دَنِيَّهٌ
Root: دنو
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دَنِيَّهٌ
A low, or base, quality, property, natural disposition, habit, practice, or action; syn. نَقِيصَةٌ; or such as is blamed; originally دَنِيْئَةٌ: pl. دَنَايَا. Hence the saying of Ibn-Háritheh, المَنِيَّةَ لَا الدَّنِيَّةَ, meaning I choose death rather than, or not, disgrace.
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