ضَنِينٌ
Root: ضن
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ضَنِينٌ
Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, or avaricious, بِشَىْءٍ [of a thing], or بِشَىْءٍ
نَفِيسٍ [of a thing held in high estimation]. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ, in the Kur [lxxxi. 24], as some read it, others reading بِظَنِينٍ [q. v.], is expl. by Zj as meaning, And he is not a tenacious concealer of that which has been revealed to him: and if عَن or بِ were substituted for عَلَى, it would be correct.
2 See also 1.
3 And see ضِنٌّ.
2 See also 1.
3 And see ضِنٌّ.
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