا، إذا ازدحموا.

And they have crowded together, when they were congested.

وضنط من اللحم، كفرح: اكتنز

And he became plump from the meat, like he became happy: he became fleshy.

ضنط فلان من الشحم ضنطا

So-and-so became plump from the fat, a plumpness.

أبو بنات قد ضنطن ضنطآ

A father of daughters who became plump, a plumpness.