د و نd-w-n
— no verb from this root occurs in the Quran. The lexicographers say the basic sense is lowness and nearness.
دُوْنdūn: a noun of time or place (ẓarf), meaning "besides, other than, short of, below"; it always occurs as an annexed noun (muḍāf), and "مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِmin dūni al-lāh" is an extremely frequent Quranic construction meaning "to the exclusion of Allah". 144 times in the Quran: ﴿وَادْعُوْا شُهَدَآءَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:23); ﴿وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُوْنَ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:48)
Form II (tafʿīl) دَوَّنَ يُدَوِّنُ تَدْوِيْنًاdawwana yudawwinu tadwīnan: to collect scattered material and write it down; to compile in book form (this verb is not used in the Quran).