دِمٌنَةٌ

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دِمٌنَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph. Also A trace, or traces, of a house or an abode: and the traces of men [in a place where they have sojourned]; and a place which they have blackened; where they have left marks of the dung of cattle; a patch of ground which the people who have occupied it have blackened, and where their cattle have staled and dunged: [a black, or dark, patch of compacted dung and urine of cattle:] a place near to a house or an abode: a place in which [dung such as is called] سِرْقِين has become compacted, or caked: and a piece of زِبْل [i. e. سرقين]: pl. دِمَنٌ and دِمْنٌ , or [rather] the latter is a [coll.] gen. n.: [accord. to Az,] دِمْنٌ signifies what men have blackened [where they have sojourned, consisting] of the traces of بَعْر &c.; and is a gen. n., and also pl. of دِمْنَةٌ. It is said in a trad., إِيَّاكُمْ وَخَضْرَآءَ الدِّمَنِ, meaning Avoid ye the beautiful woman that is of bad origin: she is thus likened to the herbage that grows in the دِمَن; that appears to be in a flourishing condition, but is unwholesome as food, and of stinking origin. (M. [See also أَخْضَرُ: and see عُشْبَةُ الدَّارِ, in art. عشب.])
2 Also Rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, of long continuance ( مُنْدَمِنٌ M, or قَدِيمٌ K, and ثَابِتٌ TA) in the bosom: it is said that it is not thus termed unless of long continuance: pl. دِمَنٌ and [coll. gen. n.] دِمْنٌ .

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