دنّق
Root: دنق
Form: 2
Full Definition
دنّقII
, Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيقٌ, He went to the utmost point [in his dealings &c.]: he was minute, observant of small things, nice, or scrupulous: he examined minutely into his dealings and expenses. Hence the saying, لَا تُدَنَّقُوا فَيُدَنَّقَ
عَلَيْكُمْ [Go not ye to the utmost point against others, for in that case the utmost point may be gone to against you]. And the saying of El-Hasan, لَعَنَ ٱللّٰهُ الدَّانَقَ وَ مَنْ
دَنَّقَ, or وَ مَنْ دَنَّقَ بِهِ, [May God curse the
دانق
and him who has been minute, &c., in his dealings, or and him who has been minute, &c., therewith;] as though he meant to forbid the considering and examining a paltry or contemptible thing: or, as some relate it, وَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ
أَحْدَثَ الدَّانَقَ [and the first who innovated the
دانَق], meaning El-Hajjáj.
2 [Hence,] تَدْنِيقٌ, metonymically, signifies
3 Also The continuing to look at a thing; as also تَرْنِيقٌ: [or rather each has this signification elliptically; for] you say, دنّق إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ and رنّق [meaning He continued looking at it]. [See رَنَّقَ.] And in like manner, The looking weakly. And دنّق بَصَرَهُ He looked hard, and sharply, or intently.
4 Also
5 And دنّق
6 And دنّقت عَيْنُهُ, (JK, K, TA, [accord. to the CK دَنَقَتْ, which is wrong,]) Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيقٌ,
7 And دنّق وَجْهُهُ, (Lth, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَنَقَ,]) Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيقٌ, His face exhibited emaciation, arising from fatigue or disease.
2 [Hence,] تَدْنِيقٌ, metonymically, signifies
3 Also The continuing to look at a thing; as also تَرْنِيقٌ: [or rather each has this signification elliptically; for] you say, دنّق إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ and رنّق [meaning He continued looking at it]. [See رَنَّقَ.] And in like manner, The looking weakly. And دنّق بَصَرَهُ He looked hard, and sharply, or intently.
4 Also
5 And دنّق
6 And دنّقت عَيْنُهُ, (JK, K, TA, [accord. to the CK دَنَقَتْ, which is wrong,]) Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيقٌ,
7 And دنّق وَجْهُهُ, (Lth, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, دَنَقَ,]) Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيقٌ, His face exhibited emaciation, arising from fatigue or disease.
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