دون: دان مضارعها يــدون: لعن (هلو) اشتقت من الكلمة الفرنسية damne.
دَوّن (بالتشديد): كتب (محيط المحيط).
تَــدَوّن: كتب اسمه في ديوان الجند، ففي حيان (ص18 ق)، كان جندياً متــدونــاً عند العامل.
وتــدوّن: ذكرت في معجم فوك في مادة لاتينية معناها جمع.
دُون: تستعمل بمعنى اسم التفضيل (انظر لين) ففي كليلة ودمنة أن في دون ما كلمتك به نهاية لمثلك. وفي المقري (1: 135): ولم يجرؤ الجزار أن يبيع اللحم بــدون ما حد له المحتسب في الورقة.
دُوَن: بمعنى قبل. ودون غيره: ترجيحاً، تفضيلاً. وأنا متعجب من فضلك دون علمك، أي أنا متعجب من فضلك أكثر مما أنا متعجب من علمك. (بوشر). دون: بلا، من غير (فوك) وفي المقري (1: 137): دون عمامة أي بلا عمامة (أخبار ص135، ابن بطوطة 4: 380) لاقفي النويري (الأندلس ص488)، دخل قرطبة دون مانع.
بــدون أن: دون أن، من غير أن (دي سلان المقدمة 1: 38 رقم1) حيث عليك أن تقرا حسب ما جاء في طبعة بولاق: كان أكثرها يصدر عني بالكلام المرسل بــدون أن يشاركني أحد ممن ينتحل الكتابة في الأسجاع لصعب انتحالها.
اخردا ودونــه: الخلاصة، الحاصل، النتيجة (بوشر) فــدونــك وإياه (ألف ليلة 2: 323) وقد ترجمها لين إلى الإنجليزية بما معناه: ولذلك أمسكه. ويبدو لي أن هذه الترجمة لا تنسجم مع مجموع العبارة. وأنا أترجمها (بما معناه): (افعل به ما تشاء وما ترى إنه ملائم) كما يقال: دونــك وما تريد (كوسج لطائف ص80).
دُوِنــيّ: حقير، رديء، خسيس (هلو)، (بوشر، همبرت ص243، دولابورث ص129).
دَوَيْني: شجيرة ترتفع نحو قدم تقريباً وهي دائمة الخضرة طول السنة (بركهارت سوريا ص501.
ديوان. ديوان البّر: ديوان أسسه علي بن عيسى، وزير المقتدر الخليفة العباسي. ويشرف هذا الديوان على الواردات من بعض الأسلاك التي أوقفها هذا الوزير. وهذه الواردات تستعمل لصيانة الثغور، وسد ما تحتاجه مكة المكرمة والمدينة المنورة (الفخري ص315).
ديوان الخاتم: أسسه الخليفة معاوية لكي يمنع التزوير والغش فان رجلاً كبيراً قد غير الرقم في أمر ليدفع له مبلغ من المال أعطاه إياه ولم يكن هذا الأمر بالدفع مختوماً. والقائمون على ديوان الخاتم يتسلمون كل أمر مكتوب يصدر عن الخليفة فيطوونه عدة طيات ثم يحزونه حزاً يتناول جميع الطيات ثم يدخلون في هذا الحز خيطاً أو شريطاً من الرق ثم يختمون على طرفي الخيط أو شريطاً من الرق ثم يختمون على طرفي الخيط أو الشريط بخاتم رئيس الديوان. وقد بقي هذا الديوان حتى نحو منتصف العصر العباسي (انظر الفخري ص130، المقدمة 2: 56، الثعالبي لطائف ص12).
ديوان الخراج: (ابن خلكان 9: 38).
ديوان الترتيب (ابن خلكان 7: 64) ويقول دي سلان (الترجمة 3: 90 رقم1): إنني أميل إلى الاعتقاد إنه نفس ديوان الرواتب حيث تنظم الرواتب وتدفع.
ديوان الزمام: انظره في مادة زمام الديوان العزيز: حكومة الخليفة في بغداد، وفي أيام صلاح الدين: الخليفة نفسه (انظر الملحق بالجزء الثالث من الترجمة الإنجليزية لتاريخ ابن خلكان).
ديوان الكشف انظره في مادة الكشف.
ديوان التوقيع: انظره في مادة توقيع.
الدواوين العلمية: مجموعات على أحاديث نبوية، وأخبار تاريخية، وتفاسير للقرآن الكريم، وشروح لغوية، وأشعار، ومعارف مختلفة. تدرس في المدارس (دي سلان المقدمة 2: 606 رقم3).
وديوان: بناية كبيرة تستوفي فيها ضريبة الكمارك (انظر معجم الأسبانية ص47) ويسكن فيها التجار الأجانب وبخاصة التجار النصارى. ويستعمل في نفس الوقت مخزناً لبضاعاتهم، وملتقى للتجار يتعاملون فيه ويتبايعون. ففي رحلة ابن جبير (ص306) في سنت حان دارك: (وساروا بنا إلى الديوان وهو خان يتخذ منزلاً للقافلة) ويقول إن التجار يودعون فيه أمتعتهم، وينزلون في الطابق العلوي من البناية. وفي رحلة كلينار (ص3 ق): بناية كبيرة في ضاحية مدينة فاس ينزل فيها التجار النصارى، وتسميها العامة دوانة.
وفي رحلة مارسول (2: 32) (مراكش): (في القيصرية توجد دار الدوانة حيث ينزل التجار النصارى من أهل أوربا مع بضائعهم وفيها يتعاملون مع غيرهم من التجار).
وفي رحلة تاريخية (ص79) في مراكش: (توجد بناية كبيرة واسعة يطلق عليها اسم الدوانة. ينزل فيها التجار النصارى القادمون من أوربا).
وفي رحلة مانهام (ص59): (وأخيراً وصلنا إلى المنزل الذي نزلنا فيه ويسمى الديوان).
وفي رحلة موكيت (ص176): (مراكش): (دوان حيث ينزل النصارى) وكذلك في ص188.
ديوان: الضريبة عامة. (بارت 3، 513).
ديوان، في صقلية: أملاك الدولة، (الجريدة الآسيوية 1845، 2: 318، وانظر ص338، جريجور ص34).
ديوان المفرد: انظره في مفرد.
ديوان: ردهة، بهو، قاعة استقبال (بوشر، همبرت ص192).
ديوان: كّتاب (الحساب والتقدير لين نقلاً من تاج العروس. ونجد جمع هذه الكلمة بهذا المعنى عند الماسن (ص145): نكب الواثق بالله دواوينه وكتابه وأخذ منهم أموالاً عظيمة.
ديوانيّ: نسبة إلى ديوان بمعنى كرك (عشر ص40، 174) وقد كتبت فيه هذه الكلمة: دنانير.
دواوون: كاتب (أماسن ص145، 204) ويجب حذفها من معجم فريتاج إذ لا وجود لهذه الكلمة. وفي عبارتين عند الماسن نجد دواوين جمع ديوان، وهي في العبارة الأولى (انظر أعلاه) تدل على موظفي الديوان، وفي الثانية تدل على المعنى المألوف وهو دائرة الحكومة.
أدون (انظر لين)، وهي في الواقع مستعملة (المقري 2: 254)، وفي ابن البيطار (1: 528) وقد يكون منه أبيض وهو أدون أصنافه.
مُــدّون: حصن مــدون: شهير (رتجرز ص154، وانظر ص156).
مُــدَوَّنَــة: قتوى، سنْة، قانون (الكالا) ولعل هذه الكلمة أصبحت تدل على هذا المعنى لأن المجموعة الشهيرة في فروع الفقهي المالكي التي صنفها سحنون تسمى المُــدَوَّنَــة.

دون

1 دَانَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. دَوْنٌ; and ↓ أُدِينَ, (S, K,) with damm, (K,) inf. n. إِدَانَةٌ; (S;) He, or it, was, or became, such as is termed دُونٌ; (S, K;) [i. e.] low, base, vile, &c.: or weak: (K:) mentioned by Er-Rághib on the authority of IKt: (TA:) so say some: but accord. to others, دُونٌ has no verb. (S, TA.) لَمْ يَدُنْ, (as in my copies of the S,) or لم يُدَنْ, (as in the TA,) at the end of a verse of 'Adee, as some relate it, [perhaps the only authority for these two verbs,] is accord. to others لم يدَنّْ, from دَنَّى

meaning “ he, or it, was, or became, weak. ” (S, K.) 2 دوّن الدَّيوَانَ, (inf. n. تَدْوِينٌ, TA,) He wrote, composed, or drew up, the register [&c.]. (S, * Msb, K, TA. *) And دوّن الدَّوَاوِينَ He instituted, appointed, or arranged, the registers for the prefects, or administrators, (Mgh, Msb,) and the Kádees, (Mgh,) or others: (Msb:) said of 'Omar; who is related to have been the first that did this, (Mgh, Msb,) among the Arabs. (Msb.) And دوّن الكُتُبَ He collected the writings. (Mgh.) [And دوّن شِعْرَ فُلَانٍ He collected the poetry of such a one.] And تَدْوِينٌ signifies also The writing [a person's name &c.] in a دِيوَان [or register]. (KL.) You say, دوّنــهُ He wrote it [in a register]. (MA.) [And He registered him.]4 أُدِينَ, inf. n. إِدَانَةٌ: see 1.

A2: مَا أَــدْوَنَــهُ [as meaning How low, base, vile, &c., is he, or it!] is [asserted to be] a phrase not used, (As, T, K, TA,) because [it is said that] دُونٌ has no verb. (As, T, TA.) 5 تــدوّن He was, or became, in a state of complete richness, wealth, or competence. (IAar, T, K.) [See also تذوّن. Perhaps both are correct, as dial. vars.]

دُونً Low, base, vile, mean, paltry, inconsiderable, or contemptible; (Fr, T, S, M, * Msb, K;) applied to a man &c.: (T, Msb:) and inferior, i. e. lower, baser, viler, &c., in grounds of pretension to respect or honour [or in any approvable quality]: (Lth, T:) and such as falls short [of a thing]; used in this sense as a prefixed noun: (Ham p. 686:) [see below what is said of its usage as a prefixed noun by Lth and by Sb: and used as an epithet, scanty, or deficient; applied to anything:] and of a middling sort; between good and bad; applied to a man and to a commodity: (M:) and also high, or eminent, in rank or condition; noble, or honourable: (T, K:) thus it bears two contr. significations (K) [and significations intermediate between those two]. A poet says, إِذَا مَا عَلَا المَرْءُ رَامَ العَلَآء

وَيَقْتَعُ بِالــدُّونِ مَنْ كَانَا دُونَــا [When the man is high in rank, or nobility, he seeks highness: and he who is low is content with that which is low]. (S.) Accord. to the most common usage, (Msb,) or accord. to what is asserted to be the most common usage, (Lh, M,) one says رَجُلٌ مِنْ دُونٍ (T, M, Msb, K) and شَىْءٌ مِنْ دُونٍ (M, Msb) A man who is [of a kind that is] low, base, &c., and a thing that is [of a kind that is] low, base, &c.: (Msb:) but sometimes they said رَجُلٌ دُونٌ and شَىْءٌ دُونٌ, without مِنْ; (M, Msb;) and ثَوْبٌ دُونٌ a bad [or an inferior] garment, or piece of cloth: (M:) or one should not say رَجُلٌ دُونٌ; (T, K;) for the Arabs did not use this phrase. (T.) Accord. to Lth, one says, هٰذَا دُونُ ذَاكَ [This is the inferior of that], when meaning to denote by it low estimation, using the nom. case: (T:) [but this is uncommon, if allowable:] Sb says that دُون is not used in the nom. case as a prefixed noun: as to the saying in the Kur [lxxii. 11, an instance similar to which occurs also in vii. 167], مِنَّا الصَّالِحُونَ وَ مِنَّا دُونَ ذٰلِكَ, the meaning is, وَ مِنَّا قَوْمٌ دُونَ ذٰلِكَ [i. e. Of us are the righteous, and of us are a party below that party in rank or estimation]; (M, TA;) or, as another says, دون is here in the accus. case but in the place of a noun in the nom. case because it is generally used as an adv. n. (TA.) b2: As an adv. n., دُون signifies Below, contr. of فَوْق; (S, K;) as denoting a falling short of the [right or approved] limit; (S;) or denoting low, or mean, estimation or condition; (Lth, T, M;) or a condition lower, baser, viler, &c., than that of another, in grounds of pretension to respect or honour [or in any approvable quality]; (Lth, T;) [and hence, inferior to, beneath, under, or short of, another in rank, height, size, &c.;] and less than another, and more deficient than another: (Fr, T:) and also above; i. q. فَوْق; (T, K;) in highness, or eminence, of rank or condition, or in nobility; (T;) [and hence, exceeding another, and more than another:] thus bearing two contr. significations. (K.) You say, زَيْدٌ دُونَــكَ meaning Zeyd is [below thee, or] in a condition lower, baser, viler, &c., than thine, in grounds of pretension to respect or honour [&c.]: and when one says, “Verily such a one is high, or eminent, in rank or condition,” or “ is noble,” another replies, وَ دُونَ ذٰلِكَ meaning And above that. (T.) b3: Also Beneath, below in situation, or under; syn. تَحْت. (T, TA.) Using it in this sense, you say, دُوَن قَدَمِكَ خَدُّ عَدُوِّكَ [May the cheek of thine enemy be beneath thy foot]: (T, TA:) and جَلَسَ دُونَــهُ [He sat below him]. (TA.) b4: Also Before in respect of place, or in front: and [the contr., namely,] behind, or beyond. (T, M, K.) [You may say, using it in the former sense, جَلَسَ دُونَــهُ He sat before him, or in front of him: (see Ham p. 86:) and, using it in the latter sense,] you say, هٰذَا أَمِيرٌ عَلَى مَا دُونَ جَيْحُونَ This [man] is governor, or prince, over what is beyond [the river] Jeyhoon. (TA.) b5: And i. q. قَبْل [generally signifying Before in respect of time; but as some say, in respect of place also, which may perhaps be here meant]: (T:) and [the contr., namely,] i. q. بَعْد [generally meaning after in respect of time; but as some say, in respect of place also, which may perhaps be here meant]. (Fr, T, TA.) b6: It signifies also Nearer than another thing: (S, Msb, K:) so in the phrase هٰذَا دُونَ ذٰلِكَ [This is nearer than that]; (S Msb;) or هٰذَا دُونَــهُ [this is nearer than he, or it]. (K.) [Hence,] one says also, اُدْنُ دُونَــكَ meaning Draw thou near in the space that is between me and thee: (A Heyth, T:) [or approach thou nearer to me:] or draw thou near [or nearer] to me. (IAar, T, M, K.) And يَزِيدُ بَغُضُّ الطَّرْفَ دُونِــى, a saying of a poet, means Yezeed lowers the eye towards a spot between me and him. (A Heyth, T.) [خَشَعَتْ دُونَــهُ الأَبْصَارُ, also, has a similar meaning: see 1 in art. خشع. So, too, has the phrase, خَاوَتَ طَرْفَهُ دُونِــى: see 3 in art. خوت. And hence,] one says, دُونَ النَّهْرِ جَمَاعَةٌ [In the way of, or to, the river, or on this side of the river, or nearer than the river, is a company of men; or] before thy reaching the river [there is to be found, or encountered, a company of men]. (K.) And دُونَ قَتْلِ الأَسَدِ أَهْوَالٌ [In the way of, or to, the slaying of the lion, or] before thine attaining to the slaying of the lion, terrors [are to be encountered]. (T, TA.) [And دُونَــهُ خَرْطُ القَتَادِ: see 1 in art. خرط.] And حَالَ دُونَ الشَّىْءِ [It intervened as an obstacle in the way to the thing; or] it prevented from attaining the thing. (W p. 71.) [And لَيْسَ دُونَــهُ شَىْءٌ There is nothing intervening as an obstacle in the way of, or to, him, or it.] And [hence,] قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ, and نَفْسِهِ, and أَخِيهِ, and جَارِهِ, He was slain in defence of his property, and of himself, and of his brother, and of his neighbour. (Occurring in a trad. commencing with the words الغَرِيقُ شَهِيدٌ, in the “ Jámi' es-Sagheer,” and thus explained in the margin of a copy of that work.) [And نَبَحَ دُونَــهُ is a modern phrase meaning (assumed tropical:) He defended him as though by barking in the way to him.] b7: [Hence,] also i. q. عَلَى [as meaning Against; denoting defence by means of intervention: see an ex. in a verse cited voce شَخْصٌ]. (Fr, T, TA.) b8: And i. q. عِنْدَ [meaning At, near, nigh, by, or near by; with, or present with; &c.]. (Fr, T, Ibn-Es-Seed.) Accord. to Ez-Zowzanee, it has this meaning in the saying of Imra-el-Keys, [describing a horse,] فَأَلْحَقَنَا بِالهَادِيَاتِ وَ دُونَــهُ جَوَاحِرُهَا فِى صَرَّةٍ لَمْ تُزَيَّلِ (TA, but only the former hemistich is there given,) i. e. And he made us to overtake the foremost of the wild animals, while near to him were those that lagged behind, in a herd, not dispersed. (EM p. 48.) b9: And i. q. غَيْر [as meaning Other than, beside, or besides, exclusively of, or not as used before a substantive or an adjective]. (K.) Hence, in the Kur [xxi. 82], وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذٰلِكَ [And who should do work other than, or beside, that]. (Fr, TA.) And in the same [iv. 51 and 116], وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذٰلِكَ But He will forgive what is other than that: or, as some say, what is less than that. (Er-Rághib, TA.) and so, it is said, in the trad., لَيْسَ فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ

صَدَقَةٌ [There is no poor-rate to be exacted in the case of what is other than, or not, or, rather less than, five ounces]. (K.) So, too, it is said to mean in the trad., أَجَازَ الخُلْعَ دُونَ عِقَاصِ رَأْسِهَا [He allowed the divorcing a wife for a gift, or compensation, other than the عِقَاص (q. v.) of her head: in the CK, in which الخَلْعُ is erroneously put for الخُلْعَ, this is given as an ex. of ذُونَ in the sense of سَوِى, which is syn. with غَيْر]: or the meaning is, for anything, even for the عقاص of her head. (K, TA.) b10: It is also used (M, K, TA) as a subst. (M, TA) with مِنْ prefixed to it, [very often in this case, in the Kur and elsewhere, as meaning غَيْر and sometimes in other senses explained above,] and likewise with بِ (M, K, TA,) though rarely. (K.) One says, هٰذَا دُونَــكَ and هٰذَا مِنْ دُونِــكَ [This is below thee, or above thee: &c.]. (M, TA.) And it is said in the Kur [xxviii. 23], وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِــهِمُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ (M, TA) And he found in a place below them two women: (Bd:) or beside them, or exclusively of them. (Jel.) One says also, هٰدَا لِىــدُونَ لَكَ or مِنْ دُونِــكَ [meaning This belongs to me exclusively of thee]; i. e. thou hast no right nor share [with me] in this. (Kull p. 186.) The phrase فِيهِمْ مَنْ لَيْسَ بِــدُونِــهِ [app. as meaning Among whom was such as was not below him in respect of knowledge of poetry] is used by Akh in his book on rhymes. (M, TA.) b11: It also denotes a command, (T, K,) and an incitement (Fr, T, S, K) to do a thing. (S.) Using it in the former sense, you say, دُونَــكَ الدِّرْهَمَ, meaning Take thou the dirhem; (T;) or دُونَــكَ الشَّىْءَ and دُونَــكَ بِالشَّىْءِ, meaning Take thou the thing: (M:) and using it in the latter sense, you say, دُونَــكَهُ, (S, K, TA,) meaning Keep thou, cleave thou, cling thou, or hold thou fast, to him; and take care of him: (TA:) or دُنَكَ زَيْدًا Keep thou, &c., to Zeyd, taking care of him. (T.) Temeem [meaning a party of the tribe so named] said to El-Hajjáj, when he had slain, i. e. crucified, Sálih Ibn-' Abd-Er-Rahmán, “ Permit us to bury Sálih: ” and he replied, دُونَــكُمُوهُ [Take ye him]. (S, TA.) b12: And it also denotes a threat. (T, K.) So in the sayings دُوَكَ صِرَاعِى [Beware thou of wrestling with me] and دُونَــكَ فَتَمَرَّسْ بِى [Beware thou, and then set thyself against me to do evil if thou canst]. (T, TA.) b13: It is said that no verb is derived from it: (T, S, M, Msb:) but some assert that دَانَ and أُدِينَ [mentioned in the first paragraph of this art.] are derived from it. (S.) b14: The dim. of دُونَ is ↓ دُوَيْنَ: (Ham p. 404:) and ↓ دُوَيْنَةَ occurs as a dim. in a verse of a post-classical poet; but, [ISd says,] of what word I know not, unless they said ↓ دُونَــةَ [for دُونَ]. (M.) دُونَــةَ: see the next preceding sentence.

دُوَيْنَ: see the next preceding sentence.

دُوَيْنَةَ: see the next preceding sentence.

دَيْوَانٌ: see the next paragraph.

دِيوَانٌ, an arabicized word, (AO, M, Msb, &c.,) from the Pers\. [دِيوَانْ]; (AO, M, &c.;) [though some hold it to be of Arabic origin:] J says, (TA,) it is originally دِوَّانٌ, but ى is substituted for one of the و s ; as is shown by its pl., (S, Msb,) which is دَوَاوِينُ; (S, M, Msb, K;) for if the ى were radical, they would say دَيَاوِينُ; (S;) but accord. to IDrd and IJ, (IB, TA,) it has this latter pl. also: (M, IB, K, TA:) Sb says that the و in دِيوَانٌ, though after ى, is not changed into ى, as it is in سَيِّدٌ, because the ى in the former word is not inherent; that word being of the measure فِعَّالٌ, from دَوَّنْــتَ; (M;) [i. e.] it is from دَوَّنَ الكُتُبَ meaning “ he collected the writings; ” as is shown by their saying ↓ دُوَيْوِينٌ, (M,) which is the dim.: (Msb:) ISk says that ديوان is with kesr only [to the د]; (M;) but one says ↓ دَيْوَانٌ also, (K,) which is mentioned by Ks, as postclassical, and by Sb; like بَيْطَارٌ: (M:) the meaning is A دَفْتَر [or register]: (Shifá el-Ghaleel, TA:) or a collection of written leaves or papers [forming a book, generally for registration]: (ISk, M, Mgh, * K:) or a register of accounts; an accountbook: (Msb:) and a register of soldiers and pensioners [and others]: (IAth, K:) the first who instituted, or appointed, or arranged, such a book, (Mgh, Msb, K,) among the Arabs, (Msb,) for the prefects, or administrators, (Mgh, Msb,) and the Kádees, (Mgh,) is said to have been 'Omar: (Mgh, Msb, K: *) accord. to El-Máwardee, it is a register of what concerns the rights, or dues, of the state, relating to the acts of the government, and the finances, and the military and other administrators thereof: (TA:) then any book was thus called: and especially the poetry of some particular poet: so that this meaning became [conventionally regarded as] a proper signification thereof; (Shifá el-Ghaleel, TA;) i. e. a collection of poetry [of a particular poet]. (TA.) [Hence,] one says, فُلَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدِّيوَانِ, meaning Such a one is of those whose names are written in the register. (Mgh.) [Also Such a one is of the keepers of the register; or, is of the registrars. (And sometimes it has another meaning, which see below.) And hence the saying] الشِّعْرُ دِيوَانُ العَرَبِ (assumed tropical:) [Poetry is the register of the Arabs]: because they used to refer to it on their differing in opinion respecting genealogies and wars or fights and the appointing of stipends or allowances from the government-treasury, like as the people of the ديوان [properly so called] refer to their ديوان in a case that is doubtful to them; or because it was the depository of their sciences, and the preserver of their rules of discipline, and the mine of their histories. (Har p. 263.) b2: Afterwards, also, it was applied to signify An account, or a reckoning. (Msb, TA.) b3: and Writers [of accounts or reckonings]. (TA.) b4: And A place of account or reckoning, (Msb, TA,) and of writers [of accounts or reckonings] (TA.) b5: [Also A council, court, or tribunal: see دَسْتٌ. Hence أَهْلُ الدِّيوَانِ sometimes means The people of the council, court, or tribunal. b6: And also, in the present day, A long seat, formed of a mattress laid against the side of a room, upon the floor or upon a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against; or two or more of such mattresses &c. similarly placed.]

ديوَانِىٌّ Of, or belonging to, a دِيوَان. (TA.) دُوَيْوِينٌ dim. of دِيوَانٌ, q. v. (M, * Msb.) أَــدْوَنُ is used by IJ in the phrase ذٰلِكَ أَقَلٌّ الأَمْرَيْنِ وَأَــدْوَنُــهُمَا [That is the lesser of the two affairs, or cases, and the lower, baser, &c., of them]: but [ISd says that] this is strange, because [he held that], like أَحْنَكَ, it has no verb belonging to it. (M.)