ض ا نḍ-ʾ-n
(ف) ضَاَنَ يَضْاَنُ ضَاْنًاḍaʾana yaḍʾanu ḍānan: to separate the sheep from the goats (this verb is not used in the Quran).
ضَأْنḍaʾn (generic noun, ism jins; singular, wāḥidah, ضَائِنَةḍāʾinah, pl. ضَئِيْنḍaʾīn): sheep (wool-bearing), the opposite of مَعْزmaʿz (goat). Only once in the Quran, and that in refutation of the self-made prohibitions of the Arab polytheists: ﴿ثَمَانِيَةَ أَزْوَاجٍ مِّنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:143).