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دهدن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe concepts related to falsehood, triviality, and the general populace. It includes terms for baseless speech, worthless things, and people in a collective sense.

Derived headwords

اَلدَّهْدَنُnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodclassical

    That which is baseless, untrue, or without substance.

اَلْدَّهْدَنُnoun
  1. 1.
    worthless thingclassical

    Something of no value or significance, often referring to trivial matters.

دَهْدَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be worthlessclassical

    To be of no value or substance; to be trivial or baseless.

دَهْدَنٌnoun
  1. 1.
    peopleclassical

    The general populace or mankind.

  2. 2.
    creationclassical

    The collective body of created beings.

Parallel reading

اَلدَّهْدَنُ، كَأَرْدَنَ: اَلْبَاطِلُ
Al-dahdan, like ardan: falsehood.
لأجعلن لابنة عثم فناحتى يكون مهرها دهدنا
I will make for the daughter of 'Uthman a lament until her dowry becomes worthless/baseless.
دَهْدَنٌ (لُغَةٌ فِي اَلدَّهْدَر) ، بِالرَّاءِ قَالَهُ اَلْجَوْهَرِيُّ.
Dahdan (a variant of dahdar), with a raa', as stated by Al-Jawhari.
اَلدَّهْدَنُ: كَلَامٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ فِعْلٌ.
Al-dahdan: speech that has no action or effect.
اَلدَّهْدَنُ، كَجَعْفَرٍ: اَلنَّاسُ وَاَلْخَلْقُ.
Al-dahdan, like Ja'far: people and creation.
مَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ اَلدَّهْدَنِ هُوَ، أَيْ أَيَّ اَلنَّاسِ وَأَيَّ اَلْخَلْقِ.
I do not know which of the people he is, meaning which of the populace or creation he is.