دَدَنٌ

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دَدَنٌ and دَدًا and دَدٌ; all mentioned by El-Ahmar; and compared by Aboo-' Alee, in respect of having the last radical letter sometimes ن and sometimes an infirm letter and sometimes elided, to لَدُنْ and لَدَا and لَدْ; the second like قَفًا and عَصًا, and the third like يَدٌ, and by some written دَدٌّ, with teshdeed; and the second and third said by some to be formed from the first, by the change of ن into ا and by the elision of ن; Diversion, sport, play, or such as is vain, or frivolous; as also دَيْدٌ, [which should be mentioned in art. ديد,] and دَيَدَانٌ , (IAar, T, K, [not دَيْدَانٌ as in Freytag's Lex., being followed in the K by the epithet مَحَرَّكَةٌ,]) and ديدون , (TA, [app. دَيْدُونٌ, of the measure فَيْعُولٌ, like تَيْقُورٌ,]) and دَيْدَبُونٌ , [mentioned also in the S in art. دبن,] by Sgh and in the K mentioned in art. ددب, and said in the K to be wrongly included by J in the present art. دَدَنٌ and دَدَانٌ are the only words in which the first and second radical letters are the same, without an intervening letter, and both movent.

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