(ن) دَنَا يَدْنُوْ دُنُوًّاdanā yadnū dunuwwan: to be near. ﴿ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰى﴾ (An-Najm 53:8); (س) دَنِيَ يَدْنٰى دَنَاءَةًdaniya yadnā danāʾatan: to be base, to be mean.
دَانٍdān (original form دَانِوٌdāniw / دَانِيٌdāniy), feminine دَانِيَةٌdāniyah (active participle, ism fāʿil): drawing near, hanging low. ﴿قُطُوْفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ﴾ (Al-Ḥāqqah 69:23); ﴿وَجَنَي الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ﴾ (Ar-Raḥmān 55:54)
اَدْنٰىadnā (elative, ism tafḍīl, like اَكْبَرakbar): nearer; lower, inferior. ﴿وَلَنُذِيْقَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الْاَدْنٰى﴾ (As-Sajdah 32:21); ﴿اَتَسْتَبْدِلُوْنَ الَّذِيْ هُوَ اَدْنٰى بِالَّذِيْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:61)
دُنْيَاdunyā (feminine اَدْنٰىadnā): the nearer life, this world. ﴿وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَآ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُوْرِ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:185)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَدْنٰى يُدْنِيْ اِدْنَاءًadnā yudnī idnāʾan: to bring near, to let hang down. ﴿يُدْنِيْنَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ جَلَابِيْبِهِنَّ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:59)