ضنك1 ضَنُكَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. ضَنْكٌ and ضَنَاكَةٌ and ضُنُوكَةٌ, (O, K,) the first and third of these, (O,) or the first and second, (TA,) accord. to IDrd, used in relation to a place, and the second and third in relation to life, or sustenance, or means of subsistence, (O, TA,) It was, or became, narrow, or strait. (O, K, TA.) b2:  And ضَنُكَ said of a man, inf. n. ضَنَاكَةٌ, He was, or became, weak in his judgment, and in his body, and in his soul, and in his intellect. (K.) b3:  And ضَنُكَ السَّحَابُ The clouds became thick, collected together, and dense. (O, TA.) A2:  ضُنِكَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose. (K.) 4 اضنكهُ He (God) caused him to be affected with a coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose. (TA.) ضَنْكٌ an inf. n. of ضَنُكَ: (O, K:) its primary signification is Narrowness, or straitness, and hardship. (Aboo-Is-hák, TA.) b2:  And Narrow, or strait; syn. ضَيِّقٌ; (S, M, O, K; [in the CK, and in a copy of the S, ضِيق, which is also a correct explanation, as shown above; but not what is here meant, as appears from what follows;]) applied to anything, (M, K,) masc. and fem., (M, K, and Bd in xx. 123,) being an inf. n. used as an epithet. (Bd ibid.) [Like the Pers\. تَنْگ.] One says مَكَانٌ ضَنْكٌ A narrow, or strait, place. (IDrd, O, TA.) And عَيْشٌ ضَنْكٌ A strait life; or strait sustenance, or means of subsistence; (IDrd, O, TA;) as also ↓ عَيْشٌ ضَنِيكٌ: (AA, O, K, TA:) and thus مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا in the Kur xx. 123; where some read ↓ ضَنْكَى, like سَكْرَى: (Bd:) or this means such as is unlawful; (O, TA;) every life that is unlawful being termed ضَنْكٌ, accord. to Lth, even though it be ample: (O, TA: *) Aboo-Is-hák thinks it to mean [subsistence] in the fire of Hell: but says that most explain this phrase in the Kur as meaning the punishment of the grave: (TA:) thus it means accord. to Ibn-Mes'ood: (O:) or, accord. to Katádeh, Hell: (O, TA:) or, accord. to Ed-Dahhák, forbidden gain: (TA:) or, as some say, الضَّرِيعُ [q. v.], and الزَّكُّومُ [q. v.]. (Bd.) ضُنْكَةٌ: see ضُنَاكٌ.ضَنْكَى: see ضَنْكٌ.ضَنَاكٌ: see ضِنَاكٌ.ضُنَاكٌ A coryza, or defluxion from the head and nose; syn. زُكَامٌ; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ ضُنْكَةٌ. (K.) ضِنَاكٌ; (O, K, &c.;) accord. to El-Fárábee, (O, TA,) and J [in the S], (TA,) ↓ ضَنَاكٌ; but accord. to others, with kesr, and this is the right; (O, TA;) Compact in flesh; applied to a woman: (El-Fárábee, S, O:) or plump, and compact in flesh; so applied: (Lth, TA:) or heavy in the hinder part, (K, TA,) and large in body; (TA;) so applied: (K, * TA:) or having much flesh; applied to a male and to a female, without ة: (IAth, TA:) and firm in make, and strong; applied to a male and to a female; (K, TA;) of human beings, and of camels, and in like manner of palm-trees and of trees in general: (TA:) and, applied to a she-camel, thick in the hinder part: (TA:) and [large; applied to trees (شَجَرٌ): or] large trees. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ضَنِيكٌ: see ضَنْكٌ. b2:  Also Weak in his body, and in his intellect, (Az, O, K,) and in his judgment, and in his soul. (K,) b3:  And A servant who works for his bread. (Az, O, K.) b4:  and i. q. مَقْطُوعٌ [Cut off; &c.]. (AA, O, K.) ضُنْأَكٌ Hard, and firm and compact in flesh; (Lh, O, K;) applied to a man; (Lh, O;) as also ضَنْأَكٌ: (K:) fem. ضُنْأَكَةٌ; (Lh, O, K;) applied to a woman. (Lh, O.) And, applied to a she-camel, Great, (K, TA,) and compact in make: (TA:) as also with ة. (K.) مُضْنَكٌ, (TA,) or ↓ مُتَضَنِّكٌ, (O,) Affected with a constant, or chronic, pervading disease; or emaciated by disease so as to be at the point of death. (O, TA.) مَضْنُوكٌ Affected with the malady termed ضُنَاك [q. v.]. (S, O,) مُتَضَنِّكٌ: see مُضْنَكٌ.