دنّق
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, (S, Mgh, TA,) verbal noun تَدْنِيقٌ, (Mgh, K,) He went to the utmost point [in his dealings &c.]: (S, K, TA:) he was minute, observant of small things, nice, or scrupulous: (Mgh:) he examined minutely into his dealings and expenses. (So according to an explanation of the act. particle n. in the TA.) Hence the saying, لَا تُدَنَّقُوا فَيُدَنَّقَ
عَلَيْكُمْ [Go not ye to the utmost point against others, for in that case the utmost point may be gone to against you]. (S, TA.) And the saying of El-Hasan, (Mgh, TA,) لَعَنَ اللّٰهُ الدَّانَقَ وَ مَنْ
دَنَّقَ, (TA,) or وَ مَنْ دَنَّقَ بِهِ, (Mgh,) [May God curse the
دانق
and him who has been minute, &c., in his dealings, or and him who has been minute, &c., therewith;] as though he meant to forbid the considering and examining a paltry or contemptible thing: (TA:) or, as some relate it, وَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ
أَحْدَثَ الدَّانَقَ [and the first who innovated the
دانَق], meaning El-Hajjáj. (Mgh.)
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Also The continuing to look at a thing; (S, K;) as also تَرْنِيقٌ: [or rather each has this signification elliptically; for] you say, دنّق إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ and رنّق [meaning He continued looking at it]. (S.) [See رَنَّقَ.] And in like manner, The looking weakly. (S, TA.) And دنّق بَصَرَهُ
He looked hard, and sharply, or intently. (JK.)
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And دنّق (tropical:) He (a man) died: (JK, TA:) or (tropical:) he was near to dying; verbal noun as above. (TA.)
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And دنّقت عَيْنُهُ, (JK, K, TA, [according to the CK دَنَقَتْ, which is wrong,]) verbal noun تَدْنِيقٌ, (S, TA,) (tropical:) His eye sank, or became depressed, in his head: (JK, S, K, TA:) or, according to Az, the more correct explanation is, the ball, or globe, of his eye became prominent, and apparent. (TA.)