ضنك
1 ضَنُكَ,
aor. ـُ
inf. n. ضَنْكٌ and ضَنَاكَةٌ and ضُنُوكَةٌ, (
O,
K,) the first and third of these, (
O,) or the first and second, (
TA,)
accord. to
IDrd, used in relation to a place, and the second and third in relation to life, or sustenance, or means of subsistence, (
O,
TA,) It was, or became, narrow, or strait. (
O,
K,
TA.)
b2: And ضَنُكَ said of a man,
inf. n. ضَنَاكَةٌ, He was, or became, weak in his judgment, and in his body, and in his soul, and in his intellect. (
K.)
b3: And ضَنُكَ السَّحَابُ The clouds became thick, collected together, and dense. (
O,
TA.)
A2: ضُنِكَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose. (
K.) 4 اضنكهُ He (God) caused him to be affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose. (
TA.) ضَنْكٌ an
inf. n. of ضَنُكَ: (
O,
K:) its primary signification is Narrowness, or straitness, and hardship. (Aboo-Is-hák,
TA.)
b2: And Narrow, or strait;
syn. ضَيِّقٌ; (
S,
M,
O,
K; [in the
CK, and in a copy of the
S, ضِيق, which is also a correct explanation, as shown above; but not what is here meant, as appears from what follows;]) applied to anything, (
M,
K,)
masc. and
fem., (
M,
K, and
Bd in xx. 123,) being an
inf. n. used as an
epithet. (
Bd ibid.) [Like the
Pers\. تَنْگ.] One says مَكَانٌ ضَنْكٌ A narrow, or strait, place. (
IDrd,
O,
TA.) And عَيْشٌ ضَنْكٌ A strait life; or strait sustenance, or means of subsistence; (
IDrd,
O,
TA;) as also ↓ عَيْشٌ ضَنِيكٌ: (
AA,
O,
K,
TA:) and thus مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا in the
Kur xx. 123; where some read ↓ ضَنْكَى, like سَكْرَى: (
Bd:) or this means such as is unlawful; (
O,
TA;) every life that is unlawful being termed ضَنْكٌ,
accord. to
Lth, even though it be ample: (
O,
TA: *) Aboo-Is-hák thinks it to mean [subsistence] in the fire of Hell: but says that most explain this phrase in the
Kur as meaning the punishment of the grave: (
TA:) thus it means
accord. to Ibn-Mes'ood: (
O:) or,
accord. to Katádeh, Hell: (
O,
TA:) or,
accord. to Ed-Dahhák, forbidden gain: (
TA:) or, as some say, الضَّرِيعُ [
q. v.], and الزَّكُّومُ [
q. v.]. (
Bd.) ضُنْكَةٌ: see ضُنَاكٌ.
ضَنْكَى: see ضَنْكٌ.
ضَنَاكٌ: see ضِنَاكٌ.
ضُنَاكٌ A coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose;
syn. زُكَامٌ; (
S,
O,
K;) as also ↓ ضُنْكَةٌ. (
K.) ضِنَاكٌ; (
O,
K, &c.;)
accord. to El-
Fárábee, (
O,
TA,) and
J [in the
S], (
TA,) ↓ ضَنَاكٌ; but
accord. to others, with kesr, and this is the right; (
O,
TA;) Compact in flesh; applied to a woman: (El-
Fárábee,
S, O:) or plump, and compact in flesh; so applied: (
Lth,
TA:) or heavy in the hinder part, (
K,
TA,) and large in body; (
TA;) so applied: (
K, *
TA:) or having much flesh; applied to a male and to a female, without ة: (
IAth,
TA:) and firm in make, and strong; applied to a male and to a female; (
K,
TA;) of human beings, and of camels, and in like manner of palm-trees and of trees in general: (
TA:) and, applied to a she-camel, thick in the hinder part: (
TA:) and [large; applied to trees (شَجَرٌ): or] large trees. (Ibn-'Abbád,
O,
K.) ضَنِيكٌ: see ضَنْكٌ.
b2: Also Weak in his body, and in his intellect, (
Az,
O,
K,) and in his judgment, and in his soul. (
K,)
b3: And A servant who works for his bread. (
Az,
O,
K.)
b4: and
i. q. مَقْطُوعٌ [Cut off; &c.]. (
AA,
O,
K.) ضُنْأَكٌ Hard, and firm and compact in flesh; (
Lh,
O,
K;) applied to a man; (
Lh, O;) as also ضَنْأَكٌ: (
K:)
fem. ضُنْأَكَةٌ; (
Lh,
O,
K;) applied to a woman. (
Lh, O.) And, applied to a she-camel, Great, (
K,
TA,) and compact in make: (
TA:) as also with ة. (
K.) مُضْنَكٌ, (
TA,) or ↓ مُتَضَنِّكٌ, (
O,) Affected with a constant, or chronic, pervading disease; or emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (
O,
TA.) مَضْنُوكٌ Affected with the malady termed ضُنَاك [
q. v.]. (
S,
O,) مُتَضَنِّكٌ: see مُضْنَكٌ.
