ضَمِنٌ

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ضَمِنٌ Affected with a malady of long continuance, or such as cripples; afflicted in the body, by some trial, or fracture, or other ailment: and ضَمَنٌ signifies [the same; or simply] affected with a disease, or malady; applied to a man [and to two and more and to a female; being originally an Verbal.Noun]; having no dual nor pl. nor fem. form: pl. of the former ضَمْنَى and ضَمِنُونَ, or the former of these is pl. of ضَمِينٌ [which signifies the same as ضَمِنٌ]. اِكْتَتَبَ ضَمِنًا [in the CK ضَمَنًا] means He wrote himself down [as one affected with a malady of long continuance, &c., or] in the register of the ضَمْنَى, i. e. the زَمْنَى; i. e. he asked that he might write himself down [as such], and took for himself a billet from the commander of the army in order to excuse himself from fighting against the unbelievers: of such it is said that God will raise him in that state on the day of resurrection. مَعْبُوطَةٌ غَيْرُ ضَمِنَةٍ, occurring in a trad., means Slaughtered not having any disease.
2 Also [Loving: (See ضَمَانَةٌ:) or] loving excessively, or admiringly.

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