ادناهُ
Root: دنو
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 [Hence,] أَدْنَتْ ثَوْبَهَا عَلَيْهَا She let down her garment upon her, and covered, or veiled, herself with it. And أَدْنَيْتُ السِّتْرَ I let down the veil, or curtain, [for the purpose of concealment.] It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 59], يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنّ مِنْ جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ [They shall let down upon them a portion of their outer wrapping-garments]; meaning they shall let down a portion of their outer wrapping-garments over their faces, when they go forth for their needful purposes, except one eye.
def.2 ادنى is also intrans.: see 1, in two places.
2 [Hence,] أَدْنَتْ, said of a she-camel, and of a woman, She was, or became, near to bringing forth. And أَدْنَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ [a phrase similar to أَضْرَعَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الوَلَدِ, q. v.]. (Occurring in a verse cited in the TA in art. فكه.)
3 And ادنى He lived a strait life, after easiness and plenty.
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