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Form 1ذُبَحَ8 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarذَبْحٌ

Core sense — he slaughtered an animal; he slit it open; he killed himgenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe (a perfumer) ripped open the follicle of musk and took out the musk in it—ذَبَحَ فَأْرَةَ المِسْكَ

maṣdar ذَبْحٌ and ذُبَاحٌ.

He cut, or divided, lengthwise; he clave, split, slit, or ripped open. According to Fei, this is the primary meaning. [But see what follows.]

[In the A and TA this is said to be figurative; the authors evidently holding it to be from ذَبَحَ in the sense next following.]

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe slaughtered, or sacrificed, for him, by way of expiation—ذَبَحَ عَنْهُ

He slaughtered [for food, or sacrificed,] an animal, a sheep or goat, or an ox or a cow, and the like, in the manner prescribed by the law, that is, by cutting the وَدَجَانِ [the two external jugular veins], or by cutting the throat from beneath, at the part next the head.

According to the K, this is the same as نَحَرَ; but correctly, الذَّبْحُ is in the throat, while النَّحْرُ is in the pit above the breast, between the collar-bones, where camels are stabbed. The latter word is used of camels and of bulls and cows, the former of other animals. Or, quite possibly, both originally meant causing the soul to depart by wounding the throat or the pit above the breast, which is the stabbing-place of the camel, and were then given special and different meanings by the lawyers. [See also ذَكَاةٌ in art. ذكو.]

they slaughtered, or slew, one another—ذَبَحَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا
the sons of such a one slaughtered, or slew, them—أَخَذَهُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ بِالذُّبَاحِ
he slaughtered, or slew, many—ذبّح

Also: he slaughtered, or slew, in any manner.

Maṣdar تَذْبِيحٌ. It has the same meaning as ذَبَحَ, except that it applies only to many objects, whereas the latter applies to few and to many.

they slaughtering, or slaying, your sons—يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ

So in the Qurʾān 2:46, and likewise in 14:6, according to the reading commonly current. This is Aboo-Is-hák's statement.

1.1.2figurative · مجازwhoever is made a Qādee among the people is as though he were slaughtered without a knife—مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَكَأَنَّمَا ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ

Hence: he killed; because الذَّبْحُ [in its proper sense, when the object is an animal,] is one of the quickest ways of killing.

Said in a tradition cautioning against accepting the office of Qādee; explained by some as meaning he is as though he were killed.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز

Hence, because الذَّبْحُ renders the flesh of an animal allowable, or lawful, as food:

It rendered allowable, or lawful: as salt and the sun and the fish called نِينَان (plural of نُونٌ) do to wine, by changing its quality, as is said in a tradition.

1.1.4figurative · مجازhe broached, or pierced, a wine-jar, so as to draw out its contents—دَنّ

By making a hole in the mouth, or by removing the clay that closed the mouth.

1.1.5figurative · مجازweeping choked him—ذَبَحَتْهُ العَبْرَةُ

And: he, or it, choked.

1.1.6figurative · مجاز

Said of thirst: it affected him severely, or distressed him.

1.1.7figurative · مجازthe beard flowed down beneath the chin of such a one, so that the front part beneath his lower jaw was visible—ذَبَحَتِ اللِّحْيَةُ فُلَانًا

In that case the man is said to be مَذْبُوحٌ بِلِحْيَتِهِ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:67
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

And remember Moses said to his people: "Allah commands that ye sacrifice a heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?" He said: "Allah save me from being an ignorant (fool)!"

2:71
قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

He said: "He says: A heifer not trained to till the soil or water the fields; sound and without blemish." They said: "Now hast thou brought the truth." Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not with good-will.

5:3
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

27:21
لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

"I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."

37:102
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْىَ قَالَ يَـٰبُنَىَّ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰ فِى ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّىٓ أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!"

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, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ذَبَحَ , (K,) inf. n. ذَبْحٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and ذُبَاحٌ , (K,) He cut, or divided, lengthwise; clave; split; slit; rent, or rent open; ripped, or ripped open. (S, Msb, K.) [Accord. to Fei,] this is the primary signification. (Msb.) [But see what follows.] You say, ذَبَحَ فَأْرَةَ المِسْكَ He (a perfumer, A) ripped open the follicle, or vesicle, of mush, (A, TA,) and took forth the mush that was in it. (TA.) [In the A and TA this is said to be tropical; the authors evidently holding it to be from ذَبَحَ in the sense here next following.] He slaughtered [for food, or sacrificed,] (L, TA) and animal, (Msb,) or a sheep or goat, (S, TA,) or an ox or a cow, and a sheep or goat, and the like, (Mgh,) [in the manner prescribed by the law, i. e.,] by cutting the وَدَجَانِ [or two external jugular veins], (Mgh,) or by cutting the throat, from beneath, at the part next the head: (L, TA:) accord. to the K, i. q. نَحَرَ : but correctly, الذَّبْحُ is in the throat; and النَّحْرُ is in the pit above the breast, between the collar-bones, where camels are stabbed: the latter word is used in relation to camels and bulls and cows; and the former, in relation to other animals: or, not improbably, both may have originally signified the causing the soul to depart by wounding the throat, or the pit above the breast, which is the stabbing-place in the camel; and may then have been applied in peculiar [and different] senses by the lawyers. (MF. [See also ذَكَاةٌ , in art. ذكو .]) Also He slaughtered, or slew, in any manner. (L.) [You say, ذَبَحَ عَنْهُ He slaughtered, or sacrificed, for him, by way of expiation.] And ذَبَحَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا [They slaughtered, or slew, one another]. (S, K.) And أَخَذَهُمْ بَنُو فُلَانٍ بِالذُّبَاحِ The sons of such a one slaughtered, or slew, them. (TA.) And ذبّح (inf. n. تَذْبِيحٌ , KL) signifies the same as ذَبَحَ , except that it applies [only] to many objects; whereas the latter applies to few and to many: thus it is said in the Kur [ii. 46, and in like manner in xiv. 6], يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ [They slaughtering, or slaying, your sons], accord. to the reading commonly obtaining. (Aboo-Is-hák, TA.) Hence, He killed; because الذَّبْحُ [in its proper sense, when the object is an animal,] is one of the quickest modes of killing. (TA.) It is said in a trad., (Mgh, TA,) cautioning against accepting the office of a Kádee, (Mgh,) مَنْ جُعِلَ قَاضِيًا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَكَأَنَّمَا ذُبِحَ بِغَيْرِ سِكِّينٍ [Whoso is made a Kádee among the people, he is as though he were slaughtered without a knife]: (Mgh, TA: *) expl. by some as meaning, he is as though he were killed [&c.]. (TA.) [Hence, also, because الذَّبْحُ renders the flesh of an animal allowable, or lawful, as food,] It rendered allowable, or lawful: as salt and the sun and the fishes called نِينَان (pl. of نُونٌ ) do wine, by changing its quality, as is said in a trad. (TA.) Also He broached, or pierced, a دَنّ [or wine-jar, making a hole in the mouth, or removing the clay that closed the mouth], so as to draw forth the contents. (S, A, Msb, K.) And He, or it, choked. (K, TA.) You say, ذَبَحَتْهُ العَبْرَةُ Weeping choked him. (A, TA.) And, said of thirst, It affected him severely, or distressed him. (A, TA.) ذَبَحَتِ اللِّحْيَةُ فُلَانًا The beard flowed down beneath the chin of such a one so that the anterior portion of the part beneath his lower jaw was apparent: in which case, the man is said to be مَذْبُوحٌ بِلِحْيَتِهِ . (K, TA.)
Form 2ذَبَّحَ2 senses

Core sense — he slaughtered many; he lowered his head in inclining in prayergenerated

2.1

See form 1.

2.2he lowered his head, in inclining his body in prayer—ذبّح رَأْسَهُ

تَذْبِيحٌ is said to be the same as تَذْبِيحٌ in prayer.

So Hr; like دبّح.

he lowered his head, in inclining his body in prayer, so that it became lower than his back—ذبّح

So Lth. But Az says that this is a mistake, and that the correct word is دبّح with the unpointed د.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 2 shown of 3
2:49
وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women-folk live; therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

28:4
إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its people into sections, depressing a small group among them: their sons he slew, but he kept alive their females: for he was indeed a maker of mischief.

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see 1. تَذْبِيحٌ is [said to be] syn. with تَذْبِيحٌ , (K, TA,) in prayer: accord. to Hr, ذبّح رَأْسَهُ signifies He lowered his head, in inclining his body in prayer; like دبّح : and accord. to Lth, ذبّح signifies he lowered his head, in inclining his body in prayer, so that it became lower than his back: but Az says that this is a mistake, and that the correct word is دبّح , with the unpointed د . (TA.)
Form 6تذابحوا1 sense

Core sense — they slaughtered, or slew, one anothergenerated

6.1figurative · مجازmutual praising is mutual slaughtering—التَّمَادُحُ التَّذَابُحُ

They slaughtered, or slew, one another.

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They slaughtered, or slew, one another. (S, MA, K.) One says, التَّمَادُحُ التَّذَابُحُ [Mutual praising is mutual slaughtering]. (S, A.)
Form 8اِذَّبَحَ1 sense

Core sense — he prepared for himself an animal for slaughter, or for sacrificegenerated

8.1

He took, or prepared, for himself a slaughtered [or sacrificed] animal.

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He took, or prepared, for himself a slaughtered [or sacrificed] animal. (S, K.)

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Nounذِبْحٌ2 senses

Core sense — an animal prepared for slaughter; an animal slaughtered as a sacrificegenerated

1and we ransomed him with a great victim—وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِدِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

An animal prepared for slaughter [or sacrifice; that is, an intended victim]: [see also ذَبِيحٌ, which occurs in this sense in a tradition as applied to a human being:] or an animal that is slaughtered [or sacrificed]; and so ذَبِيحَةٌ.

Or it means a slaughtered [or sacrificed] sheep or goat, and is nominally the feminine of ذَبِيحٌ, but the ة is affixed only because the quality of a substantive is predominant in it. Or the ذَبِيحٌ is added to show that the word is applied to a sheep or goat to be slaughtered but not yet slaughtered; and when the act has been carried out upon it, it is said to be ذَبِيحٌ. So under رَمِيَّةٌ.

ذِبْحٌ is applied to an animal slaughtered either as a sacrifice at the pilgrimage or otherwise; it is like طِحْنٌ in the sense of مَطْحُونٌ, and عِطْفٌ in the sense of مَعْطُوفٌ, and so on. The plural of ذَبِيحَةٌ is ذَبَائِحُ.

In the Qurʾān 37:107.

animals sacrificed to the Jinn, or Genii—ذَبَائِحُ الجِنِّ

It was customary for a man, when he bought a house, or drew water from a spring for the first time, and the like, to sacrifice an animal to the Jinn so as to avoid ill luck, in case some unpleasant accident should befall him from the Jinn of the place; and doing this is forbidden.

2

See also ذُبَحَةٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences ذِبْح
37:107
وَفَدَيْنَـٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:

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An animal prepared for slaughter [or sacrifice; i. e. an intended victim]: (T, A, Msb, TA:) [see also ذَبِيحٌ , which occurs in this sense in a trad. as applied to a human being:] or an animal that is slaughtered [or sacrificed]; (S, Mgh, K, TA;) and so ذَبِيحَةٌ ; (Mgh, Msb;) or this signifies a slaughtered [or sacrificed] sheep or goat; (TA;) and is [nominally] fem. of ذَبِيحٌ , but the ة is affixed only because the quality of a subst. is predominant in it: (S:) or the ذَبِيحٌ is added to denote that the word is applied to a sheep, or goat, [to be slaughtered or sacrificed,] not yet slaughtered [or sacrificed]; and when the act has been executed upon it, it is [said to be] ذَبِيحٌ : (M, voce رَمِيَّةٌ :) ذِبْحٌ is applied to an animal that is slaughtered either as a sacrifice on the occasion of the pilgrimage or otherwise; and is like طِحْنٌ in the sense of مَطْحُونٌ , and عِطْفٌ in the sense of مَعْطُوفٌ , &c.: (TA:) the pl. of ذَبِيحَةٌ is ذَبَائِحُ . (Mgh, Msb.) It is said in the Kur [xxxvii. 107], وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِدِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ [And we ransomed him with a great victim]. (S, A.) ذَبَائِحُ الجِنِّ means Animals sacrificed to the Jinn, or Genii: for it was customary for a man, when he bought a house, or drew forth [for the first time] the water of a spring, and the like, to sacrifice an animal to the Jinn with the view of avoiding ill luck, (A, TA,) lest some disagreeable accident should happen to him from the Jinn thereof: (A:) and the doing this is forbidden. (A, TA.) See also ذُبَحَةٌ .
Nounذُبَحٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a red plant with a sweet white root that is eaten; a white trufflegenerated

1

A certain plant which ostriches eat. This word and ذِبَحٌ denote the plant called الجَزَرُ البَّرىُّ, which is red in colour.

According to the K, another plant; but correctly a red plant (نَبْتٌ أَحْمَرُ, not نبت آخَرُ) having a stem, or root, from which a black peel is stripped off, whereupon a white substance is taken out, resembling a white خزرة [a bead — but perhaps this is a miscopying for جَزَرَة, that is, a carrot], which is sweet and good, and is eaten.

Each word is a collective generic noun, and the ism waḥda is ذُبَحَةٌ and ذِبَحَةٌ. So says AHn, on the authority of Fr.

He says also, on the authority of AA, that the ذُبَحَة is a tree that grows upon a stem, in a way resembling the كراث [apparently كَرَاث, not كُرَّاث], and then has a yellow flower; its root is like a جزرة [that is, جَزَرَة, or carrot], and it is sweet and red in colour.

Or the ذُبَح is a plant having a stem, or root, which is peeled, and there comes out what resembles the جِزر [that is, جِزَر or جَزَر, meaning carrot]; a black skin is peeled from it; it is sweet and is eaten, and it has a red flower.

1.1

Also, and ذِبَحٌ — the former the more common — a species of the كَمْأَةٌ [truffle], white in colour.

1.2

See also ذُبَاحٌ.

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A certain plant which ostriches eat: (S:) this word and ذِبَحٌ signify the plant called الجَزَرُ البَّرىُّ , (K, TA,) which is of a red colour: and, accord. to the K, another plant: but correctly a red plant ( نَبْتٌ أَحْمَرُ , not نبت آخَرُ ,) having a stem, or root, ( أَصْلٌ ) from which is peeled off a black peel, whereupon there is taken forth a white substance, resembling a white خزرة [or bead, but perhaps this is a mistranscription for جَزَرَة , i. e. a carrot], which is sweet and good, and is eaten: [each word is a coll. gen. n.;] and the n. un. is ذُبَحَةٌ and ذِبَحَةٌ : so says AHn, on the authority of Fr: and he says also, on the authority of AA, that the ذُبَحَة is a tree that grows upon a stem, and in a manner resembling the كراث [app. كَرَاث , not كُرَّاث ], and then has a yellow flower; its root is like a جزرة [i. e. جَزَرَة , or carrot], and it is sweet, and of a red colour: (TA:) or the ذُبَح is a plant having a stem, or root, ( أَصْلٌ ,) which is peeled, and there comes forth what resembles the جِزر [i. e. جِزَر or جَزَر , meaning carrot]; and a black skin is peeled from it; and it is sweet, and is eaten; and has a red flower. (Ham p. 777.) Also, and ذِبَحٌ , (K,) the former the more common, (Th, TA,) A species of the كَمْأَةٌ [or truffle], (K,) of a white colour. (TA.) See also ذُبَاحٌ .
Nounذِبَحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a red plant with a sweet root; a white trufflegenerated

1

See the preceding entry, in two places.

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: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.
Nounذُبْحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a disease, or pain, in the fauces, which sometimes killsgenerated

1

See ذُبَحَةٌ.

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: see ذُبَحَةٌ .
Nounذِبْحَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a mode, or manner, of slaughteringgenerated

1

A mode, or manner, of ذَبْح [that is, slaughter, such as is described under form 1].

2

See also what follows next.

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A mode, or manner, of ذَبْح [i. e. slaughter, such as is described in the first paragraph of this art.]. (Mgh.) See also what here next follows.
Nounذُبَحَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a disease, or pain, in the fauces, which sometimes killsgenerated

1figurative · مجازthe disease attacked him—أَخَذَتْهُ الذُّبَحَةُ

Also ذُبْحَهٌ, but this last, which is used by the common people, was unknown to AZ; and ذُبَاحٌ, ذِبَحَةٌ, ذِبْحَةٌ, ذِبَاحٌ, and ذِبْحٌ.

A disease, or pain, in the حَلْق [the fauces], which sometimes kills; or blood which chokes and kills; or an ulcer that comes out in the حَلْق [the fauces] of a man, like the ذِئْبَة that attacks the ass; or an ulcer appearing in that part, blocking it, stopping the breath, and killing.

The disease named is the ذبحة.

covetousness is like a disease in the fauces—الطَّمَعُ ذُبَاحٌ
that was like the disease in the uppermost part of the breast—كَانَ ذٰلِكَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ عَلَى النَّحْرِ

Or a poisonous plant.

The disease named is ذبحة. A proverb, applied to the case of a man whom one imagines to be a sincere friend and who proves to be an open enemy.

he was like the disease—كَانَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ الخ

That is, the ذبحة and the like, a disease in the حَلْق which does not leave the patient outwardly but hurts him inwardly. Said by the man to whom you complain of one whom you imagined to be a sincere friend, whose affection was only outward, when his deceit has become clear. So says Meyd.

2

دُبَحَةٌ is also the ism waḥda of ذُبَحٌ.

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(AZ, S, A, K) and ذُبْحَهٌ , (As, A, K,) but this latter, which is used by the vulgar, was unknown to AZ, (S,) and ذُبَاحٌ (A, K) and ذِبَحَةٌ and ذِبْحَةٌ and ذِبَاحٌ (K) and ذِبْحٌ , (TA,) A disease, (T, A,) or pain, (AZ, S, K,) in the حَلْق [or fauces], (AZ, T, S, A, K,) which sometimes kills: (T:) or blood which chokes and kills: (K:) or an ulcer that comes forth in the حَلْق [or fauces] of a man, like the ذِئْبَة that attacks the ass: (ISh, TA:) or an ulcer that appears in that part, obstructing it, and stopping the breath, and killing. (TA.) One says, أَخَذَتْهُ الذُّبَحَةُ [The ذبحة attacked him]. (S.) And الطَّمَعُ ذُبَاحٌ Covetousness is [like] a disease in the fauces: or a poisonous plant. (A.) And كَانَ ذٰلِكَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ عَلَى النَّحْرِ [That was like the disease called ذبحة in the uppermost part of the breast]: a prov., applied to the case of a man whom one imagines to be a sincere friend, and who proves to be an evident enemy: (TA:) or كَانَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ الخ He was like the ذبحة &c., a disease in the حَلْق , which does not quit the patient externally, and hurts him internally: said by him to whom you complain of one whom you imagined to be a sincere friend, and whose affection was outward, when his deceit has become manifest. (Meyd.) دُبَحَةٌ is also the n. un. of ذُبَحٌ [q. v.]. (Fr, AHn.)
Nounذِبَحَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a disease, or pain, in the fauces, which sometimes killsgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

2

It is also the ism waḥda of ذِبَحٌ [see under ذَُبَحٌ].

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: see the next preceding paragraph. It is also the n. un. of ذِبَحٌ [q. v. voce ذَُبَحٌ ]. (Fr, AHn.)
Nounذُبَاحٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a poisonous plant that kills whoever eats it; a quick deathgenerated

1

A certain poisonous plant that kills whoever eats it; also ذُبَحٌ.

One says الطَّمَعُ . ذُبَاحٌ; see ذُبَحَةٌ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda quick, or sudden, death—مَوْتٌ ذُبَاحٌ
2

See also ذُبَّاحٌ.

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A certain poisonous plant, (A, K, TA,) that kills the eater of it; as also ذُبَحٌ . (TA.) One says, الطَّمَعُ . ذُبَاحٌ : see ذُبَحَةٌ , in two places. [Hence,] مَوْتٌ ذُبَاحٌ A quick, or sudden, death. (L.) See also ذُبَّاحٌ .
Nounذِبَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a poisonous plant that kills whoever eats itgenerated

1

See ذُبَحَةٌ.

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: see ذُبَحَةٌ .
Nounذَبِيحٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — slaughtered, sacrificed; ripped open; a slain mangenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredmusk of which the follicle has been ripped open—مِسْكٌ ذَبِيحٌ

This and مَذْبُوحٌ mean the same: cut, or divided, lengthwise, and the like; see form 1.

For ذَبِيحٌ فَأْرَتُهُ. In the A it is said to be figurative; but see form 1.

1.1

Both are also applied to an animal — a sheep or goat, an animal of the ox kind, and the like (see form 1) — meaning slaughtered in the manner described under form 1.

The feminine of ذَبِيحٌ is with ة [see ذَبِيحَةٌ below]. But ذَبِيحٌ is used as a feminine adjective without adding ة: one says شَاةٌ ذَبِيحٌ as well as كَبْشٌ ذَبِيحٌ, because ذَبِيحٌ is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, though one says شاة ذَبِيحَةٌ too; and similarly نَاقَةٌ.

The plural of ذَبِيحٌ is ذَبْحَى and ذَبَاحَى, and that of ذَبِيحَةٌ is ذَبَائِحُ.

Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, describing wine: [One would call it the blood of the external jugular vein,] for which it had been slit [to let it flow]

shāhid 1
يُقَالُ لَهَا دَمُ الوَدَجِ الذَّبِيحُ

— that is, المَذْبُوحُ عَنْهُ.

And again he says: [apparently meaning: And many a bevy of women rubbed over with perfume compounded with saffron, as though it were the blood of gazelles, gazelles that had been slaughtered in the upper parts of the breasts]

shāhid 2
وَسِرْبٍ تَطَلَّى بِالعَبِيرِ كَأَنَّهُدِمَآءُ ظِبَآءُ بِالنُّحُورِ ذَبِيحُ

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He applies ذبيح as an adjective to دمآء, meaning ذَبِيحٌ ظِبَاؤُهُ, and he applies it as an adjective to a plural noun because it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ [in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ], for such an adjective may be used with masculine and feminine and singular and plural nouns.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredI am the son of the two intended victims—أَنَا ٱبْنُ الذَّبِيحَيْنِ

ذَبِيحٌ also means an animal that is fit, or proper, to be slaughtered as a sacrifice; or one destined, or prepared, for sacrifice, an intended victim, like ذِبْحٌ.

This appears from the fact that الذَّبِيحُ is a surname of Ismáʿeel, or Ishmael; for according to most of the Muslims he was the son whom Abraham meant to sacrifice, though others say it was Isaac.

Occurs in a tradition, said by Mohammad; the two are Ismáʿeel and ʿAbd-Allah, for ʿAbd-El-Muttalib came under an obligation, by reason of a vow, to sacrifice his son ʿAbd-Allah, the father of the Prophet, and ransomed him with a hundred camels.

1.3figurative · مجاز

Also: a slain man.

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and مَذْبُوحٌ signify the same [i. e. Cut, or divided, lengthwise; &c.: see 1]. (S, Msb, K, TA.) You say مِسْكٌ ذَبِيحٌ [for ذَبِيحٌ فَأْرَتُهُ ], meaning [Musk of which the follicle, or vesicle, is] ripped open. (A. [It is there said to be tropical: but see 1.]) Both are [also] applied to an animal, (Msb,) or a sheep or goat, (TA,) [or an animal of the ox-kind, and a sheep or goat, and the like, (see 1,)] as meaning Slaughtered, in the manner described in the first paragraph of this art.: (TA:) the fem. of ذَبِيحٌ is with ة : (S, TA: [see ذَبِيحَةٌ below:]) but ذَبِيحٌ is used as a fem. epithet without the addition of ة : you say شَاةٌ ذَبِيحٌ as well as كَبْشٌ ذَبِيحٌ , because ذَبِيحٌ is an instance of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ ; though you say شاة ذَبِيحَةٌ also; and in like manner نَاقَةٌ : the pl. [of ذَبِيحٌ ] is ذَبْحَى and ذَبَاحَى and [that of ذَبِيحَةٌ is] ذَبَائِحُ . (TA.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, describing wine, 1 meaning المَذْبُوحُ عَنْهُ , i. e. [One would call it the blood of the external jugular vein,] for which it had been slit [to let it flow]. (AAF, TA.) And again he says, 2 [app. meaning And many a bevy of women rubbed over with perfume compounded with saffron, as though it were the blood of gazelles, the gazelles whereof had been slaughtered in the upper parts of the breasts]: he applies ذبيح as an epithet to دمآء , meaning ذَبِيحٌ ظِبَاؤُهُ ; and he applies it as an epithet to a pl. n. because it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ [in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ ], for such an epithet is applicable to masc. and fem. and sing. and pl. nouns. (TA.) يُقَالُ لَهَا دَمُ الوَدَجِ الذَّبِيحُ وَسِرْبٍ تَطَلَّى بِالعَبِيرِ كَأَنَّهُ | دِمَآءُ ظِبَآءُ بِالنُّحُورِ ذَبِيحُ ذَبِيحٌ also signifies An animal that is fit, or proper, to be slaughtered as a sacrifice: (ISk, S, K:) [or that is destined, or prepared, for sacrifice; i. e., an intended victim; like ذِبْحٌ ; as appears from the fact that] الذَّبِيحُ is a surname of Ismá'eel, or Ishmael; (K, * TA;) for, accord. to some [or rather the generality] of the Muslims, he was the son whom Abraham designed to sacrifice, though others say it was Isaac: (TA:) and أَنَا ٱبْنُ الذَّبِيحَيْنِ occurs in a trad. [as said by Mohammad, meaning I am the son of the two intended victims; namely, Ismá'eel and 'Abd-Allah]; for 'Abd-El-Muttalib incurred the obligation to sacrifice his son 'Abd-Allah, the father of the Prophet, by reason of a vow, and ransomed him with a hundred camels. (K, * TA.) Also A slain man. (A.)
Nounذَبِيحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an animal slaughtered, or sacrificedgenerated

1

This word and its plural ذَبَائِحُ: see ذِبْحٌ, in three places.

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, and its pl. ذَبَائِحُ : see ذِبْحٌ , in three places.
Nounذَبَّاحٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one whose work is slaughtering sheep or the like; an executionergenerated

1

One whose occupation, or habit, is slaughtering sheep or the like.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

And, in the present day, an executioner.

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[ One whose occupation, or habit, is that of slaughtering sheep or the like. And, in the present day, An executioner.]
Nounذُبَّاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — cracks in the undersides of the toesgenerated

1figurative · مجازin the way of getting it there is no thorn, and no cracks in the sides of the toes—مَا دُونَهُ شَوْكَةٌ وَلَا ذُبَّاحٌ

Also sometimes ذُبَاحٌ, without teshdeed, the former the more common, but disallowed by AHeyth, who holds it to be one of the words of the measure فُعَالٌ denoting diseases.

Cracks in the inner, that is lower, sides of the toes, next the fore part of the foot; or a cut across the inner sides of the toes (Ibn-Buzurj); or a crack in the inner side, or sole, of the foot, as IAar says under نَكْبَةٌ. Plural ذَبَابِيحُ.

See also نَكْبَةٌ.

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(T, S, K) and sometimes ذُبَاحٌ , without teshdeed, (T, K,) the former the more common, (T, K,) but disallowed by AHeyth, who holds it to be one of the words of the measure فُعَالٌ denoting diseases, (TA,) Cracks in the inner [i. e. lower] sides of the toes, (S, K, TA,) next the fore part of the foot: (TA:) or a cut across the inner sides of the toes: (Ibn-Buzurj, T:) or a crack in the inner side, or sole, of the foot: (IAar, TA voce نَكْبَةٌ :) pl. ذَبَابِيحُ . (TA.) Hence the saying, مَا دُونَهُ شَوْكَةٌ وَلَا ذُبَّاحٌ [There is not in the way of its attainment a thorn nor are there any cracks in the inner sides of the toes, &c.: see also نَكْبَةٌ ]. (S, TA.)
Nounذَابِحٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — slaughtering; two bright stars in Capricornus; a brand across the throatgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredtwo bright stars, with the space of a cubit between them—سَعْدُ الذَّابِحِ

Ism fāʿil of form 1.

Or سَعْدٌ الذَّابِحُ. The cubit is ذِرَاع. Over against one of them is a small star that, because of its nearness, is as though the bright star were about to slaughter it; hence the name الذَّابِح for the two stars, alpha and beta, which are in one of the horns of Capricornus, so called because of the small star beside them, which is said to be the sheep or goat of الذابح, which he is about to slaughter.

It is one of the Mansions of the Moon, namely the 22nd; see also art. سعد. Some give this name to the 23rd Mansion, and some to the 25th; but the two stars mentioned are clearly the 22nd, with whose place they agree both according to those who make النَّوءُ mean “the auroral rising” and according to those who make it mean “the auroral setting”; see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل.

when it rises aurorally, the barker goes into its hole—إِذَا طَلَعَ الذَّابِحُ ٱنْجَحَرَ النَّابِحُ

The star named is الذابح. Its auroral rising, in Central Arabia, about the beginning of the era of the Flight, was on the 16th of January, Old Style.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A mark made with a hot iron across the throat; or the instrument with which it is made.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Hair growing between the part immediately beneath the lower jaw and the part of the throat in which an animal is slaughtered.

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[act. part. n. of 1]. سَعْدُ الذَّابِحِ , (S, K,) or سَعْدٌ الذَّابِحُ , (so in one copy of the S,) Two bright stars, between which is the space of a cubit ( ذِرَاع ), over against one of which ( فِىنَحْرِ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ) is a small star that, by reason of its nearness, is as though it [app. meaning the bright star, or the pair of bright stars,] were about to slaughter it; (S, K;) whence the appellation of الذَّابِح : (S:) the two stars [alpha and beta] which are in one of the horns of Capricornus; so called because of the small adjacent star, which is said to be the sheep or goat ( شاة ) of الذابح , which he is about to slaughter: (Kzw:) it is one of the Mansions of the Moon; (S, Kzw;) [namely, the Twenty-second Mansion: see also art. سعد : some give this appellation to the Twenty-third Mansion: and some, to the Twenty-fifth; but the two stars above mentioned are clearly the Twenty-second, with the place of which they agree accord. to those who make النَّوءُ to signify “ the auroral rising ” and those who make it to signify “ the auroral setting: ” see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل .] The Arabs [used to] say, إِذَا طَلَعَ الذَّابِحُ ٱنْجَحَرَ النَّابِحُ [When الذابح rises aurorally, the barker enters, or betakes itself to, its hole: the period of its auroral rising, in Central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, being the 16th of January, O. S.]. (TA.) A mark made with a hot iron across the throat: or the instrument with which it is made. (L, K.) Hair growing between the part immediately beneath the lower jaw and the part [of the throat] in which an animal is slaughtered. (K.)
Nounذَابِحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — any animal that may lawfully be slaughteredgenerated

1

Of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ, with ة affixed because the quality of a substantive is predominant in it.

Any animal which it is allowable to slaughter: camels, bulls or cows, sheep or goats, and the like.

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, of the measure فَاعِلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ , [with ة affixed because the quality of a subst. is predominant in it,] Any animal which it is allowable to slaughter, of camels, and bulls or cows, and sheep or goats, &c. (TA.)
Nounمَذْبَحٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the place of slaughter, the throat; the chancel of a church; a torrent channelgenerated

1

The place of الذَّبْح [slaughter], that is, the place, or spot of ground, where الذبح is performed.

Also the part of the throat which is the place of الذبح, namely the part below that beneath the lower jaw; or the حُلْقُوم [the windpipe].

1.1figurative · مجاز

The chancel of a church, that is, the part of a church which is like the مِحْرَاب of a mosque. Plural مَذَابِحُ.

The مَذَابِح are the مَحَارِيب of the Christians, so called because of the offerings made there.

The مَقَاصِير in churches, plural of مَقْصُورَةٌ, said to be the same as the محاريب, and the places, or chambers, of the books of the Christians.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe torrent left trenches about a span wide in the ground—غَادَرَ السَّيْلُ فِى الأَرْضِ مَذَابِحَ

A trench in the earth, a span or so in width, such as is made by a torrent; the channel of a torrent in the lower part of the face of a mountain, or in a low plain tract, as wide as the space measured by the extension of the thumb and the first finger or the little finger; and sometimes it is a natural trench in level ground, like a river, in which the water of that land flows. It occurs in every kind of land: in valleys and the like, and in low tracts. Also a kind of river, as though it clave the earth or were cleft. Plural مَذَابِحُ.

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The place of [the slaughter termed] الذَّبْح : (K:) i. e. the place, or spot of ground, where الذبح is performed: and the part of the throat which is the place of الذبح , which is that below the part beneath the lower jaw; (MF, TA;) or the حُلْقُوم [i. e. windpipe]. (Msb.) The chancel of a church; i. e. the part of a church that is like the مِحْرَاب of a mosque: (A, * K, * Msb:) pl. مَذَابِحُ : (A, Msb, K:) the مَذَابِح are the مَحَارِيب (S, A, K) of the Christians; (A;) so called because of the oblations ( قَرَابِين ) there offered; (S, TA;) the مَقَاصِير (K, TA) in churches, pl. of مَقْصُورَةٌ ; said to be the same as the محاريب : (TA:) and the places, (A,) or chambers, (K,) of the books of the Christians. (A, K.) A trench (S, A, K) in the earth, measuring a span or the like [in width], (S, K,) such as is made by a torrent: (S, A:) the channel of a torrent in the lower part of the face of a mountain, or in a plain depressed tract, in width equal to the space measured by the extension of the thumb and first finger or little finger; and sometimes it is a natural trench in a plain tract of land, like a river, in which flows the water of that land: it is in all descriptions of land; in valleys &c., and in depressed tracts: (L:) and a kind of river; as though it clave [the earth] or were cleft: (TA:) pl. مَذَابِحُ . (S, A, L.) You say, غَادَرَ السَّيْلُ فِى الأَرْضِ مَذَابِحَ [The torrent left in the ground trenches about a span wide]. (S.)
Nounمِذْبَحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a knife with which an animal is slaughteredgenerated

1

A knife with which the slaughter called الذَّبْح is performed; or a thing with which an animal is slaughtered in the manner called ذَبْح, whether it be a knife or something else.

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A knife with which [the slaughter termed] الذَّبْح is performed: (Msb:) or a thing with which an animal is slaughtered in the manner termed ذَبْح , (T, K, *) whether it be a knife or some other thing. (T.)
Nounمَذْبُوحٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — slaughtered; clean, not needing to be slaughteredgenerated

1

See ذَبِيحٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Hence: clean, or pure; not requiring to be slaughtered, as though it had already been slaughtered; an adjective applied in a tradition to everything in the sea.

1.2

See also form 1, last sentence.

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: see ذَبِيحٌ . [Hence,] Clean, or pure; not requiring to be slaughtered; [as though it had been already slaughtered;] an epithet applied in a trad. to everything in the sea. (TA.) See also 1, last sentence.