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ضَائِنٌ

Root: ضأن

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ضَائِنٌ : see ضَأْنٌ, in three places.
2 It is also used as an epithet: one says كَبْشٌ ضَائِنٌ [app. meaning A ram: كَبْشٌ alone having several meanings].
3 And it signifies also Weak: [opposed to مَاعِزٌ:] or a soft man, as though he were a ewe: or one who ceases not to be goodly in body while a scanty eater: or soft and flaccid in the belly.
4 And Such as is white and broad, of sands.
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