ضَيْوَنٌ

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ضَيْوَنٌ , of the measure فَيْعَلٌ, not فَعْوَلٌ, because the former is the more common, extr. [in respect of rule], preserving its original form, without إِدْغَام [i. e. not having its و incorporated into the ى so as to become ضَيَّنٌ, as it should by rule,] because it is a primitive noun, like حَيْوَةُ, which is a proper name of a man, but more extr. because that is allowable in a proper name which is not allowable in another kind of word, [A he-cat;] i. q. سِنَّوْرٌ [q. v.]; the male سِنَّوْر: or a certain small beast resembling the سِنَّوْر: pl. ضَيَاوِنُ, in which the و is unaltered because it is so in the sing.: Sb says, the dim. is ضُيَيِّنٌ , like أُسَيِّدٌ [dim. of أَسْوَدُ], but he who says أُسَيْوِدٌ may say .

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