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Dal-ha-Nun
To anoint, strike (with a stick), moisten, blandish, pleasantly smooth, agreeable and suave, dissemble with, coax, be pliant, grease, dis-simulate.
1st Form: to anoint with oil;
4th Form: to endeavour to conciliate, to make peace; to manifest what is contrary to that which one conceals in one’s mind; to act with dishonesty, or dissimulation; to strive to outwit, deceive, beguile, or circumvent; to show mercy, to pardon;
dihaan
that with which one anoints; a red hide; a slippery place; a long and smooth road.
duhn
oil.
dihan
n.m.
55:37
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَة ً كَالدِّهَانِ
Fa'idhā Anshaqqati As-Samā'u Fakānat Wardatan Kālddihāni
When the heaven is torn, and turns like a rose colored paint.
duhn
n.m.
23:20
وَشَجَرَة ً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغ ٍ لِلآكِلِينَ
Wa Shajaratan Takhruju Min Ţūri Saynā'a Tanbutu Bid-Duhni Wa Şibghin Lil'ākilīna
And a tree which emerges from the mount of Sinai, it grows oil and is a relish for those who eat.
ad.hana
vb. (4) impf. act.
68:9
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Wa Ddū Law Tud/hinu Fayud/hinūna
They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
68:9
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Wa Ddū Law Tud/hinu Fayud/hinūna
They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
pcple. act.
56:81
أَفَبِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنْتُمْ مُدْهِنُونَ
'Afabihadhā Al-Ĥadīthi 'Antum Mud/hinūna
Are you disregarding this narrative?
Hans Wehr
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