Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

دانى

Root: دنو

Form: 3

Full Definition

دانىIII , Verbal.Noun مُدَانَاةٌ: see 1, in two places. You say also, دَانَيْتُ الأَمْرَ I was, or became, near to [doing, or experiencing,] the affair, or event.
2 دَانَيْتُ القَيْدَ لِلْبَعِيرِ I made the shackles, or hobbles, strait, or contracted, to the camel. And دَانَى القَيْدُ قَيْنَىِ البَعِيرِ The shackles, or hobbles, straitened, or contracted, [the two parts of the camel that were the places thereof.] Dhu-r-Rummeh says, دَانَى لَهُ القَيْدُ فِى دَيْمُومَةٍ قَذَفٍ قَيْنَيْهِ وَٱنْحَسَرَتْ عَنْهُ الأَنَاعِيمُ [The shackles, or hobbles, straitened to him, in a far-extending, wide desert, the two parts of him that were the places thereof, and enjoyments became removed from him]. And you say also, دَانَيْتُ بَيْنَ الأَمْرَيْنِ I made the two affairs, or events, to be nearly uninterrupted; syn. قَارَبْتُ: or I made the two affairs, or events, to be connected; syn. جَمَعْتُ.


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