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ظِنَّةٌ

Root: ظن

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ظِنَّةٌ Suspicion, or evil opinion; as also طِنَّةٌ; the ظ being changed into ط, though there is no إِدْغَام in this case, because of their being accustomed to say اِطَّنَّ [for اِظَّنَّ, which is for اِظْطَنَّ]; an instance like الدِّكْرُ, which is made to accord with اِدَّكَرَ [for اِذَّكَرَ, which is for اِذْدَكَرَ], as mentioned by Sb; and ظَنَانَةٌ , or , like كِتَابَةٌ, signifies the same: the pl. of ظِنَّةٌ is ظِنَنٌ. One says, عِنْدَهُ ظِنَّتِى and هُوَ ظِنَّتِى, meaning He is the place [i. e. object] of my suspicion.
2 And [hence] A little [like the French “ soupçon ”] of a thing.
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