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دَافِنُ

Root: دفن

Full Definition

دَافِنُ , in the K, erroneously, دَافِنَآء, The inward, or intrinsic, state or circumstances of a case or an affair.
2 بَقَرَةٌ دَافِنَةُ الجَذْمِ A cow, or an animal of the ox-kind, whose أَضْرَاس [i. e. teeth, or molar teeth,] are ground, or worn, by reason of extreme age.
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