ضن
ى
1 ضَنِىَ, (
S,
M,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. ضَنًى; (
S,
M,
Mgh,
Msb,
K;) and ↓ اضطنى signifies the same; He was, or became, slender, and small in body: and hence, (
Ham p. 112,) he was, or became, diseased, disordered, or sick; (
S, and
Ham ibid.;) because disease occasions leanness, or emaciation: (
Ham:) or he was, or became, lean, or emaciated: (so
accord. to the explanation of the
inf. n. in the
Mgh:) or he was, or became, affected with a disease, disorder, or sickness, (
M,
Msb,
K,) of long continuance, and settled, (
M,) or constant, so that he was at the point of death, (
Msb,) or such as infected, or pervaded, him, and so that, whenever he thought himself to be recovering, he relapsed. (
K.)
A2: [See also 1 in art. ضنو.]
3 مُضَانَاةٌ
i. q. مُعَانَاةٌ, (
S,
K,
KL,) both signifying The suffering, or enduring, [or contending with,], the difficulty, or trouble, or inconvenience, of a thing; as also مُقَاسَاةٌ. (
KL.) 4 اضناهُ, said of a disease, disorder, or sickness, (
S,
M,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,) It rendered him such as is termed ضَنًى or ضَنٍ: (
M,
Msb,
K:) rendered him lean, or emaciated: (
Mgh:) or oppressed him; burdened him heavily; overburdened him; or overcame him, and rendered him heavy. (
S,
TA.)
A2: And أَضْنَى He kept to the bed by reason of what is termed ضَنًى [i. e. leanness, or emaciation; or disease, disorder, or sickness, or such as was of long continuance, &c.: see 1]. (
TA.) 5 تضنّى He (a man) feigned himself diseased, disordered, or sick. (
TA.) 8 اضطنى: see 1.
b2: See also 8 in art. ضنأ.
ضَنًى:
inf. n. of 1. (
S,
M, &c.)
b2: Also, [in some copies of the
K erroneously written ضَنِىٌّ,] and ↓ ضَنٍ; (
S,
M,
Msb,
K;) the former applied alike to a man (
Fr,
IAar,
T,
S,
Msb) and to a woman (
IAar,
T,
S,
Msb) and to two persons (
Msb) and to a
pl. number, (
Fr,
IAar,
T,
S,
Msb,) because originally an
inf. n., (
S,
Msb,) for ذُو ضَنًى and ذَاتُ ضَنًى [&c.]; (
Msb;) or some do not dualize it nor pluralize it, because it is [originally] an
inf. n., and others dualize it and pluralize it; (
M;) but ↓ ضَنٍ has a
fem. (
Msb) and a dual and a
pl., (
S,) its
fem. being ضَنِيَةٌ (
Msb,
TA) [and its dual ضَنِيَانِ] and the
pl. is أَضْنَآءٌ; (
TA;) [Slender, and small in body: and hence, (see 1,)] diseased, disordered, or sick: (
S:) [or lean, or emaciated: (see again 1:)] or affected with a disease, disorder, or sickness, (
M,
Msb,
K,) of long continuance, and settled, (
M,) or constant, so that he is at the point of death, (
Msb,) or such as infects, or pervades, him, and so that, whenever he thinks himself to be recovering, he relapses. (
K.) You say, تَرَكْتُهُ ضَنًى and ↓ ضَنِيًا [I left him lean, or diseased, &c.]. (
S.) ضَنٍ;
fem. ضَنِيَةٌ; and
pl. أَضْنَآءٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.
ضِنًى, [written in the
TA ضنا, but the final radical is ى,] with kesr, accord to
IAar, signifies Pains that cause fear. (
TA.) ضَنَآءٌ, like سَلَامٌ [in measure, The state of such as is termed ضَنًى or ضَنٍ], a
subst. from ضَنِىَ. (
Msb.) مُضْنًى Rendered lean, or emaciated; [&c;] (
Mgh;)
pass. part. n. of 4 [
q. v.]. (
Mgh,
Msb.)