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1 دَمَنَ الأَرْضَ ذ , (S, K,) aor. دَمُنَ , (TK,) inf. n. دَمْنٌ, (TA,) i. q. دَمَلَهَا; (S, K;) i. e. He put the land into a right or proper state, prepared it, or improved it, [or manured it,] with [دَمَان, i. e. dung such as is termed] سِرْقِين. (TA.) -A2- دَمِنَ, (S, M, K,) aor. دَمَنَ , (K,) inf. n. دَمَنٌ, (KL,) (tropical:) He bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, (S, M, K, TA,) of long continuance, (M, K, TA,) عَلَيْهِ against him: (S, M, TA:) and دَمِنَتْ قُلُوبُهُمٌ (tropical:) Their hearts bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, (S, TA,) of long continuance. (TA.) [Perhaps from دَمِنَتِ النَّخْلَةُ said in the TK to signify The palm-tree became rotten and black: see دَمَانٌ, below.] ― -b2- The inf. n. دَمَنٌ also signifies The being lasting, continual, or permanent. (KL.) [And ↓ اندمن app. signifies It was, or became, of long continuance: see a usage of its part. n. مُنْدَمِنٌ voce دِمْنَةٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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