دَائِنٌ

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دَائِنٌ A debtor; as also مَدِينٌ and مَدْيُونٌ , this last of the dial. of Temeem, and مُدَانٌ and مُدَّانٌ : or all of these, or مَدْيُونٌ , one much in debt: and مُدَّانٌ , constantly in debt: and دَائِنٌ signifies one who takes, or receives, a loan, or the like; who borrows; or who takes, or receives, or buys, upon credit: and also one who repays a debt: thus bearing two contr. meanings: or also one who gives, or grants, credit; or sells upon credit: pl. دَائِنُونَ, with which دِينٌ is syn. [as a quasi-pl. n.], as in the saying of a poet, وَكَانَالنَّاسُ إِلَّا نَحْنُ دِينَا [And the people, except us, were debtors].

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