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1 دَنِفَ دنف , (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. دَنَفَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَنَفٌ; (M, Msb;) and ↓ ادنف ; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K;) or, accord. to Sb, one does not say دَنِفَ, though they sometimes said دَنِفٌ, for he regarded this as a possessive epithet; (M;) said of a sick man, (S, Mgh, K,) He had a constant, or chronic, disease: (Msb: [see دَنَفٌ, below:]) or he was, or became, heavy, (S, Mgh, K, TA,) by reason of disease, (Mgh, TA,) and near to death, (Mgh,) or at the point of death: (TA:) or he became emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (M.) ― -b2- And [hence,] دَنِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ, and ↓ ادنفت , (tropical:) The sun was near to setting, and became yellow. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- And دَنِفَ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or event, was, or became, near (K, TA) to passing. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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