دَانِقٌ

Foolish; stupid; having little, or no, intellect, or understanding: (K:) and so دَايءِقٌ. (TA.)

(tropical:) A thief. (JK, Ibn-'Abbád, K, TA.)

Emaciated and falling down, or emaciated and tottering; explained by مَهْزُولٌ سَاقِطٌ: (AA, S, K:) or falling down, or tottering, (سَاقِطٌ,) by reason of emaciation: (JK:) applied to a man (AA, K) and to a she-camel. (K.)

Having a constant, or chronic, disease, and oppressed thereby so as to be at the point of death. (AA, TA.)

Also, and دَانَقَ, (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) the former, according to some, the more chaste, arabicized [from the Pers. دَانْك or دَانَك], (Msb,) and دَانَاقٌ, (JK, S, K,) like as they said دِرْهَمٌ and دِرْهَامٌ, (S,) [but دَانَاقٌ seems to have been disallowed by Sb, either as unused or as post-classical,] The sixth part of a dirhem (or drachm); (S, Msb, K;) [i. e.] two carats; (Mgh;) [i. e.] two grains of the خُرْنُوب [or carob], with the ancient Greeks, for the dirhem with them was twelve grains of the خرنوب; but the دانق of the Muslims is two grains of the خرنوب and two thirds of a grain of the خرنوب, for the dirhem of the Muslims is sixteen grains of the خرنوب: (Msb:) and the sixth part of the deenár: (TA: [but this I find nowhere else: see دِينَارٌ: and see also رِطْلٌ:]) the plural of دانق is دَوَانِقُ and دَوَانِيقُ; (Mgh, TA;) the former is said by Az to be plural of دَانِقٌ; and the latter, of دَانَقٌ; and it is said that every plural of the measure فَوَاعِلُ or مَفَاعِلُ may be lengthened with ى so that one may say فَوَاعِيلُ and مَفَاعِيلُ: (Msb:) or, according to Sb, دَوَانِيقُ is plural of دَانَاقٌ, though this be not in their speech. (TA.) [Also A small silver coin, the sixth part of the coin called دِرْهَم.] The diminutive is دُوَيْنِيقٌ. (TA.)