ضَنُكَ
Root: ضنك
Form: 1
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ضَنُكَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun ضَنْكٌ and ضَنَاكَةٌ and ضُنُوكَةٌ, the first and third of these, or the first and second, accord. to IDrd, used in relation to a place, and the second and third in relation to life, or sustenance, or means of subsistence, It was, or became, narrow, or strait.
2 And ضَنُكَ said of a man, Verbal.Noun ضَنَاكَةٌ, He was, or became, weak in his judgment, and in his body, and in his soul, and in his intellect.
3 And ضَنُكَ السَّحَابُ The clouds became thick, collected together, and dense.
def.2 ضُنِكَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose.
2 And ضَنُكَ said of a man, Verbal.Noun ضَنَاكَةٌ, He was, or became, weak in his judgment, and in his body, and in his soul, and in his intellect.
3 And ضَنُكَ السَّحَابُ The clouds became thick, collected together, and dense.
def.2 ضُنِكَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose.
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