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kl dkn adv. how much more/less
how much more/less
JBA, LJLA
BT Ned 49b(13)↗ דייס׳ באצבעתי̇ה̇ בסים וכל דכן בתרתי וכל דכן בתלת‏ : a d'-dish (eaten) with one's finger is pleasing, how much more with two, and how much more so with three ; PJ Deut23:1↗ לא יסב גבר ית איתתא דאניס או דשרגיג אבוי כל דכן איתת אבוי‏ : a man must not marry a woman that his father raped or seduced, all the more so his father's wife
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(logic) as subst.: argument a fortiori
JBA
BT Yom 42a(23)↗ ולאו כל דכן הוא, קדשי בדק הבית בעו כהנה, קדשי מזבח מיבעיא‏ : is it not an argument a fortiori? if a priest is needed for the sanctification of the whole temple, surely it is needed just for the altar
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