دَنَّوَ
Root: دنو
Form: 2
Full Definition
def.2 and 4.
2 It is said in a trad., سَمُّوا وَ سَمِّتُواوَ دَنُّوا, i.e. [Pronounce ye the name of God, and invoke a blessing upon him at whose abode or table ye eat, (see art. سمت,) and] make your words to be near together in praising God. And in another trad., إِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ فَسَمُّوا ٱللّٰهَ وَدَنُّوا, i. e. [When ye eat, pronounce the name of God, and] eat of that which is near you: or إِذَا أَكَلْتُمْ فَدَنُّوا, i. e. [When ye eat,] eat of that which is next you.
3 دَنَّى, Verbal.Noun تَدْنِيَةٌ, also signifies He sought after mean, paltry, or contemptible, things. And دنّى فِى الأُمُورِ, He pursued small matters, and mean, paltry, or contemptible: in the K, erroneously, and great.
4 Also He was, or became, weak; syn. ضَعُفَ. (S and TA in art. دون.)
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