ضأن

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Form 1ضَأَنْتُ الضَّأْنَ1 sense

Core sense — I set apart the sheep from the goatsgenerated

1.1set apart your sheep from the goats, and set apart your goats from the sheep—اِضْأَنْ ضَأْنَكَ وَٱمْعَزْ مَعْزَكَ

The meaning is: I set apart the sheep [from the goats]. Az; the word is also treated in art. معز.

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I set apart the sheep [from the goats]. (Az, TA, and K in art. معز .) One says, اِضْأَنْ ضَأْنَكَ وَٱمْعَزْ مَعْزَكَ Set apart thy sheep from the goats, and set apart thy goats from the sheep. (Az, TA.)

Form 4اضأن1 sense

Core sense — his sheep became numerousgenerated

4.1

Said of a man, or of a party of men: his, or their, ضَأْن [or sheep] became numerous.

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, (S, M, K,) said of a man, (S,) or of a party of men, (M,) His, or their, ضَأْن [or sheep] became numerous. (S, M, K.)

Derived nouns 7

Nounضَأْنٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sheep, such as have woolgenerated

1sheep; such as have wool—ضَأَنٌ

They belong to what are termed غَنَم, one of which is called ضَائِنٌ.

sheep—ضَئِينٌ

It is also pronounced ضِئِينٌ, with kesr to the first letter because of the kesr that follows, by the general rule applying to a word [of the measure فَعِيلٌ] that has a faucial letter for its second radical.

sheep—ضِينٌ

The last two are mentioned by IAar without ء, and are therefore irregular.

sheep—ضَيْنٌ

These are plurals, or rather ism jamʿ, of ضَائِنٌ, which means one that has wool, the opposite of مَاعِزٌ, of what are termed غَنَم.

ضَأْنٌ is feminine, and has for its plural أَضْؤُنٌ [properly a plural of paucity] and آضُنٌ, which occurs in poetry and is formed by transposition from أَضْؤُنٌ.

The feminine of ضَائِنٌ is ضَائِنَةٌ, whose plural is ضَوَائِنُ.

1.1a certain species of lizard—ضَأْنٌ

Of the lizards called ضِبَاب [plural of ضَبٌّ], as opposed to the مَاعِز.

It also means a certain species of jerboa, also called شُفَارِىٌّ, different from the مَاعِز kind.

Show Lane's original text

(S, M, Msb, K) and ضَأَنٌ (S, M, K) and ضَئِينٌ , (S, M, Msb, K,) which is also pronounced ضِئِينٌ , with kesr to the first letter because of the kesr following, agreeably with a general rule applying to a word [of the measure فَعِيلٌ ] having any faucial letter [for its second radical], and ضِينٌ and ضَيْنٌ , which are mentioned by IAar, without ء , and therefore extr., (M,) [Sheep;] such as have wool, of what are termed غَنَم ; one of which is called ضَائِنٌ ; (Msb;) [i. e.] they are pls., (S, K,) or [rather] quasi-pl. ns., (M,) of ضَائِنٌ , (S, M, K,) which signifies one that has wool, (M,) or the opposite of مَاعِزٌ , (S, K,) of what are termed غَنَم : (M, K:) ضَأْنٌ is of the fem. gender; (IAmb, Msb;) and has for its pl. أَضْؤُنٌ [properly a pl. of pauc.] (IAmb, M, Msb) and آضُنٌ , which occurs in poetry, and is formed by transposition from أَضْؤُنٌ : (M:) the fem. of ضَائِنٌ is ضَائِنَةٌ ; (S, M, Msb, K;) the pl. of which is ضَوَائِنُ . (S, M, K.) ضَأْنٌ also signifies A certain species of [the lizards called] ضِبَاب [pl. of ضَبٌّ ]; opposed to the مَاعِز . (TA.) And A certain species of jerboas, also called شُفَارِىٌّ ; (T voce تَدْمُرِىٌّ , q. v.; and TA in art. شفر ;) differing from the مَاعِز thereof. (T and TA in art. دمر .)

Nounضَأَنٌ1 sense

Core sense — sheep, such as have woolgenerated

See the entry just before this one.

Show Lane's original text

: see the next preceding paragraph.

Nounضَيْنٌ1 sense

Core sense — sheep, such as have woolgenerated

This word and ضِينٌ: see ضَأْنٌ.

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and ضِينٌ : see ضَأْنٌ .

Nounضَأْنَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a nose-ring for a camel, made of sinewgenerated

A [ring for the nose of a camel, such as is termed] خِزَامَة when it is made of sinew.

[But see ضَانَةٌ in art. ضون.]

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A [ring for the nose of a camel, such as is termed] خِزَامَة , when made of sinew. (Sh, K.) [But see ضَانَةٌ , in art. ضون .]

Nounضِئْنِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — relating to sheep; a sheepskin used for churninggenerated

1goats that keep to the ضَأْن [or sheep]—مِعْزًى ضِئْنِيَّةٌ

An irregular, distorted relative noun [from ضَأْنٌ].

a wide skin, of the hide of a sheep, in which رَائِب is churned—سِقَآءٌ ضِئْنِىٌّ

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is an extr., distorted, rel. n. [from ضَأْنٌ ]. (M.) You say مِعْزًى ضِئْنِيَّةٌ Goats that keep to the ضَأْن [or sheep]. (M.) And سِقَآءٌ ضِئْنِىٌّ A wide, (M,) or large, (K,) skin, of the hide of a sheep, (M, K,) in which [milk such as is termed] رَائِب is churned. (K.)

Nounضَئِينٌ1 sense

Core sense — sheep, such as have woolgenerated

This word and ضِئِينٌ: see ضَأْنٌ.

Show Lane's original text

and ضِئِينٌ : see ضَأْنٌ .

Nounضَائِنٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one that has wool, a sheep; weak, softgenerated

See ضَأْنٌ, in three places.

1.1apparently a ram—كَبْشٌ ضَائِنٌ

It is also used as an adjective. كَبْشٌ by itself has several meanings.

1.2figurative · مجاز

It also means weak [as opposed to مَاعِزٌ]; or a soft man, as though he were a ewe; or one who stays goodly in body while eating little; or soft and flaccid in the belly.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, said of sands: such as are white and broad.

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: see ضَأْنٌ , in three places. It is also used as an epithet: one says كَبْشٌ ضَائِنٌ [app. meaning A ram: كَبْشٌ alone having several meanings]. (M.) And it signifies also Weak: (K, TA:) [opposed to مَاعِزٌ :] or a soft man, as though he were a ewe: (M, TA:) or one who ceases not to be goodly in body while a scanty eater: (M, K: *) or soft and flaccid in the belly. (M, K. *) And Such as is white and broad, of sands. (K, TA.)