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مُدَنٍّ

Root: دنو

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مُدَنٍّ , applied to a man, Weak; contemptible (خَسِيسٌ); not profitable to any one; who falls short in everything upon which he enters; [like دَنِىٌّ;] or falling short of accomplishing that which it behooves him to do: also, for the sake of rhyme, [by poetic license,] written مُدَنْ.
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