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1 ضَنُكَ ذ , aor. ضَنُكَ , 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.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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