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دعن

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to palm tree fronds and, by extension, to negative character traits like ill-temper and dissoluteness. It also encompasses geographical locations and the exhaustion of a riding animal.

Derived headwords

الدعنnoun
  1. 1.
    Palm frondsclassical

    Palm fronds that are gathered together, woven with strips, and used for spreading dates upon. This is a term specific to the Azd dialect.

الدعنnoun
  1. 1.
    Ill-tempered personboth

    A person of bad disposition and upbringing.

المدعنadjective
  1. 1.
    Ill-temperedboth

    Possessing a bad disposition and upbringing.

الدعنnoun
  1. 1.
    Dissolute personboth

    A dissolute or lewd person.

دعنةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dissolutenessboth

    The state or quality of being dissolute or lewd.

الدعانةnoun
  1. 1.
    Dissolutenessclassical

    Dissoluteness or lewdness, used in expressions of amazement.

دعænname
  1. 1.
    Duaan valleyboth

    A valley located between Medina and Yanbu.

أدعنverb
  1. 1.
    To exhaust (animal)classical

    A camel becomes exhausted when ridden for too long to the point of perishing. The same applies to a she-camel.

ودوعنname
  1. 1.
    Du'an valleyboth

    A valley in Hadramaut.

Parallel reading

سعف يضم بعضه إلى بعض ويرمل بالشريط ويبسط عليه التمر
Palm fronds that are gathered together, woven with strips, and used for spreading dates upon.
السيىء الخلق والغذاء
The one of bad disposition and upbringing.
كالمدعن كمكرم
Like the ill-tempered, as in 'makram'.
الماجن
The dissolute person.
ج دعنة
Plural: da'nah.
المجون وما أدعنه في التعجب
Dissoluteness and what one has adopted of it, used in expressions of amazement.
واد بين المدينة وينبع
A valley between Medina and Yanbu.
أدعن الجمل إذا أطيل ركوبه حتى يهلك
A camel becomes exhausted if ridden for too long until it perishes.
وكذا أدعنت الناقة
And likewise, the she-camel becomes exhausted.
واد بحضرموت
A valley in Hadramaut.