ضنأة

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This word isn't in Hans Wehr — but it's in Lane's Lexicon

ضنأة doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has an entry for it. Select the entry below for the full classical Arabic definition.

ضُنْأَةٌ

ضُنْأَةٌ ذ (M, O, K) and (O, K) Necessity, need, or want; or difficulty, or distress; (ضَارُورَةٌ, M, O, or ضَرُورَةٌ, K; [both meaning the same;]) that befalls a man: (O:) so in the saying قَعَدَ مَقْعَدَ ضُنْأَة (M, K)…

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