ذب

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Form 1ذَبَّ عَنْهُ7 senses · 4 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarذَبٌّ

Core sense — he repelled from him, he defended him; he drove it away; it dried upgenerated

1.1he repels from, or defends, his wife, or wives, or the like—يَذُبُّ عَنْ حَرِيمِهِ

. He repelled from him; he defended him.

[See also R. Q. 1.]

1.1.1he drove away the fly, or flies—ذَبَّ الذُّبَابَ

ذَبٌّ also means driving away.

Also ذبّبهُ.

[The wild animals drive away the gnats with their tails]—الوَحْشُ تَذُبُّ البَقَّ بِأَذْنَابِهَا

1.1.2figurative · مجازa man demanding a woman in marriage came to them, and they rejected him, or turned him back—أَتَاهُمْ خَاطِبٌ فَذَبُّوهُ

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a man) was, or became, possessed; or mad, or insane—ذُبَّ

1.3he (a man) went here and there, not staying in one place—ذَبَّ

irregular, since the verb is intransitive, unless the first person is ذَبُبْتُ, like لَبُبْتُ and the like.

1.4it dried; it dried up; it became dry—ذَبَّ

his lip became dry, or lost its moisture, from thirst, or from severe thirst—ذَبَّتْ شَفَتُهُ

maṣdar ذَبٌّ, ذَبَبٌ and ذُبُوبٌ. Also ذَبَّبَتْ.

his tongue became dry—ذَبَّ لِسَانُهُ

it withered, or lost its moisture—ذَبَّ

his body became lean, or emaciated, and lost its moisture—ذَبَّ جِسْمُهُ

his colour, or complexion, became altered—ذَبَّ

Said of a plant.

Said of a pool of water left by a torrent: it dried up at the end of the hot season.

. From emaciation, hunger, travel and the like.

1.4.1

See also form 2.

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, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. ذَبُبَ , (T, M, Msb,) inf. n. ذَبٌّ , (T, S, M, Msb,) He repelled from him: he defended him. (T, S, M, Msb, K.) You say, يَذُبُّ عَنْ حَرِيمِهِ He repels from, or defends, his wife, or wives, or the like. (T, Msb.) [See also R. Q. 1.] And ذَبٌّ signifies also The act of driving away. (T, TA.) You say, ذَبَّ الذُّبَابَ , and ذبّبهُ , He drove away the fly, or flies. (M, TA.) And الوَحْشُ تَذُبُّ البَقَّ بِأَذْنَابِهَا [The wild animals drive away the gnats with their tails]. (A.) And [hence,] أَتَاهُمْ خَاطِبٌ فَذَبُّوهُ One demanding a woman in marriage came to them, and they rejected him, or turned him back. (A, TA.) ذُبَّ He (a man, TA) was, or became, possessed; or mad, or insane. (K, TA.) ذَبَّ , (M, K,) aor. ذَبُبَ , [irreg., (the verb being intrans.,) unless the first pers. be ذَبُبْتُ , like لَبُبْتُ &c.,] inf. n. ذَبٌّ , (M,) He (a man, K) went hither and thither, not remaining in one place. (M, K. *) ذَبَّ , [aor. ذَبِبَ ,] It dried; dried up; or became dry. (T.) You say, ذَبَّتْ شَفَتُهُ , (S, M, K,) aor. ذَبِبَ , inf. n. ذَبٌّ and ذَبَبٌ and ذُبُوبٌ , (M, K,) His lip became dry, (M, K,) or lost its moisture, (S,) by reason of thirst, (S, K,) or by reason of vehement thirst, (M,) &c.; (M, K;) as also ذَبَّبَتْ . (M, K.) And ذَبَّ لِسَانُهُ (S, M) in like manner [His tongue became dry &c.]. (M.) And ذَبَّ said of a plant, It withered, or lost its moisture. (S, K.) And said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It dried up in the end of the hot season. (IAar, M, K.) And ذَبَّ جِسْمُهُ His body became lean, or emaciated, (S, K, TA,) and lost its moisture. (TA.) And ذَبَّ , (T, K,) aor. ذَبِبَ , inf. n. ذَبٌّ , (T,) His colour, or complexion, became altered, by reason of emaciation or hunger or travel &c. (T, K.) See also 2.

Form 2ذبّب عَنْهُ5 senses · 3 main

maṣdarتَذْبِيبٌ

Core sense — he defended him much; he hastened in journeying; it left a remaindergenerated

2.1

He repelled from him, or defended him, much, or often.

2.1.1

ذبّب الذُّبَابَ: see form 1.

2.2

ذَبَّبَتْ شَفَتُهُ: see form 1.

2.3figurative · مجازit left something remaining—ذَبَّبَ

what it leaves is a ذُبَابَة.

the day passed leaving only a small remainder of it—ذبّب النَّهَارُ

Also ذَبَّ (so in the K, but corrected in the TA). That is, only a ذُبَابَة of the day was left.

a thrusting, or piercing, and a shooting, or casting, with energy—طَعْنٌ وَرَمْىٌ غَيْرُ تَذْبِيبٍ

[So as not to leave any force unexerted.]

2.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe strove, laboured, or exerted himself, in going, or journeying, so that he left not a ذُبَابَة—ذبّب فِى السَّيْرِ

[Also it left not a ذُبَابَة, i.e. anything remaining: so the word carries two opposite meanings.]

he hastened, made haste, or sped—ذبّب

[Or any part of his journey remaining unaccomplished.]

Synonym أَسْرَعَ. According to Et-Tebreezee this is the primary meaning, for he says that التَّذْبِيبٌ is like الطِّرَادُ [apparently meaning the act of charging, by a horse or a horseman], but the primary meaning is الإِسْرَاعُ.

our beasts became fatigued, or jaded, by journeying [during that our night]—ذَبَّبْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا

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He repelled from him, or defended him, much, or often. (S.) ذبّب الذُّبَابَ : see 1. ذَبَّبَتْ شَفَتُهُ : see 1. [ ذَبَّبَ , inf. n. تَذْبِيبٌ , also signifies It left a ذُبَابَة , i. e. somewhat remaining. Hence,] ذبّب النَّهَارُ (S, A, TA,) or ذَبَّ , (so in the K, but corrected in the TA,) The day passed so as to leave thereof only a ذُبَابَة ; (A, TA; *) i. e. (TA) the day had only a [small] remainder of it left. (S, K, TA.) And طَعْنٌ وَرَمْىٌ غَيْرُ تَذْبِيبٍ A thrusting, or piercing, and a shooting, or casting, with energy [so as not to leave any force unexerted]. (S, * A, TA.) [Also It left not a ذُبَابَة , i.e. anything remaining: thus bearing two contr. significations. Hence,] ذبّب فِى السَّيْرِ He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself, in going, or journeying, so that he left not a ذُبَابَة [or any part of his journey remaining unaccomplished]: (A, TA:) [or] ذبّب signifies he hastened, made haste, or sped; syn. أَسْرَعَ : (M:) [and, accord. to Et-Tebreezee, this is the primary signification: for he says,] التَّذْبِيبٌ is like الطِّرَادُ [app. as meaning the act of charging, by a horse or a horseman]: but the primary meaning is الإِسْرَاعُ . (Ham p. 207.) And ذَبَّبْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا , (S, K,) inf. n. تَذْبِيبٌ , (K,) Our beasts became fatigued, or jaded, by journeying [during that our night]. (S, K.)

Form R. Q. 1ذَبْذَبٌ5 senses · 4 main

maṣdarذَبْذَبَةٌ

Core sense — he made a thing dangle, or move to and fro; he defended his familygenerated

R. Q. 1.1

. He defended his neighbours and family.

[See also form 1.]

R. Q. 1.2

And he annoyed, molested, harmed, or hurt, people.

R. Q. 1.3

And he made a thing dangle, or move to and fro; and he set it in motion, or agitated it.

R. Q. 1.3.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe left him confounded, or perplexed, not knowing his right course; wavering, or going to and fro—ذَبْذَبَهُ

[Hence.] Maṣdar as above.

R. Q. 1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe wavered, or vacillated, between two affairs—تذَبْذَبَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ

ذَبْذَبَةٌ also means the dangling, or moving to and fro, of a thing suspended in the air; and تَذَبْذُبٌ the being in motion or commotion. [Or the latter has both these meanings, for] one says تَذَبْذَبَ الشَّىْءُ: the thing dangled, or moved to and fro, in the air, and was in a state of commotion or agitation.

In a tradition: فَكَأَنِّىأَنْظُرُ إِلَى يَدَيْهِ تُذَبْذِبَانِ, meaning: and it was as though I looked at his two sleeves shaking.

[Their state of affairs was, or became, fluctuating, or unsteady]—تَذَبْذَبَ أَمْرُهُمْ

Lh, in T, art. دل.

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, (T,) inf. n. ذَبْذَبَةٌ , (K,) He defended his neighbours and family. (T, K.) [See also 1.] And He annoyed, molested, harmed, or hurt, (T, K,) people. (K.) And He made a thing to dangle, or move to and fro; (L;) and made it to be in a state of motion, commotion, or agitation. (L, K. *) [Hence,] ذَبْذَبَهُ , inf. n. as above, He left him, or made him to be, confounded, or perplexed, not knowing his right course; wavering, vacillating, or going to and fro. (Msb.) ذَبْذَبَةٌ also signifies The dangling, or moving to and fro, of a thing suspended in the air: (S, M:) and تَذَبْذُبٌ the being in a state of motion or commotion: (S, L:) [or the latter has both these meanings; for] you say, تَذَبْذَبَ الشَّىْءُ the thing dangled, or moved to and fro, (M, A, L,) in the air; (A;) and was in a state of commotion or agitation. (M, L.) It is said in a trad., فَكَأَنِّىأَنْظُرُ إِلَى يَدَيْهِ تُذَبْذِبَانِ , meaning And it was as though I looked at his two sleeves in a state of commotion, or shaking. (TA.) And you say, تذَبْذَبَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ He wavered, or vacillated, between two affairs. (MA.) And تَذَبْذَبَ أَمْرُهُمْ [Their state of affairs was, or became, fluctuating, or unsteady]. (Lh, T in art. دل .)

Form R. Q. 2تَذَبْذَبَ1 sense

maṣdarتَذَبْذُبٌ

Core sense — it dangled, or moved to and fro; it was in commotiongenerated

R. Q. 2.1

. See the preceding entry, in four places.

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, inf. n. تَذَبْذُبٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, in four places.

Derived nouns 22

Nounذَبٌّ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — repelling; much in motion; the wild bullgenerated

1repelling with their tails—ذَبَّاتُ السَّبِيبِ

Repelling; feminine with ة.

A phrase used by Dhu-r-Rummeh; or it may be from the meaning that follows.

2a camel that does not, or will not, stay still in a place—ذَبٌّ

Much in motion.

Also ذَابٌّ: the former correct, and perhaps the latter also.

A poet says: [And it was as though we were, among them, camels that would not stay still in a place]

shāhid

فَكَأَنَّنَا فِيهِمْ جِمَالٌ ذَبَّةٌ

This shows that ذَبٌّ is not a maṣdar used as an adjective; if it were, he would have said جِمَالٌ ذَبٌّ.

2.1figurative · مجازthe wild bull; [a species of bovine antelope]—الذَّبُّ

Also called ذَبُّ الرِّيَادِ, so named because he goes to and fro, not staying in one place; or because he pastures going to and fro; or because his females pasture with him, going to and fro.

Called also الأَذَبُّ by poetic licence, for الذَّبُّ and الذُّنْبُبُ.

2.2figurative · مجازa man who goes and comes—ذَبُّ الرِّيَادِ

Also a man who is in the habit of visiting women.

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Repelling: fem. with ة : hence ذَبَّاتُ السَّبِيبِ , a phrase used by Dhu-r-Rummeh, meaning repelling with their tails: or this may be from the signification next following. (Ham p. 510.) Much in motion. (Ham ubi suprà.) ذَبٌّ , (M, L,) or ذَابٌّ , (K,) [the former correct, and perhaps the latter also,] applied to a camel, That does not, or will not, remain still, or motionless, in a place. (M, L, K.) A poet says, 1 [And it was as though we were, among them, camels that would not remain still in a place]: which shows that ذَبٌّ is not an inf. n. used as an epithet; for, were it so, he had said جِمَالٌ ذَبٌّ . (M, L.) فَكَأَنَّنَا فِيهِمْ جِمَالٌ ذَبَّةٌ الذَّبُّ The wild bull; [a species of bovine antelope;] also called ذَبُّ الرِّيَادِ ; (T, S, M, K;) so called because he goes to and fro, not remaining in one place; (M;) or because he pastures going to and fro; (T, S, * M;) or because his females pasture with him, going to and fro: (T:) and called also الأَذَبُّ , (T, K,) by poetic license, for الذَّبُّ ; (T;) and الذُّنْبُبُ . (K.) ذَبُّ الرِّيَادِ is also applied to A man who goes and comes. (Kr, M, TA.) And A man who is in the habit of visiting women. (AA, T, K.)

Nounذُبَابٌ12 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the common fly; the point of a sword; evil, or mischiefgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred[He is indeed more frail than the fly]—إِنَّهُ لَأَوْهَى مِنَ الذُّبَابِ

[The common fly;] the black thing that is in houses, that falls into the vessel and into food; well known. According to Ed-Demeeree it is so called because of its fluttering about, or because it returns as often as it is driven away.

Likewise applied to the bee, which is also called ذُبَابُ الغَيْثِ [the fly of the rain], or ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ [the fly of rain], because the rain is the means of producing herbage, and by herbage the bee is fed; or because it accompanies rain and lives on what the rain causes to grow.

[According to some it is a collective generic noun, and] the ism waḥda is ذُبَابَةٌ. One should not say ذِبَّانَةٌ [as the vulgar do today]; or one should not say ذُبَابَةٌ, though El-Ahmar and Ks are related to have used this word [as meaning a kind of fly], for ذُبَابٌ is properly a singular, and is used as such in the Qur'ān 22:72.

The plural of paucity is أَذِبَّهٌ, and of multitude ذِبَّانٌ and ذُبٌّ, the last mentioned by Sb, according to the dialect of Temeem.

[He is more contemptible to me than the buzzing of the fly]—هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَىَّ مِنْ طَنِينِ الذُّبَابِ

[The refuge of the fly]—مَنْجَى الذُّبَابِ

A proverb, applied to one who is protected by his own lowliness; there written مَنْجَا, and in two places منجأ.

[The father of the fly]—أَبُو الذُّبَابِ

An appellation meaning one who has stinking breath; and some say أَبُو الذِّبَّانِ [the father of the flies]. It is applied especially to 'Abd-El-Melik Ibn-Marwán, whence the sayings أَبْخَرُ مِنْ أَبِى الذُّبَابِ and أَبِى الذِّبَّانِ [More stinking in breath than Abu-dh-Dhubáb and Abu-dh-Dhibbán].

Qur’ān 22:71 approximate — somewhere between 22:36 and 22:78 Lane cites “Kur xxii. 72”

Qur’ān 22:73 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ

O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom, besides Allah, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together for the purpose! and if the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition and those whom they petition!Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1figurative · مجاز[Evil, or mischief, befell me]—أَصَابَنِى ذُبَابٌ

evil, or mischief, fell upon such a one from such a one—أَصَابَ فُلَانًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ ذُبَابٌ لَاذِعٌ

Literally: a hurting fly fell upon him.

[Continual evil has befallen you from this thing, or event]—أَصَابَكَ ذُبَابٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ

Or continual evil.

[Her, or its, or their, evil is a continual evil]—شَرُّهَا ذُبَابٌ

on this sense [Hence,] evil, or mischief; annoyance, or harm.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthis is ill luck—ذُبَابٌ

Fr relates that the Prophet saw a man with long hair and said this.

[An unlucky man]—رَجُلٌ ذُبَابِىٌّ

on this sense Ill luck.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Plague, or pestilence.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

Diabolical possession; or madness, or insanity.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferred[A man stuffed with ignorance]—رَجُلٌ مَحْشِىٌّ الذُّبَابِ

Ignorance.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred[He is dearer to me than the apple of the eye]—هُوَ أَعَزُّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ ذُبَابِ العَيْنِ

The إِنْسَان [as meaning the pupil, or apple] of the eye.

ISd says: I think it is so called as being likened to the ذُبَاب [properly so called, i.e. the fly].

الذُّبَابُ also means a black speck, or spot, in the interior of the حَدَقَة [or dark part] of the eye of a horse. The plural is as above.

1.7figurative · مجازthe point, or extremity, of the sword, the part with which one strikes—ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ

Also ذُبَابَةٌ السَّيْفِ.

That is, the حَدّ or طَرَف of the sword [each apparently meaning here the point, or extremity, though the former also means the edge].

Or its extremity with which one is pierced, or transpierced; and the حَدّ [here meaning edge] with which one strikes is called its غِرَار (En-Nadr), or its tapering, or pointed, extremity, explained by طَرَفُهُ المُتَطَرِّفُ; or the point of its extremity, which is between its شَفْرَتَانِ.

The parts of its two edges that are on either side of it are its ظُبَتَانِ; the ridge in the middle of it, on the inner and outer sides, is called the عَيْر; and each has what are termed غِرَارَانِ, which are the part between the عَيْر; and each one of the ظُبَتَانِ is on the outer side of the sword, with the corresponding portion of the inner side, each of the غِرَارَانِ being on the inner side of the sword and its outer side.

[The knot, or tail, at the end of the whip is followed by the point of the sword]—ثَمَرَةُ السَّوْطِ يَتْبَعُهَا ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ

That is, whipping, if it does not bring about the desired correction, is followed by slaughter.

on this sense [The swords of the Arabs, in older times, were generally straight, two-edged, and tapering to a point; and so are many of them today, a little wider towards the point than towards the hilt.]

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredthe point, or extremity, or edge, of anything—ذُبَابٌ

[Hence.] That is, the حَدّ of it. A 'Obeyd.

1.9figurative · مجاز

The pointed, or sharp, part of the extremity of the ear (A 'Obeyd), of a horse (A 'Obeyd), and of a man.

1.10figurative · مجاز — inferred

The sharp edge of the teeth of camels.

1.11figurative · مجاز — inferred

And the part that first comes out of the flower of the حِنَّآء

Qur’ānic occurrences ذُبَاب

22:73

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[The common fly;] the black thing that is in houses, that falls into the vessel and into food; (M;) well known: (S, K:) so called, accord. to Ed-Demeeree, because of its fluttering about, or because it returns as often as it is driven away: (TA:) and likewise applied to the bee; (M, K;) which is also called ذُبَابُ الغَيْثِ [the fly of the rain], (IAth, TA,) or ذُبَابُ غَيْثٍ [the fly of rain]; because the rain is the means of producing herbage, and by herbage it is fed; (Mgh;) or because it accompanies rain, and lives upon that which the rain causes to grow: (IAth, TA:) [accord. to some, it is a coll. gen. n.; and] the n. un. is ذُبَابَةٌ : (S, Msb, K:) one should not say ذِبَّانَةٌ [as the vulgar do in the present day]: (S:) or one should not say ذُبَابَةٌ , though El-Ahmar and Ks are related to have used this word [as meaning a kind of fly]; for ذُبَابٌ is a sing. [properly speaking], and is used as such in the Kur xxii. 72: (M:) the pl. (of pauc., S, Msb) is أَذِبَّهٌ and (of mult., S, Msb) ذِبَّانٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and ذُبٌّ , (M, K,) the last mentioned by Sb, accord. to the dial. of Temeem. (M.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَأَوْهَى مِنَ الذُّبَابِ [Verily he is more frail than the fly]. (A.) And هُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَىَّ مِنْ طَنِينِ الذُّبَابِ [He is more contemptible to me than the buzzing of the fly]. (A.) مَنْجَى الذُّبَابِ [The refuge of the fly] is a prov., applied to him who is protected by his ignobleness. (Har p. 332: there written مَنْجَا ; and in two places, منجأ .) And أَبُو الذُّبَابِ [The father of the fly] is an appellation used as meaning He who has stinking breath; and some say أَبُو الذِّبَّانِ [the father of the flies]: (M, TA:) and is especially applied to 'Abd-El-Melik Ibn-Marwán: (M, A, TA:) whence the saying, أَبْخَرُ مِنْ أَبِى الذُّبَابِ (A, TA) and أَبِى الذِّبَّانِ (TA) [More stinking in breath than Abu-dh-Dhubáb and Abu-dh-Dhibbán]. [Hence,] Evil, or mischief; (A, K;) and annoyance, or harm; as in the saying, أَصَابَنِى ذُبَابٌ [Evil, &c., befell me]; (A;) and أَصَابَ فُلَانًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ ذُبَابٌ لَاذِعٌ Evil, or mischief, [lit. a hurting fly] fell upon such a one from such a one: (T:) or continual evil, as in the saying, أَصَابَكَ ذُبَابٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [Continual evil hath befallen thee from this thing, or event]; and شَرُّهَا ذُبَابٌ [Her, or its, or their, evil is a continual evil]. (TA.) Ill luck. (T, K.) Fr relates that the Prophet saw a man with long hair; and said ذُبَابٌ , meaning This is ill luck: and hence, رَجُلٌ ذُبَابِىٌّ [An unlucky man]. (T.) Plague, or pestilence. (TA.) Diabolical possession; or madness, or insanity. (K.) Ignorance: so in the phrase رَجُلٌ مَحْشِىٌّ الذُّبَابِ [A man stuffed with ignorance]. (M.) The إِنْسَان [as meaning the pupil, or apple,] of the eye: (AZ, T, S, M, A, K:) so in the saying, هُوَ أَعَزُّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ ذُبَابِ العَيْنِ [He is dearer to me than the apple of the eye]: (A:) [ISd says,] I think it to be so termed as being likened to the ذُبَاب [properly so called; i.e. the fly]. (M.) And الذُّبَابُ also signifies A black speck, or spot, in the interior of the حَدَقَة [or dark part] of the eye of the horse. (M, K.) The pl. is as above. (M.) ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ (T, S, M, A, Msb, K) and ذُبَابَةٌ السَّيْفِ (TA) The حَدّ , (M, K,) or طَرَف , (S, Msb,) [each app. here meaning the point, or extremity, though the former also means the edge,] of the sword, (S, M, Msb, K,) which is the part wherewith one strikes: (S, Msb:) or its extremity with which one is pierced, or transpierced; and the حَدّ [here meaning edge] with which one strikes is called its غِرَار : (En-Nadr, T:) or its tapering, or pointed, extremity; expl. by طَرَفُهُ المُتَطَرِّفُ : (M, K:) or the point ( حَدّ ) of its extremity (M, A) which is between its شَفْرَتَانِ : (M:) the parts of its two edges that are on either side of it are its ظُبَتَانِ : the ridge in the middle of it, on the inner and outer sides, is called the عَيْر ; and each has what are termed غِرَارَانِ , which are the part between the عَيْر and each one of the ظُبَتَانِ on the outer side of the sword and the corresponding portion of the inner side, each of the غِرَارَانِ being on the inner side of the sword and its outer side. (AZ, T, TA.) [The swords of the Arabs, in the older times, were generally straight, twoedged, and tapering to a point; and so are many of them in the present day; a little wider towards the point than towards the hilt.] Hence the saying, ثَمَرَةُ السَّوْطِ يَتْبَعُهَا ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ [The knot, or tail, at the end of the whip is followed by the point of the sword; i. e., whipping (if it effect not the desired correction) is followed by slaughter]. (A.) [Hence,] ذُبَابٌ signifies likewise The حَدّ [or point, or extremity, or edge,] of anything. (A 'Obeyd, T.) The pointed, or sharp, part of the extremity of the ear (A 'Obeyd, M, K) of a horse (A 'Obeyd, M) and of a man. (M.) The sharp edge of the teeth of camels. (S, TA.) And The part that first comes forth of the flower of the حِنَّآء (M, K.)

Nounذُبَابَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a single fly; a remainder, or remains, of a thinggenerated

See the preceding entry, first sentence, in two places.

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And see another sentence, in the latter half of the same entry.

1.2figurative · مجازthe camels returned from the water with something remaining of their thirst—صَدَرَتِ الإِبِلُ وَبِهَا ذُبَابَةٌ

A remainder, or remains, of a thing — of the water of wells, of thirst, of hunger, of a debt and the like, and of the day, or, as some say, of anything; or of a thing that is sound, or valid, or substantial.

Distinguished from دُنَانَةٌ, which is a remainder, or remains, of a thing that is weak, or frail, and perishing, and particularly of a debt or a promise; so in art. ذن.

Plural ذُبَابَاتٌ.

Or بِهَا ذُبَابَةٌ مِنْ ظَمَأٍ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

And the plural ذُبَابَاتٌ also means small mountains: so says El-Andalusee.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence, in two places: and see another sentence, in the latter half of the same paragraph. A remainder, or remains, (T, S, M, A, * Msb, K,) of a thing, (T, Msb,) of the waters of wells, (T,) or of thirst, (M, A,) and of hunger, (A,) and of a debt, (S, M, K,) and the like, (S,) and of the day, (A,) or, as some say, of anything; (M;) or of a thing that is sound, or valid, or substantial; distinguished from دُنَانَةٌ , which signifies a remainder, or remains, of a thing that is weak, or frail, and perishing, and particularly of a debt, or of a promise: (S and L in art. ذن :) pl. ذُبَابَاتٌ . (T, S, Msb.) You say, صَدَرَتِ الإِبِلُ وَبِهَا ذُبَابَةٌ , (M,) or بِهَا ذُبَابَةٌ مِنْ ظَمَأٍ (A,) i. e. [The camels returned from water having in them] somewhat remaining of thirst. (M.) And the pl. ذُبَابَاتٌ also signifies Small mountains: so says El-Andalusee. (MF.)

Nounذُبَابِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — of, or relating to, the flygenerated

See ذُبَابٌ.

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Nounذَبَّابٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — one who defends his wife, or family, with energygenerated

A man who repels from, or defends, with energy, his wife, or wives, or the like; also مِذَبٌّ.

1.1figurative · مجازa sultry day in which the wild animals are infested by many gnats and drive them away with their tails—يِوْمٌ ذَبَّابٌ

[Hence.] The act is thus attributed to the day.

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A man who repels from, or defends, with energy, his wife, or wives, or the like; as also مِذَبٌّ . (M, K.) [Hence,] يِوْمٌ ذَبَّابٌ A sultry day in which the wild animals are infested by numerous gnats, and drive them away with their tails: the act being thus attributed to the day. (A.) See also what next follows.

Nounشَفَةٌ ذَبَّانَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a lip that has become drygenerated

A lip that has become dry, or has lost its moisture.

The latter word is of the measure فَعْلَانَةٌ; in some copies of the K wrongly written ذَبَّابَةٌ [and so in the TT as from the M].

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, the latter word of the measure فَعْلَانَةٌ , in some of the copies of the K erroneously written ذَبَّابَةٌ , (TA,) [and so in the TT as from the M,] A lip that has become dry, or has lost its moisture. (M, K, TA.)

Nounذَبْذَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — the penis; the tonguegenerated

The penis, as some say; also ذَبْذَبَةٌ and ذَبَاذِبُ, the last of which is not a plural, though of a plural measure. So called because of its motion to and fro.

Also the tongue; or ذَبْذَبَةٌ has this latter meaning.

ذَبَاذِبُ means the genitals; or, as some say, the testicles, one of which is termed ذَبْذَبَةٌ.

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The penis, (T, * S, M, A, K,) as some say; (M;) as also ذَبْذَبَةٌ and ذَبَاذِبُ , which last is not a pl., (K,) though of a pl. measure; (TA;) so called because of the motion thereof, to and fro: (TA:) and the tongue: (M, A:) or ذَبْذَبَةٌ has this latter meaning: (K:) and ذَبَاذِبُ signifies the genitals; or, as some say, the testicles; (M;) one of which is termed ذَبْذَبَةٌ . (M, K.)

Nounذُبْذُبٌ1 sense

Core sense — the penisgenerated

See ذَبَاذِبُ.

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: see ذَبَاذِبُ .

Nounذِبْذِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — the penisgenerated

See ذَبَاذِبُ in two places.

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: see ذَبَاذِبُ , in two places.

Nounذَبْذَبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dangling, or moving to and fro; commotion, agitationgenerated

See ذَبْذَبٌ in three places.

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And see also ذَبَاذِبُ.

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: see ذَبْذَبٌ , in three places: and see also ذَبَاذِبُ .

Nounذَبَاذِبُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — tassels hung for ornament; the fringes and edges of a garmentgenerated

Certain things that are hung to the women's camel-vehicle called هَوْدَج, or to the head of a camel, for ornament; [i.e. tassels, or pendant tufts of wool, or shreds of woollen cloth, of various colours; see رَعَثٌ]; also ذَبْذَبَةٌ.

The singular of the former is ذِبْذِبٌ, or ذُبْذُبٌ, with damm.

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And the fringes, and edges, of a garment of the kind called بُرْدَة, because of their motion upon the wearer when he walks. Singular ذِبْذِبٌ.

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See also ذَبْذَبٌ in two places.

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Certain things that are hung to the [women's camel-vehicle called] هَوْدَج , (S, M, K,) or to the head of a camel, (M,) for ornament; [i. e. tassels, or pendant tufts of wool, or shreds of woollen cloth, of various colours; (see رَعَثٌ ;)] as also ذَبْذَبَةٌ : (M, K:) the sing. of the former is ذِبْذِبٌ , (T,) or ذُبْذُبٌ , with damm. (TA.) And The fringes, and edges, of a [garment of the kind called] بُرْدَة ; because of their motion upon the wearer when he walks: sing. ذِبْذِبٌ . (TA from a trad.) See also ذَبْذَبٌ , in two places.

Nounذَابٌّ1 sense

Core sense — repelling, defendinggenerated

See ذَبٌّ.

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: see ذَبٌّ .

Nounالذُّنْبُبُ1 sense

Core sense — the point, or extremity, of a swordgenerated

See ذَبٌّ.

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: see ذَبٌّ .

Nounأَذَبُّ4 senses

Core sense — the tush, or canine tooth, of the camel; tall, or longgenerated

See مَذْبُوبٌ

And ذَبٌّ.

Also the tush, or canine tooth, of the camel.

And tall, or long; synonym طَوِيلٌ.

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: see مَذْبُوبٌ : and ذَبٌّ . Also The tush, or canine tooth, of the camel. (T, K.) And Tall, or long; syn. طَوِيلٌ . (K.)

Nounمِذَبٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who defends with energygenerated

See ذَبَّابٌ.

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Nounأَرْضٌ مَذَبَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a land abounding with fliesgenerated

1a land containing, or abounding with, flies—مَذْبُوبَةٌ

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(S, M, K) and مَذْبُوبَةٌ (Fr, S, K) A land containing, (S,) or abounding with, (M, K,) flies. (S, M, K.)

Nounمِذَبَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a fly-whisk, a thing with which flies are driven awaygenerated

1figurative · مجاز[Their tails are their fly-whisks]—أَذْنَابُهَا مَذَابُّهَا

A thing with which one drives away flies; a fly-whisk made of horse-hairs. [Plural مَذَابٌ.]

Said of wild animals.

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A thing with which one drives away flies; (S, M, K; *) a fly-whisk made of horse-hairs: (T:) [pl. مَذَابٌ whence,] one says of wild-animals, أَذْنَابُهَا مَذَابُّهَا [Their tails are their fly-whisks]. (A.)

Nounمُذَبِّبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a rider hastening on apart from others; a quick journeygenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A rider hastening, or making haste, apart from others; or one striving, labouring, or exerting himself, in going, or journeying, so as to leave not a ذُبَابَة [or any part of his journey remaining unaccomplished].

It is also applied to a [wild] bull.

In this saying: [A month's journey to the hastening camel]

shāhid

مَسِيرَةٌشَهْرٍ لِلْبَعِيرِ المُذَبْذِبِ

, or [to the hastening messenger] لِلْبَرِيدِ المُذَبْذِبِ, by المذبذب is meant المُذَبِّب.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey will not reach the water except by a quick night-journey to it—لَا يَنَالُونَ المَآءِ إِلَّا بِقَرَبٍ مُذَبِّبٍ

[A journey in which the camels are watered only on the first and fifth days]—خِمْسٌ مُذَبِّبٌ

In which there is no flagging, or languor.

on this sense [A quick journey; or one in which there is no flagging, or languor.]

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred[An interval between two waterings] of long duration, in which one journeys from afar and in haste—ظِمْءٌ مُذَبِّبٌ

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A rider hastening, or making haste, (T, S, M, K,) apart from others: (S, M, K:) or striving, labouring, toiling, or exerting himself, in going, or journeying, so as to leave not a ذُبَابَة [or any part of his journey remaining unaccomplished]. (A.) And it is also applied to a [wild] bull. (A.) In the following saying, 1 [A month's journey to the hastening camel], (M,) or لِلْبَرِيدِ المُذَبْذِبِ [to the hastening messenger], (TA,) by المذبذب is meant المُذَبِّب . (M, TA.) مَسِيرَةٌشَهْرٍ لِلْبَعِيرِ المُذَبْذِبِ [ A quick journey: or one in which is no flagging, or langour.] You say, لَا يَنَالُونَ المَآءِ إِلَّا بِقَرَبٍ مُذَبِّبٍ , i. e. [They will not reach the water but by a] quick [night-journey thereto]. (S.) And خِمْسٌ مُذَبِّبٌ [A journey in which the camels are watered only on the first and fifth days] in which is no flagging, or langour. (T.) ظِمْءٌ مُذَبِّبٌ [An interval between two water-ings] of long duration, in which one journeys from afar (T, S, M, K) and with haste. (T, S, K.)

Nounمَذْبُوبٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a camel attacked by flies; possessed, or madgenerated

A camel attacked by flies (A 'Obeyd) that enter his nostrils, so that his neck becomes twisted and he dies; also أَذَبُّ.

Or both mean one that, coming to a cultivated region, finds it unwholesome to him and dies there; and the former, a horse into whose nostril the fly has entered.

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See also أَرْضٌ مَذَبَّةٌ above.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also possessed; or mad, or insane.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

And, according to the Abridgment of the 'Eyn, foolish; stupid; or unsound, dull, or deficient, in intellect. [In one copy of the S written ذَبُوبٌ, and in other copies omitted.]

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A camel attacked by flies, (A 'Obeyd, S, M,) that enter his nostrils, (S,) so that his neck becomes twisted, and he dies; as also أَذَبُّ : or both signify one that, coming to a cultivated region, finds it unwholesome to him, and dies there: (M:) and the former, a horse into whose nostril the fly has entered. (A.) See also أَرْضٌ مَذَبَّةٌ , above. Also Possessed; or mad, or insane. (K.) And, accord. to the Abridgment of the 'Eyn, [in a copy of the S written ذَبُوبٌ , and in other copies thereof omitted,] Foolish; stupid; or unsound, dull, or deficient, in intellect. (TA.)

Nounمُذَبْذَبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — driven away, repelled; wavering between two thingsgenerated

1[Marry, or you will be of] those driven away—تَزَوَّجْ وَإِلَّا فَأَنْتَ مِنَ المُذَبْذَبِينَ

Driven away; or driven away, or repelled, much.

In a tradition. That is, driven away from the believers because you have not imitated them, and from the monks because you have forsaken their institutes; from الذَّبُّ, the act of driving away; or, according to IAth, it may be from the meaning of motion and agitation.

much driven away, or much repelled, from these and from those—مُذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ

In the Qur'ān 4:142; or this is an example of the meaning that follows.

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A man wavering, or vacillating, between two things, or affairs, or between two men, not attaching himself steadily to either; مُذَبْذِبٌ means the same, as does مُتَذَبْذِبٌ.

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Driven away: (TA:) or driven away, or repelled, much. (T, TA.) It is said in a trad., تَزَوَّجْ وَإِلَّا فَأَنْتَ مِنَ المُذَبْذَبِينَ , i. e. [Marry, or thou wilt be of] those driven away from the believers because thou hast not imitated them, and from the monks because thou hast forsaken their institutes: from الذَّبُّ “ the act of driving away: ” or, accord. to IAth, it may be from the signification of “ motion and agitation. ” (TA.) And it is said in the Kur [iv. 142], مُذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ , meaning Much driven away, or much repelled, from these and from those: (T, TA:) or this is an ex. of the meaning next following. (S, M.) A man (M, K) wavering, or vacillating, between two things, or affairs; (T, S, M, K;) or between two men, not attaching himself steadily to either; (T;) and مُذَبْذِبٌ signifies the same; (K;) as also مُتَذَبْذِبٌ . (M.)

Nounمُذَبْذِبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wavering, vacillating between two thingsgenerated

See what precedes.

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And see also مُذَبِّبٌ.

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Nounمُتَذَبْذِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — wavering, vacillating, moving to and frogenerated

See مُذَبْذَبٌ, last sentence.

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: see مُذَبْذَبٌ , last sentence.