Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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1 ضَمِنَ الشَّىْءَ ذ , (IAar, S, K,) or المَالَ, (Mgh, Msb,) and ضَمِنَ بِهِ, (Msb, K,) aor. ضَمَنَ , (K,) inf. n. ضَمَانٌ (IAar, S, Msb, K) and ضَمْنٌ, (K,) He was, or became, responsible, answerable, accountable, amenable, surety, or guarantee, (S, Mgh, K,) for the thing, (S, K,) or for the property: (Mgh:) or he made himself responsible, &c., for it; syn. اِلْتَزَمَهُ; (Msb;) and so, in this sense, ↓ تضمّنهُ , (S, * K,) quasi-pass. of ضَمَّنَهُ: (S, K:) [as though he had it within his grasp, or in his possession; for] the primary signification of الضَّمَانُ is التَّحْصِيلُ: (Msb:) some of the lawyers say that it is from الضَّمُّ; but this is a mistake; (Msb, TA;) for the ن is radical. (Msb.) And ضَمِنَ لَهُ كَذَا He was, or became, responsible, &c., to him for such a thing. (MA.) And ضَمِنَ المَالَ مِنْهَ He was, or became, responsible, &c., to him for the property [received from him]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- See also 5, in four places. ― -b3- ضَمِنَهُ signifies also (assumed tropical:) He learned it; acquired a knowledge of it. (TA.) -A2- And ضَمِنَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ضَمَنَ , (K,) inf. n. ضَمَنٌ, (S, Msb, K, *) (assumed tropical:) He (a man, S) had, or was affected with, a malady of long continuance, or such as crippled him; (S, Msb, K;) was afflicted in his body (S, * K, TA) by some trial, or fracture, or other ailment. (S, * TA.) And ضَمِنَتْ يَدُهُ, inf. n. ضَمَانَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) His arm, or hand, was affected with a malady of long continuance, or such as crippled. (Fr, TA.)