holding back, economizing

, (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. ; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and ضَنَّ, (Msb,) first pers. ضَنَنْتُ, (S, Msb, *) aor. , (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.)

(originally اِضْتَنَّ, TA) He (a man, TA) was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, stingy, or avaricious. (K.) [See also 1.]

an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, &c.) ― -b2- Also A thing highly esteemed, of which one is tenacious. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence] one says, هُوَ ضِنِّى He is the person of whose affection I am tenacious; as also ↓ ضِنَّتِى and ↓ ضَنِينِى: (TA:) or he is my particular, or special, friend, (K, TA,) مِنْ بَيْنِ إِخْوَانِى [chosen from among my brethren]; (S, TA;) as though I appropriated him specially to myself, and were tenacious of him because of the place that he held in my estimation: as is said in the S, it is like special appropriation [of the person to oneself]. (TA.) [And as ضِنٌّ is originally an inf. n., it is used as an epithet applied to a pl. number:] it is said in a trad., إِنَّ لِلّٰهِ ضِنًّا مِنْ خَلْقِهِ يُحْيِيهِمْ فِى عَافِيَةٍ وَيُمِيتُهُمْ فِى عَافِيَةٍ, (S, TA,) or مِنْ خلقه ↓ ضَنَايأِنَ, (K, * TA,) accord. to different relations thereof, (TA,) i. e. [Verily God has] specially-distinguished individuals [of his creatures, whom He causes to live in a state of freedom from disease, or from disease and trial, and whom He causes to die in a state of freedom &c.]: (K, TA:) the sing. of ضَنَايأِن is ↓ ضَنِينَةٌ, of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُرلَةٌ, and meaning a thing that one specially appropriates to himself, and of which he is tenacious because of the place that it holds in his estimation. (TA.)

an inf. n. of ضَنَّ: (Msb:) or a subst. therefrom signifying Niggardliness, tenaciousness, stinginess, or avarice: (Mgh:) or vehement niggardliness &c.; as also ↓ مَضَنَّةٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also ضِنٌّ.

Courageous, brave, or strong-hearted. (K.)

Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, or avaricious, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) بِشَىْءٍ [of a thing], (S,) or بِشَىْءٍ نَفِيسٍ [of a thing held in high estimation]. (TA.) وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ, in the Kur [lxxxi. 24], as some read it, others reading بِظَنِينٍ [q. v.], is expl. by Zj as meaning, And he is not a tenacious concealer of that which has been revealed to him: and if عَن or بِ were substituted for عَلَى, it would be correct. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 1. ― -b3- And see ضِنٌّ.

an inf. of 1 [q. v.]. (S &c.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, هَجَمْتُ عَلَى القَوْمِ بِضَنَانَتِهِمْ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [I came suddenly upon the people, or party, in their close state, i. e.,] when they had not dispersed themselves. (TA.) And أَخَذْتُ الأَمْرَ بِضَنَانَتِهِ (assumed tropical:) [I took to the affair] in its fresh state. (TA.)

; and its pl. ضَنَايأِنُ: see ضِنٌّ.

: see ضِنَّةٌ. ― -b2- هٰذَا عِلْقُ مَضَنَّةٍ and مَضِنَّةٍ [the former mentioned after the latter in the S] This is a thing held in high estimation, of which one is tenacious, (S, K, TA,) and for which people vie in desire. (TA.) [See also عِرْقٌ, last sentence.]

a name of [The compound of perfumes commonly called] الغَالِيَةُ; (Ez-Zejjájee, S, K, TA;) as also ↓ المَضْنُونَةُ; (Ez-Zejjájee, S, * TA;) which latter is said by As to be a sort of perfume; and so is the former in the A: in the M the former is said to be the oil of ben: it is thus called because one is tenacious of it. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (IKh, TA,) or ↓ المَضْنُونَةُ, (K, TA,) a name of The well Zemzem. (K, TA.)

: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.