[1]
ضَنَّ بِهِ , (Mgh, Msb,) first pers.
ضَنِنْتُ بِهِ,
(S, Msb, *) [and one may say
عَلَيْهِ, and
عَنْهُ, in
the place of
بِهِ, (see
ضَنِينٌ,)] and
ضَنِنُوا occurs, in
a verse of Kaanab Ibn-Umm-Sáhib, used by
poetic license for
ضَنُّوا, (S,) aor.
ضَنَ3َ ; (S, Mgh,
Msb, K;) and
ضَنَّ, (Msb,) first pers.
ضَنَنْتُ,
(S, Msb, *) aor.
ضَنِ3َ , (S, Msb, K,) accord to Fr,
(S,) or, accord. to Th, Fr said, I have heard
ضَنَنْتُ, though I have not heard
أَضِنُّ, but this
aor. is mentioned by Yaakoob; (TA;) inf. n.
ضِنٌّ (S, Mgh, Msb, K [in the CK
ضِنَانًا is erroneously put for
ضِنًّا]) and
ضَنٌّ (TA) and
ضَنَانَةٌ,
(S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) with fet-h, (Msb, TA,)
and
ضِنَّةٌ, (Msb,) or this last is a simple subst.;
(Mgh;)
He was, or
became, niggardly, tenacious,
stingy, or
avaricious, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,)
of it.
(S, Mgh, Msb. [See also 8.]) You say,
ضَنَّ عَلَيْهِ
بِكَذَا He was, or
became, niggardly, &c.,
to him,
of such a thing. (Mgh.) And ↓
إِنَّمَا يُضَنُّ بِالضَّنِينِ
[
Only he who clings is to be clung to]: a prov.,
meaning that you should cling to fraternizing
[only] with him who clings to fraternizing with
you. (Meyd, and Har p. 42.) And
ضَنِنْتُ
بِالمَنْزِلِ, inf. n.
ضِنٌّ and
ضَنَانَةٌ, [
I kept tenaciously
to, or]
I did not quit, or
relinquish, the place of
alighting, or
abode. (TA.)