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Form 1ذَرْعٌ10 senses · 6 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarذَرْعٌ ذَرَعٌ

Core sense — he stretched forth his fore leg, or arm; he measured it with the cubitgenerated

1.1the camel stretched forth his fore leg in going—ذَرَعَ البَعِيرُ يَدَهُ

Maṣdar of ذَرَعَ. In its primary meaning it is the stretching forth, or extending, of the arm, or fore leg.

[Or rather, when said of a man, the fore arm; and of a beast, the arm; though the whole arm of a man is generally stretched forth with his fore arm, and the whole fore leg of a beast with his arm: and تَذْرِيعٌ and إِذْرَاعٌ and تَذَرُّعٌ mean the same, as will be shown by the explanations of their verbs.]

the camel stretched forth his arm in his going—تذرّع البَعِيرُ

The arm meant here is the ذِرَاعَهُ.

1.1.1he measured it with the cubit—ذَرَعَهُ

the measure used is the ذِرَاعٌ [or cubit].

he measured it with his fore arm—ذَرَعَهُ بِذِرَاعِهِ

Said of a garment, or piece of cloth, and the like.

Here the measure is his ذراع.

on this sense See also form 5.

1.1.2figurative · مجازshe goes quickly over the desert, as though measuring it—تَذْرَعُ الفَلَاةَ
she stretches forth her fore legs and so covers the distance of the way—تُذَارِعُهَا
she stretches forth her fore legs and so covers the distance of the way—تُذَارِعُ بُعْدَالطَّرِيقِ

on this sense Said of a she-camel.

1.1.3he strangled, or throttled, such a one from behind with the fore arm—ذَرَعَ فُلَانًا
he strangled, or throttled, him—ذرّعهُ

This is Ibn-ʿAbbād's explanation.

Maṣdar تَذْرِيعٌ. More properly: he put the man's neck between his fore arm and neck and upper arm, and so strangled, or throttled, him.

ذرّع لَهُ also has both of these meanings.

1.1.4he trod upon the arm of the camel, so that a person might mount him—ذَرَعَ البَعِيرَ

[The camel was lying with his breast upon the ground and his fore legs folded.]

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

The arm meant is the ذراع.

1.2vomit overcame him, came to his mouth before he was aware, and issued from him—ذَرَعَهُ القَىْءُ

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

Or: vomiting came upon him without his intending it.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made intercession with him—ذَرَعَ عِنْدَهُ
I made intercession for such a one with the prince—ذَرَعْتُ لِفُلَانٍ عِنْدَ الأَمِيرِ
he made intercession to him—ذَرِعَ إِلَيْهِ

Ibn-ʿAbbād; maṣdar as above.

[Said in the TA to be figurative; I suppose because stretching forth the arm is a common action of a person interceding.]

Like فَرِحَ. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

he made intercession [by him]—ذَرِعَ بِهِ

In the O.

1.4he drank from a skin of the kind called by that name—ذَرِعَ

. The skin is a زِقّ, of the kind called ذَارِعٌ.

1.5his legs became tired, or worn out—ذَرِعَتْ رِجْلَاهُ

Ibn-ʿAbbād.

1.6being wide in step, and light, or active, in pace, or going—ذَرَاعَةٌ

[Apparently a maṣdar, of which the verb is ذَرُعَ.]

Qur’ānic occurrences ذَرْع
11:77
وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌ

When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a distressful day."

29:33
وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ ۖ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account, and felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they said: "Fear thou not, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and thy following, except thy wife: she is of those who lag behind.

69:32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

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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, [inf. n. of ذَرَعَ ,] in its primary acceptation, signifies The stretching forth, or extending, the arm, or fore leg: (S, TA:) [or rather, when said of a man, the fore arm; and of a beast, the arm; though the whole arm of a man is generally stretched forth with his fore arm, and the whole fore leg of a beast with his arm: and تَذْرِيعٌ and إِذْرَاعٌ and تَذَرُّعٌ signify the same, as will be shown by explanations of their verbs.] You say, ذَرَعَ البَعِيرُ يَدَهُ The camel stretched forth, or extended, his fore leg in going: and تذرّع البَعِيرُ The camel stretched forth, or extended, his arm ( ذِرَاعَهُ ) in his going. (TA.) ذَرَعَهُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. ذَرَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. ذَرْعٌ , (S, Msb,) He measured it with the ذِرَاعٌ [or cubit]; (Msb, K;) namely, a garment, or piece of cloth, (S, Msb, K,) &c.: (S:) and ذَرَعَهُ بِذِرَاعِهِ he measured it with his ذراع . (TA.) [See also 5.] You say of a she-camel, تَذْرَعُ الفَلَاةَ She goes quickly, or swiftly, over the desert, as though measuring it; as also تُذَارِعُهَا : and تُذَارِعُ بُعْدَالطَّرِيقِ She stretches forth her fore legs and so traverses the distance of the way. (TA.) ذَرَعَ فُلَانًا He strangled, or throttled, such a one from behind him with the fore arm; (Ibn-'Abbád, K;) as also ذرّعهُ : (K:) or the latter, inf. n. تَذْرِيعٌ , signifies, simply, he strangled, or throttled, him; (S, L;) but more properly, he put his neck between his fore arm and neck and upper arm, and so strangled, or throttled, him; and ذرّع لَهُ , also, has both of these significations. (L.) ذَرَعَ البَعِيرَ , (K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He trod upon the arm ( ذراع ) of the camel, [while the latter was lying with his breast upon the ground and his fore legs folded,] in order that a person might mount him. (K.) ذَرَعَهُ القَىْءُ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (Mgh,) and so the inf. n., (Msb,) Vomit overcame him, and came forth to his mouth before he was aware, (S, * Mgh, Msb, * K, * TA,) and issued from him: (Mgh:) or vomiting came upon him without his intending it. (Mgh.) ذَرَعَ عِنْدَهُ , (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) inf. n. as above, (Ibn-'Abbád,) He made intercession with him. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) [Said in the TA to be tropical; I suppose because the stretching forth the arm is a common action of a person interceding.] You say, ذَرَعْتُ لِفُلَانٍ عِنْدَ الأَمِيرِ I made intercession for such a one with the prince. (Z, TA.) And ذَرِعَ إِلَيْهِ , like فَرِحَ , (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) inf. n. ذَرَعٌ , (TK,) He made intercession to him. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) In the O, ذَرِعَ بِهِ He made intercession [by him]. (TA.) ذَرِعَ , aor. ذَرَعَ , He drank from a skin ( زِقّ ) such as is called ذَارِعٌ . (K.) ذَرِعَتْ رِجْلَاهُ His legs became tired, or fatigued. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ذَرَاعَةٌ [app. an inf. n., of which the verb is ذَرُعَ ,] The being wide in step, (S, TA,) and light, or active, in pace, or going. (TA.)
Form 2ذرّع11 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَذْرِيعٌ

Core sense — he stretched forth, or moved about, his fore armsgenerated

2.1

see form 1, first sentence.

2.1.1

El-Moheet: said of a man — he spread himself out widely and stretched forth his fore arms in swimming.

2.1.2

He (a man) raised his fore arms, and particularly in announcing good news or in warning; or he (an announcer of good news) made a sign with his arm, or hand.

2.1.3he moved his fore arms about in walking, or going along—ذرّع فِى المَشْىِ
he helped himself with his arms and moved them about in walking, walking quickly, or running—ذرّع فى السَّعْىِ

Written فىالسَّقْىِ in the O and Moheet and K, by mistake. (O and El-Moheet.)

2.1.4figurative · مجازhe told me something of his news, or his case—ذرّع لِى شَيْئًا مِنْ خَبَرِهِ

[As though he stretched forth his arm with his information.]

Said by one who has asked another about his case.

2.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe acknowledged, or confessed, such a thing—ذرّع بِكَذَا

[Hence, apparently.]

2.1.6

ذرّع فُلَانًا and ذرّع لَهُ: see form 1.

2.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredhe killed him, or slew him—ذرّعهُ

[Hence, perhaps.] Maṣdar as above.

2.1.8he bound both of the arms of the camel [to the shanks]—ذرّع البَعِيرَ
he bound both of the arms of the camel [to the shanks]—ذرّع لَهُ

Also: he bound the camel with the extra part of his nose-rein upon the camel's arm.

[See also تَذْرِيعٌ below.]

2.1.9the tinging of a captive's fore arm as a sign of slaughter—تَذْرِيعٌ

This was done in the time before Mohammad. (Meyd, cited by Freytag.)

With crocus, or with خَلُوق.

2.1.10

[See also the ism fāʿil and the ism mafʿūl, below.]

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, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. تَذْرِيعٌ : (S:) see 1, first sentence. Also He spread himself out widely, (El-Moheet, L, K,) and stretched forth his fore arms, (El-Moheet, L,) in swimming: (El-Moheet, L, K:) said of a man. (El-Moheet, L.) He (a man) raised his fore arms; and particularly, in announcing good tidings or in warning: (TA:) or he (an announcer of good tidings) made a sign with his arm, or hand. (S, K.) ذرّع فِى المَشْىِ He moved about his fore arms in walking, or going along. (S, K.) And ذرّع فى السَّعْىِ , (L, TA,) in the O and Moheet and K, erroneously, فىالسَّقْىِ , (TA,) He helped himself with his arms, and moved them about, (O, El-Moheet, L, K,) in walking, or walking quickly, or running. (L.) ذرّع لِى شَيْئًا مِنْ خَبَرِهِ He acquainted me with somewhat of his tidings, or case; (K, TA;) [as though he stretched forth his arm with his information;] said by one who has asked another respecting his case. (TA.) [And hence, app.,] ذرّع بِكَذَا He acknowledged, or confessed, such a thing. (K, TA.) ذرّع فُلَانًا and ذرّع لَهُ : see 1. [Hence, perhaps,] ذرّعهُ , inf. n. as above. He killed him; or slew him. (TA.) ذرّع البَعِيرَ , and ذرّع لَهُ , He bound both of the arms of the camel [to the shanks]: (K:) and the latter, he bound the camel with the redundant part of his nose-rein upon his [the camel's] arm. (K, TA.) [See also تَذْرِيعٌ below.] تَذْرِيعٌ also signifies The tinging a captive's fore arm with crocus, or with خَلُوق , as a sign of slaughter; which was done in the time before Mohammad. (Meyd, cited by Freytag.) [See also the act. and pass. part. ns., below.]
Form 3مُذَارَعَةٌ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُذَارَعَةٌ

Core sense — selling by measure with the cubit; familiar dealing, or partnershipgenerated

3.1I sold him the garment, or piece of cloth, by measure with the cubit—بِعْتُهُ الثَّوْبَ مُذَارَعَةٌ

Selling by measure with the cubit, not by number, and without knowing the measure.

[In the CK, والجُزافُ is put by mistake for والجُزافِ.]

3.1.1

See also form 1, in two places.

3.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredI mixed with him in familiar dealings, or became intimate with him—ذَرَاعْتُهُ

.

Or: I became his partner, or shared with him. Same as خَالَطْتُهُ.

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signifies The selling by measure with the cubit; not by number, and without knowing the measure. (K.) [In the CK, والجُزافُ is put by mistake for والجُزافِ .] You say, بِعْتُهُ الثَّوْبَ مُذَارَعَةٌ I sold to him the garment, or piece of cloth, by measure with the cubit. (TA.) See also 1, in two places. ذَرَاعْتُهُ , (TA,) inf. n. مُذَارَعَةٌ , (K, TA,) I mixed with him in familiar, or social, intercourse; or became intimate with him: or I became copartner with him; or shared with him: syn. خَالَطْتُهُ . (K * TA.)
Form 4اذرع6 senses · 2 main
maṣdarإِذْرَاعٌ

Core sense — he stretched forth his fore arms; he talked too muchgenerated

4.1

see form 1, first sentence.

4.1.1figurative · مجازhe went beyond the proper bounds in speech; he talked much—تذرّع

J says: I am of opinion that it has come from the stretching forth of the fore arm, for one who talks much sometimes does that; and ISd says the like.

4.1.2he put forth, and extended, his fore arms from beneath the jubbeh—أَذْرَعَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الجُبَّةِ
he put forth, and extended, his fore arms from beneath the jubbeh—اِذَّرَعَهُمَا
he drew forth his fore arms from the sleeves of a narrow-sleeved jubbeh—أَذْرَعَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ
he drew forth his fore arms from the sleeves of a narrow-sleeved jubbeh—اِدَّرَعَهُمَا

[The last with the د unpointed.]

This last verb is of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, like اِذَّكَرَ, or اِدَّكَرَ from الذِّكْرُ.

on this sense One reading is given in one relation, the other in another, in a tradition.

4.1.3he seized with the fore arm—اذرع
4.1.4[How long, or large, is she in the fore arm!]—مَا أَذْرَعَهَا

This is [from الذِّرَاعُ being] of the same irregular class as أَحْنَكُ الشَّاتَيْنِ [from الحَنَكُ].

4.2he brought up, or ejected, his vomit—اذرع قَيْئَهُ

Said of a man.

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, (K,) inf. n. إِذْرَاعٌ : (S:) see 1, first sentence. He exceeded the due bounds, or just limits, in speech, or talk; (S, K, TA;) he talked much; (S, TA;) as also تذرّع : (S, Msb, * K, TA:) J says, [in the S,] I am of opinion that it has originated from the stretching forth of the fore arm; for he who talks much sometimes does that; and ISd says the like. (TA.) أَذْرَعَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الجُبَّةِ and اِذَّرَعَهُمَا , He put forth, (K, TA,) and extended, (TA,) his fore arms from beneath the jubbeh: (K, TA:) or أَذْرَعَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ , and اِدَّرَعَهُمَا , [the latter with the د unpointed,] he drew forth his fore arms from the sleeves of a narrow-sleeved jubbeh: (Mgh:) the latter verb being of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ ; (Mgh, K;) like اِذَّكَرَ , (TA,) or اِدَّكَرَ , (Mgh,) from الذِّكْرُ : (Mgh, TA:) the former accord. to one relation, the latter accord. to another, occurring in a trad. (Mgh, TA.) اذرع also signifies He seized with the fore arm. (K.) مَا أَذْرَعَهَا [How long, or large, is she in the fore arm!] is [from الذِّرَاعُ , being] of the same [anomalous] class as أَحْنَكُ الشَّاتَيْنِ [from الحَنَكُ ]. (TA.) اذرع قَيْئَهُ He (a man) emitted, or ejected, his vomit. (TA.)
Form 5تَذَرَّعَ7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he measured it with the fore arm; he sought access, or a meansgenerated

5.1

See form 1, first and second sentences.

5.1.1

And see also form 4.

5.1.2the measuring of a thing with the fore arm—تَذَرُّعٌ
such a one put the palm-sticks upon his fore arm, and pared them—تَذَرَّعَ فُلَانٌ الجَرِيدَ

[See also form 1.]

Keys Ibn-El-Khateem El-Ansáree says: [You see the fragments of the hard and pliant spears thrown as though they were what is seen in the measuring, with the fore arm, of rods of palm-sticks in the hands of the women who pare them]

shāhid
تَرَى قِصَدَ المُرَّانِ تُلْقَى كَأَنَّهَاتَذَرُّعُ خِرْصَانٍ بِأَيْدِىالشَّوَاطِبِ

This is the explanation of As.

خِرْصَانٌ means, originally, rods of palm-sticks.

شَوَاطِبُ is the plural of شَاطِبَةٌ, a woman who peels the عَسِيب and then throws it to the مُنَقِّيَة, who removes all that is upon it with her knife until she has left it slender, and then throws it back to the شاطبة.

5.1.3

Also, the splitting of a thing into several oblong pieces a cubit in length. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

The word used is تَشَقُّق [which is intransitive, but I think it is a mistake for تَشْقِيق, which is transitive].

5.1.4the woman split palm-leaves to make a mat of them—تَذَرَّعَتِ المَرْأَةُ

Thus some explain the saying of Ibn-El-Khateem quoted above.

5.1.5the camels came to drink of the rain-water and waded in it with their arms—تَذَرَّعَتِ الإِبِلُ الكَرَعَ
5.2figurative · مجازhe gained, or sought to gain, access, or intimacy, by some means—تذرّع بِذَرِيعَةٍ
he gained, or sought to gain, access to him—تذرّع إِلَيْهِ
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see 1; first and second sentences: and see also 4. تَذَرُّعٌ also signifies The measuring a thing with the fore arm. (S, K.) [See also 1.] A poet says, (S,) namely Keys Ibn-El-Khateem El-Ansáree, (TA,) 1 [Thou seest the fragments of the hard and pliant spears thrown as though they were what is seen in the measuring, with the fore arm, of rods of palm-sticks in the hands of the females who pare them]: (S, TA:) or, accord. to As, تَذَرَّعَ فُلَانٌ الجَرِيدَ signifies Such a one put the palm-sticks upon his fore arm, and pared them: and خِرْصَانٌ means, originally, rods of palm-sticks: and شَوَاطِبُ is pl. of شَاطِبَةٌ ; meaning a woman who peels the عَسِيب , and then throws it to the مُنَقِّيَة , who removes all that is upon it with her knife until she has left it slender, when she throws it back to the شاطبة . (TA.) تَرَى قِصَدَ المُرَّانِ تُلْقَى كَأَنَّهَا | تَذَرُّعُ خِرْصَانٍ بِأَيْدِىالشَّوَاطِبِ Also, The splitting ( تَشَقُّق [which is intrans., but I think it is a mistake for تَشْقِيق , which is trans.,]) of a thing into several oblong pieces of the measure of the cubit in length. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) تَذَرَّعَتِ المَرْأَةُ The woman split palm-leaves to make of them a mat. (IDrd, K.) Thus some explain the saying of Ibn-El-Khateem, quoted above. (TA.) تَذَرَّعَتِ الإِبِلُ الكَرَعَ The camels came to drink of the rain-water and waded in it with their arms. (K.) تذرّع بِذَرِيعَةٍ He obtained, or sought to obtain, access, or intimacy; or he ingratiated himself, or sought to ingratiate himself; by a means of doing so. (S, K, TA.) You say, also, تذرّع إِلَيْهِ He obtained, or sought to obtain, access to him; &c. (TA.)
Form 8اِذَّرَعَ1 sense

Core sense — he drew forth his fore arms from his sleevesgenerated

8.1

Or إِدَّرَعَ: see form 4.

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or إِدَّرَعَ : see 4.
Form 10استذرع بِهِ1 sense

Core sense — he protected himself by it, making it a means of covergenerated

10.1

He concealed, or protected, himself by it (namely, a thing), and made it a ذَرِيعَة [q. v.] for himself. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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He concealed, or protected, himself by it, (namely a thing, TA,) and made it a ذَرِيعَة [q. v.] for him. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

Derived nouns 21

Nounذَرْعٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — power, or ability; a man's reach; the measure of anythinggenerated

1

In its primary meaning it has the sense explained in the first sentence of this article.

1.1figurative · مجازhe was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair—ضَاقَ بِالأَمْرِ ذَرْعُهُ

[Hence it is used in the sense of] power, or ability; as also ذِرَاعٌ; or a man's reach, or extent of power or ability.

he was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair—ذِرَاعُهُ
he was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair—ضَاقَ بِالأَمْرِ ذَرْعًا
he was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair—ذِرَاعًا
I have not power, or ability, to do it—مَا لِى بِهِ ذَرْعٌ
I have not power, or ability, to do it—ذِرَاعٌ
that disabled, hindered, or withheld me from doing what I wanted—كَسَرَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ ذَرْعِى
deal gently with yourself; moderate yourself, restrain yourself—اِقْصِدْ بِذَرْعِكَ

In these the last word is in the accusative case as an explanation, for the original form of the phrase is the first one given.

They sometimes said this form as well.

As though meaning: he stretched forth his arm to it and it did not reach it. Or these phrases are used because one who is short in the fore arm will not reach what one who is long in it reaches, nor will his power equal his; so they are applied proverbially to one whose power falls short of accomplishing an affair. Or: he lacked strength, or power, to do the thing, and found no way of escape from what was disagreeable in it. Or: he was unable to bear, or endure, or undertake the thing.

Same as اِرْبَعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ; and do not let your mind carry you beyond your measure [of power or ability].

I imposed upon such a one more than he was able to do—أَبْطَرْتُ فُلَانًا ذَرْعهُ

But ذَرْعٌ also means the body.

he wasted my body, and cut off my means of subsistence—أَبَطَرَنِى ذَرْعِى

This is according to IAar. [See also the article بطر.]

a man having ample strength, power, and might in fighting, courage, or valour—رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ رَجُلٌ
a man having ample strength, power, and might in fighting, courage, or valour—الذَّرْعِ
unable, powerless—ضَعِيفُ الذَّرْعِ
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one has his heart free from anxieties and griefs—فُلَانٌ خَالِى الذَّرْعِ

Because the heart is sometimes one of the seats of power. Or it may mean, in keeping with the original meaning of ذَرْعٌ, that such a one is free from the causes of occupation which require stretching forth the fore arm and extending the hand.

a man large, or liberal, in disposition—رَجُلٌ وَاسِعٌ الذَّرْعِ
a man large, or liberal, in disposition—الذِّرَاعِ
its happening was of great moment, grievous, or distressing, to me—كَبُرَ فِى ذَرْعِى
1.3the measure of anything—ذَرْعٌ
a palm-tree of the measure of the stature of a man—نَخْلَةٌ ذَرْعُ رَجَلٍ
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, in its primary acceptation, has the signification explained in the first sentence of this article. (S, TA.) [Hence, it is used in the sense of] Power, or ability; as also ذِرَاعٌ ; (TA;) or a man's reach, or extent of power or ability. (Msb.) And hence the phrases, ضَاقَ بِالأَمْرِ ذَرْعُهُ , and ذِرَاعُهُ , (K,) and ضَاقَ بِالأَمْرِ ذَرْعًا , (S, Msb, K,) in which the last word is in the accus. case as an explicative, for the original form of the phrase is that first mentioned, (TA,) and sometimes they said ذِرَاعًا , (S, TA,) He was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair; as though meaning, he stretched forth his arm to it and it did not reach it; (S, TA; *) or these phrases are thus used because he who is short in the fore arm will not reach that which he who is long therein reaches, nor will the power of the former equal that of the latter; therefore they are proverbially applied to him whose power falls short of the attainment, or accomplishment, of an affair: (TA:) or he lacked strength, or power, or ability, to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair, and found not any way of escape from what was disagreeable therein: (K:) or he was unable to bear, or endure, or undertake, the thing, or affair. (Msb.) You say also, مَا لِى بِهِ ذَرْعٌ , and ذِرَاعٌ , I have not power, or ability, to do it. (TA.) And كَسَرَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ ذَرْعِى That disabled, hindered, prevented, or withheld, me from doing that which I desired. (TA.) And اِقْصِدْ بِذَرْعِكَ Deal thou gently with thyself; moderate thyself restrain thyself; i. q. اِرْبَعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ ; (S, TA;) and let not thy soul, or mind, carry thee beyond thy measure or extent [of power or ability]. (TA.) And أَبْطَرْتُ فُلَانًا ذَرْعهُ I imposed upon such a one more than he was able to do: (S, TA:) but ذَرْعٌ also signifies the body: and [accord. to IAar] أَبَطَرَنِى ذَرْعِى means He wasted my body, and cut off my means of subsistence. (TA.) [See also art. بطر .] You likewise say, رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ رَجُلٌ [and الذَّرْعِ ] A man having ample strength, and power, and might in war or fight, courage, valour, or prowess. (TA. [See also رَحْبٌ .]) And ضَعِيفُ الذَّرْعِ Impotent. (KL.) And hence, فُلَانٌ خَالِى الذَّرْعِ Such a one has his heart devoid of anxieties, or solicitudes, and griefs; because the heart is sometimes one of the seats of power: or it may mean, agreeably with the original signification of ذَرْعٌ , such a one is free from the causes of occupation which require the stretching forth of the fore arm and extending of the hand. (Har p. 131.) And رَجُلٌ وَاسِعٌ الذَّرْعِ , and الذِّرَاعِ , A man large, or liberal, in disposition. (K.) And كَبُرَ فِى ذَرْعِى Its occurrence, or befalling, was of great moment, momentous, grievous, or distressing, to me. (TA.) ذَرْعٌ also signifies The measure of anything: and نَخْلَةٌ ذَرْعُ رَجَلٍ , A palm-tree of the measure of the stature of a man. (TA.)
Nounذَرَعٌ2 senses

Core sense — eager desire, covetinggenerated

1

A coveting; desiring eagerly.

[Perhaps a maṣdar of which the verb is ذَرِعَ.]

2

See also ذَرِيعَةٌ.

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A coveting; desiring eagerly; or lusting. (S, K.) [Perhaps an inf. n. of which the verb is ذَرِعَ .] See also ذَرِيعَةٌ .
Nounذَرِعٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — journeying by night and day; long-tongued with evil speech; good companygenerated

1

See ذَرِيعٌ, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

That journeys by night and by day.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Long-tongued with evil speech.

2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Good in social, or familiar, dealings.

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: see ذَرِيعٌ , in two places. That journeys by night and by day. (K.) Longtongued with evil speech. (K.) Good in social, or familiar, intercourse. (K, TA.)
Nounذُرْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — power, or ability; a man's reachgenerated

1

See ذَرِيعَةٌ.

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: see ذَرِيعَةٌ .
Nounذَرَاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman quick and active with her hands in spinninggenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferreda woman quick, or active, with her hands in spinning—ذِرَاعٌ

Or: one who spins much, having the ability to do so.

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(S, K) and ذِرَاعٌ (ISd, K) A woman (S) light, or active, with the hands in spinning: (S, K:) or one who spins much; who has ability to do so. (TA.)
Nounذِرَاعٌ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the fore arm; a cubit; the arm of a beastgenerated

1figurative · مجاز[The garment, or piece of cloth, is seven cubits by eight spans]—الثَّوْبُ سَبْعٌ فِى ثَمَانِيَةٍ

Of a man: [the part] from the elbow to the tips of the fingers; the fore arm; the same as سَاعِدٌ [q. v.; thus corresponding to the سَاق of the leg]. Also [the space] from the end of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.

[In the K the space is plainly shown to be meant, as the part is shown in the Msb to be meant in the explanation cited above from that work and the Mgh: see also جَرِيبٌ.]

In both these senses it is sometimes masculine, according to Kh. J says that, as relating to the arm, it is masculine and feminine; but Sb says it is feminine. Mtr says it is feminine. Fei says the measure so called is feminine in most instances. According to ISk it is feminine, but some of the Arabs make it masculine. Fr says it is feminine, but that some of the tribe of ʿOkl make it masculine. As knew no instance of its being masculine, and Zj says such an instance is rare, and not choice.

The measure so called, [i.e. the cubit,] the ذِرَاعٌ مُكَسَّرَة, is six قَبَضَات [or fists] of middling size; and it is called ذِرَاعُ العَمَامَّةِ [the cubit of the common people] because it falls one قَبْضَة [or fist] short of what is called ذِرَاعُ المَلِكِ, namely that of one of the Kisràs, not the last of them, whose ذراع was seven قَبَضَات.

[See also مِيلٌ. It is also an astronomical measure; and as such it seems, from several instances in which Kzw and other writers mention it, to be probably, by rule, two degrees — nearly half, or a quarter, of the length assigned in different instances to the measure called رُمْحٌ; but, like that one, it is not precise nor uniform in every instance.]

The diminutive is ذُرِيَّعَةٌ, with ة, because the word is feminine; or ذُرَيْعٌ [or ذُرَيِّعٌ without ة, according to those who make it masculine].

The plural is أَذْرُعٌ and ذُرْعَانٌ; or, according to Sb, the first only. Sb adds that they gave it this plural form because it is feminine, meaning that فِعَالٌ and فُعَالٌ and فَعِيلٌ, when feminine, have a plural of the measure أَفْعُلٌ.

They say سبع because أَذْرُع is feminine, and ثمانية because أَشْبَار is masculine; and because the length is measured by the ذراع and the breadth by the شِبْر.

[This is a garment, or piece of cloth, a cubit in length]—هٰذَا ثَوْبٌ ذِرَاعٌ

ذِرَاعٌ is also used as an adjective, applied to a masculine noun.

it is prepared, or made ready, on my part—هُوَ مِنِّى عَلَى حَبْلِ الذِّرَاعِ
I will pay it to you in ready money—هُوَ لَكَ عَلَى حَبْلِ الذِّرَاعِ

Or: it is prepared, or made ready, for you. The حبل is a certain vein in the ذراع.

1.1

[Hence several figurative meanings:] see ذَرْعٌ, in six places; and see also ذَرَاعٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز

Hence also, the instrument with which one measures the length of the ذراع [or cubit], made of a piece of wood, or of iron, or a rod of wood.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred[a garment, or piece of cloth, variegated, or figured, in the sleeve]—ثَوْبٌ مُوَشَّى الذِّرَاعِ

[Hence also,] a sleeve.

Plural مَذَارِعُ, a plural not agreeing with its singular, like مَلَامِحُ and مَحَاسِنُ.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredDo not feed the slave with the shank, or he will covet the arm—لَا تُطْعِمِ العَبْدَ الكُرَاعَ فَيَطْمَعَ فِى الذِّرَاعِ

Of the fore legs of bulls or cows, and of sheep or goats, [the arm; that is,] the part above the كُرَاع; and of the fore legs of camels and horses and mules and asses, [likewise the arm; that is,] the part above the وَظِيف [also the arm-bone of any of the animals mentioned here].

According to Lth, of any animal, [but this is by naming a part for the whole, the fore leg;] the same as يَدٌ, applying to the whole of whatever is called by that name: [thus, again, corresponding to سَاقٌ, this latter term likewise having a proper use and a part-for-whole use.]

This is a proverb.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredtwo bright stars, which are one of the Mansions of the Moon—الذِّرَاعُ

[Hence.] Also called ذِرَاعُ الأَسَد.

[There are two asterisms so called; together, الذِّرَعَانِ. One of them is] الذِّرَاعُ المَبْسُوطَةُ [also called ذِرَاعُ الأَسَدِ المَبْسُوطَةُ], the two bright stars in the heads of Gemini. (Kzw, in his description of Gemini.)

[The other is called الذِّرَاعُ المَقْبُوضَةُ, and] ذِرَاعُ الأَسَدِ المَقْبُوضَةُ, the two bright stars of Canis Minor. (Kzw, in his description of Canis Minor.)

[From this it appears that the ancient Arabs, or many of them, extended the figure of Leo (as they did also that of Scorpio) far beyond the limits which we assign to it. The former ذراع, according to those who make النَّوْءُ mean “the auroral rising,” but the latter according to those who make it mean “the auroral setting,” is the Seventh Mansion of the Moon. The descriptions that follow, in Kzw's account of the Mansions of the Moon and in the O and K and TA, are obscure and inaccurate.]

الذِّرَاعُ is one of the Mansions of the Moon, and is called ذراع الاسد المقبوضة or ذراع الاسد المبسوطة: the lion has a ذراع, which is مبسوطة, and a ذراع, which is مقبوضة; and this is the one next to Syria, or on the left, and in it the moon has a mansion, the مبسوطة being next to El-Yemen, or on the right; [but this account of their relative positions should be reversed, as is shown by what precedes and by what follows;] each of them is two stars, between which is the measure of a سَوْط [or whip]; and the latter is higher in the sky, and more extended, than the other, and so it is called مبسوطة; and sometimes the moon deviates, and so has a mansion in it.

[It is said in the TA that الذراع is also a name of one of the asterisms of الجَوْزَآء, but this is the same as the one called the مبسوطة.]

It rises [at dawn] on the fourth of تَمُّوز [or July, Old Style], and sets [at dawn] on the fourth of كَانُون الآخِر [or January, Old Style]. (O, Kzw: [and so in the K, except that there it is said by mistake to set in كَانُون الأَوَّل.]) So says IKt; but Ibráheem El-Harbee says that it rises on the seventh of تمّوز and sets on the sixth of كانون الآخر.

[See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in the article نزل, and see also نَوْءٌ and نَكْبَآءُ.]

[When the Dhiráa rises at dawn, the sun puts off the veil, and the rays ascend in the horizon, and the mirage flickers, or glistens, in every plain]—إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الذِّرَاعْ حَسَرَتِ الشَّمْسُ القِنَاعْ وَٱسْتَعْلَتْ فِى الأُفُقِ الشُّعَاعْ وَ تَرَقْرَقَ السَّرَابُ فِى كُلِّ قَاعْ

This is the saying of the rhyming prosaist of the Arabs.

The Arabs assert that when there is no rain [at any other season] in the year, the ذراع does not break its promise, though it be only a بَغْشَة [or weak shower of rain]; [or] its نَوْء is approved, and it seldom breaks its promise.

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferreda certain mark made with a hot iron upon the arm of a camel—ذِرَاعٌ

It is a mark of the Benoo-Thaalebeh in El-Yemen, and of some of the Benoo-Málik-Ibn-Saad.

The arm here is the ذراع.

1.7figurative · مجاز

Also the fore part of a spear, or spear-shaft; this is also called ذِرَاعُ الَعَامِلِ.

Qur’ānic occurrences ذِرَاع
18:18
وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا

Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.

69:32
ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

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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, of a man, (Msb,) [The part] from the elbow to the extremities of the fingers; (Mgh, Msb;) the fore arm; syn. سَاعِدٌ [q. v.; thus corresponding to the سَاق of the leg]: (Lth, K:) and [the space] from the extremity of the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger: (M, Mgh, * K: [in the last of which, the space is plainly shown to be meant, like as the part is shown in the Msb to be meant in the explanation cited above from that work and the Mgh: see also جَرِيبٌ :]) in both these senses, sometimes masc., (K,) accord. to Kh: (TA:) J says, (TA,) as relating to the arm, it is masc. and fem.; but Sb says that it is fem.: (S, TA:) [Mtr says,] it is fem.: (Mgh:) [Fei says,] the measure so called is in most instances fem.: accord. to ISk, it is fem.; but some of the Arabs make it masc.: Fr says that it is fem.; but that some of [the tribe named] 'Okl make it masc.: As did not know an instance of its being masc.: and Zj says that such an instance is extr.; not choice: (Msb:) the measure thus called, [i. e. the cubit,] (Msb,) the ذِرَاعٌ مُكَسَّرَة [or cubit which is divided into fractions], (Mgh,) is six قَبَضَات [or fists] (Mgh, Msb) of middling measure; (Msb;) and this is called ذِرَاعُ العَمَامَّةِ [the cubit of the common people, or the common cubit], because it wants one قَبْضَة [or fist] of what is called ذِرَاعُ المَلِكِ [the cubit of the king], namely one of the Kisràs, (Mgh, Msb,) not the last of them, whose ذراع was seven قَبَضَات : (Mgh:) [see also مِيلٌ : it is also an astronomical measure; and as such, it seems, from several instances in which it is mentioned by Kzw and other writers, to be, probably, by rule, two degrees; nearly the half, or quarter, of the length assigned in different instances to the measure termed رُمْحٌ ; but, like the latter, not precise nor uniform in every instance:] the dim. is ذُرِيَّعَةٌ , with ة because it is fem.; (TA;) or ذُرَيْعٌ [or ذُرَيِّعٌ , without ة , accord. to those who make it masc.]: (L voce حَرْبٌ :) the pl. is أَذْرُعٌ and ذُرْعَانٌ ; (O, Msb, K;) or, accord. to Sb, the former only; (S, Msb;) and Sb adds, they have given it this form of pl. because it is fem.; meaning, that فِعَالٌ and فُعَالٌ and فَعِيلٌ , when fem., have the pl. of the measure أَفْعُلٌ . (TA.) In the phrase الثَّوْبُ سَبْعٌ فِى ثَمَانِيَةٍ [The garment, or piece of cloth, is seven cubits by eight spans], they say سبع because أَذْرُع is fem., and ثمانية because أَشْبَار is masc.; (S; [and the like is said in the Mgh;]) and because the length is measured by the ذراع , and the breadth by the شِبْر . (S in art. ثمن .) ذِرَاعٌ is also used as an epithet, applied to a masc. n.: thus they say, هٰذَا ثَوْبٌ ذِرَاعٌ [This is a garment, or piece of cloth, a cubit in length]. (Kh.) You say also, هُوَ مِنِّى عَلَى حَبْلِ الذِّرَاعِ It is prepared, or made ready, on my part: (S:) and هُوَ لَكَ عَلَى حَبْلِ الذِّرَاعِ I will pay it to thee in ready money: or it is prepared, or made ready, for thee: the حبل being a certain vein in the ذراع . (TA.) [Hence several tropical significations:] see ذَرْعٌ , in six places: and see also ذَرَاعٌ . Hence also, (Z, TA,) The instrument with which one measures the length of the ذراع [or cubit], (S, Z, O, Mgh, K,) made of a piece of wood, (Mgh,) or whether it be iron or a rod of wood. (O, K.) [Hence also,] A sleeve: as in the phrase ثَوْبٌ مُوَشَّى الذِّرَاعِ [a garment, or piece of cloth, variegated, or figured, in the sleeve]: pl. مَذَارِعُ , a pl. not agreeing with its sing., like مَلَامِحُ and مَحَاسِنُ . (TA.) Of the fore legs of bulls or cows, and of sheep or goats, [The arm; i. e.] the part above the كُرَاع : and of the fore legs of camels and horses and mules and asses, [likewise the arm; i. e.] the part above the وَظِيف : (K:) [also the arm-bone of any of the animals here mentioned:] accord. to Lth, (TA,) of any animal, [but this is by synecdoche, the fore leg;] i. q. يَدٌ ; (Msb, TA;) applying to the whole of whatever is called thus: (TA:) [thus, again, corresponding to سَاقٌ ; this latter term, in like manner, having a proper and a synecdochical acceptation. Hence the prov.] لَا تُطْعِمِ العَبْدَ الكُرَاعَ فَيَطْمَعَ فِى الذِّرَاعِ [Feed not thou the slave with the shank, lest he covet the arm]. (K.) [Hence,] الذِّرَاعُ , also called ذِرَاعُ الأَسَد Two bright stars, which are one of the Mansions of the Moon: (S:) [there are two asterisms thus called; together, الذِّرَعَانِ : one of them is] الذِّرَاعُ المَبْسُوطَةُ , [also called ذِرَاعُ الأَسَدِ المَبْسُوطَةُ ,] the two bright stars [ and ] in the heads of Gemini: (Kzw in his description of Gemini:) [the other is called الذِّرَاعُ المَقْبُوضَةُ , and] ذِرَاعُ الأَسَدِ المَقْبُوضَةُ , the two bright stars [ and ] of Canis Minor: (Kzw in his description of Canis Minor:) [hence it appears that the ancient Arabs, or many of them, extended the figure of Leo (as they did also that of Scorpio) far beyond the limits which we assign to it: the former ذراع accord. to those who make النَّوْءُ to signify “ the auroral rising, ” but the latter accord. to those who make it to signify “ the auroral setting, ” is the Seventh Mansion of the Moon: the following descriptions in Kzw's account of the Mansions of the Moon, and in the O and K and TA, are obscure and inaccurate:] الذِّرَاعُ is one of the Mansions of the Moon, (O, Kzw, K,) and is called ذراع الاسد المقبوضة , (O, Kzw,) or ذراع الاسد المبسوطة : (K:) the lion has a ذراع which is مبسوطة and a ذراع which is مقبوضة , (O, Kzw, K,) and this is the one next to Syria, (O, K,) or on the left, (Kzw,) and in it the moon has a mansion; the مبسوطة being next to El-Yemen, (O, K,) or on the right; (Kzw;) [but this description of their relative positions should be reversed, as is shown by what precedes and by what follows;] each being two stars, between which is the measure of a سَوْط [or whip]; (O;) and the latter is higher in the sky, and more extended, than the other, (O, K,) wherefore it is called مبسوطة ; (O;) and sometimes the moon deviates, and so has a mansion in it: (O, K:) [it is said in the TA that الذراع is also a name of one of the asterisms ( نُجُوم ) of الجَوْزَآء ; but this is the same that is called the مبسوطة :] it rises [at dawn] on the fourth of تَمُّوز [or July O. S.], and sets [at dawn] on the fourth of كَانُون الآخِر [or January, O. S.]: (O, Kzw: [and so in the K, except that in this last, it is erroneously said to set in كَانُون الأَوَّل :]) so says IKt: but Ibráheem El-Harbee says that it rises on the seventh of تمّوز , and sets on the sixth of كانون الآخر . (O, TA.) [See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل ; and see also نَوْءٌ , and نَكْبَآءُ .] The rhyming prosaist of the Arabs says, إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الذِّرَاعْ حَسَرَتِ الشَّمْسُ القِنَاعْ وَٱسْتَعْلَتْ فِى الأُفُقِ الشُّعَاعْ وَ تَرَقْرَقَ السَّرَابُ فِى كُلِّ قَاعْ [When the Dhiráa rises at dawn, the sun puts off the veil, and the rays ascend in the horizon, and the mirage flickers, or glistens, in every plain]. (TA.) And the Arabs assert that when there is no rain [at any other season] in the year, the ذراع does not break its promise, though it be but a بَغْشَة [or weak shower of rain]: (Kzw, TA:) [or] its نَوْء is approved, and seldom does it break its promise. (Kzw.) ذِرَاعٌ also signifies A certain mark made with a hot iron upon the arm ( ذراع ) of a camel: (S, K:) and is a mark of the Benoo-Thaalebeh in El-Yemen, and of some persons of the Benoo-Málik-Ibn-Saad. (K.) Also The fore part of a spear or spear-shaft: (K, TA:) this is called (S, TA) also (TA) ذِرَاعُ الَعَامِلِ . (S, TA.)
Nounذَرُوعٌ1 sense

Core sense — wide in step, and quick, or active, in pacegenerated

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Nounذَرِيعٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — wide in step and quick in pace; ample; an intercessorgenerated

1figurative · مجازhe was quick, and wide of step, in walking—كَانَ ذَرِيعَ المَشْىِ

Wide in step, and light, or active, in pace, or going; applied to a horse and to a camel; as also ذَرُوعٌ. And quick.

[And so ذَرِعٌ, for] ذَرِعَاتٌ, applied to the legs of a quadruped, means quick, wide in step, taking much of the ground; or, as some say, this last word means the legs of a beast, like مَذَارِعُ, plural of مِذْرَاعٌ.

Said of Mohammad in a tradition.

a man quick in writing—رَجُلٌ ذَرِيعٌ بِالِكِتَابَةِ
he ate quickly and much—أَكَلَ أَكْلًا ذَرِيعًا
quick slaughter—قَتْلٌ ذَرِيعٌ
spreading death—مَوْتٌ ذَرِيعٌ

Or: quick, spreading death, such that the people can hardly, or can in no way, bury one another.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

An ample thing, affair, or state.

2figurative · مجاز — inferred

An intercessor. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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Wide in step, (S, K,) and light, or active, in pace, or going; (K;) applied to a horse, (S, K,) and to a camel; as also ذَرُوعٌ : (K:) and quick: (S, Msb, K:) [and so ذَرِعٌ ; for] ذَرِعَاتٌ , (S, O, K,) applied to the legs of a quadruped ( قَوَائِمٌ ), (S, TA,) signifies quick, (S, K,) wide in step, taking much of the ground: (O, K:) or, as some say, this last word signifies the legs of a beast, (TA,) like مَذَارِعُ , (S, K,) pl. of مِذْرَاعٌ . (K.) It is said of Mohammad, in a trad., كَانَ ذَرِيعَ المَشْىِ He was quick, and wide of step, in walking. (TA.) And you say, رَجُلٌ ذَرِيعٌ بِالِكِتَابَةِ A man quick in writing. (TA.) And أَكَلَ أَكْلًا ذَرِيعًا He ate quickly and much. (TA.) And قَتْلٌ ذَرِيعٌ Quick slaughter. (S.) And مَوْتٌ ذَرِيعٌ Spreading death: (K:) or quick, spreading death, such that the people can hardly, or can in no wise, bury one another. (TA.) An ample thing, affair, or state. (K.) An intercessor. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
Nounذُرَيْعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small fore arm; a short cubitgenerated

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A diminutive of ذِرَاعٌ.

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Nounذَرِيعَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a she-camel used as cover by an archer; a means of accessgenerated

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A she-camel by which the archer, or the like, conceals himself from the game, walking at her side and shooting, or casting, when the animal puts itself in his power, having first left the she-camel to roam freely with the wild animals so that they may become used to her; like دَرِيْئَةٌ.

Also ذَرَعٌ; plural ذُرُعٌ.

1.1figurative · مجازsuch a one is my means of access to you, and of attachment to you—فُلَانٌ ذَرِيعَتِى إِلَيْكَ

Hence, anything that brings one near to a thing; a means of access, nearness, intimacy, attachment, or connexion; the same as وَسِيلَةٌ and سَبَبٌ and وُصْلَةٌ.

Also ذُرْعَةٌ (Ibn-ʿAbbād); plural ذَرَائِعُ.

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Also, [like دَرِيْئَةٌ,] a ring by aiming at which one learns the art of shooting, or of casting [the lance and the like].

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A she-camel by which the archer, or the like, conceals himself from the game, (S, K, TA,) walking by her side, and shooting, or casting, when the object puts itself in his power, having first left the she-camel to roam at pleasure with the wild animals in order that they may become familiar with her; (TA;) like دَرِيْئَةٌ ; (S;) as also ذَرَعٌ : (K:) pl. ذُرُعٌ . (IAar.) Hence, Anything that brings one near to a thing; (IAar;) a means of access, nearness, intimacy, ingratiation, attachment, or connexion; syn. وَسِيلَةٌ ; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and سَبَبٌ ; and وُصْلَةٌ ; (TA;) as also ذُرْعَةٌ : (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) pl. ذَرَائِعُ . (S, Msb.) You say, فُلَانٌ ذَرِيعَتِى إِلَيْكَ Such a one is my means of access to thee, and of attachment to thee, or connexion with thee. (TA.) Also, [like دَرِيْئَةٌ ,] A ring by aiming at which one learns the art of shooting, or casting [the lance &c.]. (TA.)
Nounذُرَيِّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small fore arm; a short cubitgenerated

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Diminutives of ذِرَاعٌ.

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Nounذُرَيِّعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a small means of accessgenerated

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Diminutives of ذِرَاعٌ.

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Nounذَرَّاعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who measures with the cubitgenerated

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A measurer with the ذِرَاع [or cubit].

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A he-camel that drives the she-camel with his arm and so makes her lie down that he may cover her. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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A measurer with the ذِرَاع [or cubit]. (T in art. أبر .) A he-camel that drives the she-camel with his arm and so makes her lie down that he may cover her. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
Nounذَارِعٌ2 senses

Core sense — a small skin for wine; an excellent she-camelgenerated

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[So in a copy of the S and of the K and in the TA; in one copy of the S and in one of the K, ذِرَاع; in the CK, ذَرّاع; but the right reading is ذَارِعٌ, as is shown by verses in which it occurs, cited in the TA, and by its plural.]

A small [skin of the kind called] زِقّ, which is stripped off from the part next to the ذِرَاع [or arm], and which is for شَرَاب [or wine].

مِذْرَعٌ means [the same, or simply] a small زِقّ; or, as some say, زِقٌّ ذَارِعٌ means a زقّ that takes much water. The plural is ذَوَارِعُ.

2an excellent she-camel—نَاقَةٌ ذَارَعَةٌ
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[so in a copy of the S and of the K and in the TA: in one copy of S and in one of the K, ذِرَاع : in the CK, ذَرّاع : but the right reading is ذَارِعٌ , as is shown by verses in which it occurs, cited in the TA, and by its pl.,] A small [skin of the kind called] زِقّ , which is stripped off from the part next to the ذِرَاع [or arm], (S, K,) and which is for شَرَاب [or wine]; (S;) and مِذْرَعٌ signifies [the same; or simply] a small زِقّ : (TA:) or, as some say, زِقٌّ ذَارِعٌ signifies a زقّ that takes much water: (TA:) the pl. is ذَوَارِعُ . (S, TA.) نَاقَةٌ ذَارَعَةٌ An excellent she-camel. (TA.)
Nounأَذْرَعُ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — quicker, or quickest, of hand; more chaste in speechgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe best of you women is the one quickest of hand among you in spinning—خَيْرُ كُنَّ أَذْرَعُكُنَّ لِلْغَزْلِ

Said in a tradition. Or: the most able of you to spin.

they slew them with the quickest slaughter—قَتَلُوهُمْ أَذْرَعَ قَتْلٍ

on this sense [More, and most, light, or active, and quick, with the arms, or hands, or otherwise.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe is more chaste of speech than he—هُوَ أَذْرَعُ مِنْهُ

More, and most, chaste in speech.

2figurative · مجاز — inferred

One whose mother is Arabian but not his father; the same as مُقْرِفٌ; or the son of an Arabian man by a freed slave-woman: the first is the more correct.

[See also مُذَرَّعٌ.]

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[More, and most, light, or active, and quick, with the arms, or hands, or otherwise]. It is said in a trad., خَيْرُ كُنَّ أَذْرَعُكُنَّ لِلْغَزْلِ The best of you females is the most light, or active, of hand, of you, in spinning: or, the most able of you to spin. (TA.) And قَتَلُوهُمْ أَذْرَعَ قَتْلٍ They slew them with the quickest slaughter. (S.) More, and most, chaste in speech. (K.) You say, هُوَ أَذْرَعُ مِنْهُ He is more chaste of speech than he. (TA.) One whose mother is Arabian but not his father; syn. مُقْرِفٌ : or the son of an Arabian man by an emancipated slavewoman: (K:) the former is the more correct. (TA.) [See also مُذَرَّعٌ .]
Nounتَذْرِيعٌ1 sense

Core sense — the extra part of the cord binding a camel's armgenerated

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The extra part of the cord with which the arm [of a camel] is bound. [See form 2, latter part.]

It is a noun, like [تَصْدِيرٌ and] تَنْبِيتٌ, not a maṣdar.

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The redundant part of the cord with which the arm [of a camel] is bound: [see 2, latter part:] a subst. like [ تَصْدِيرٌ and] تَنْبِيتٌ ; not an inf. n. (TA.)
Nounمِذْرَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a leg of a beastgenerated

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See ذَارِعٌ.

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Nounمُذَرَّعٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — having marks on the arms; a man whose mother is nobler than his fathergenerated

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An adjective applied to an ass and to a mule: having what are called رَقْمَتَانِ [q. v.] upon his arms.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Hence, a man whose mother is more noble than his father: as though, or said to be, so called because of the رَقْمَتَانِ upon the arm, or arms, of the mule, for these come to him from the side of the ass; or so called as being likened to the mule, because he has upon his arms رقمتان like those of the arm of the ass, so resembling the ass; and the mother of the mule is more noble than his father.

[See also أَذْرَعُ.]

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A lion having upon his arms the blood of his prey.

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[A beast] struck in the uppermost part of his breast so that the blood has flowed upon his arms.

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A horse that outstrips; or (originally) one that overtakes the wild animal and has his arms smeared when his rider pierces it so as to make the blood flow forth; this blood upon his arms being the sign that he has outstripped.

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A bull having black spots, or black places, upon his shanks.

1.6a hyena having stripes upon its arms—مُذَرَّعَةٌ

An adjective in which the quality of a noun predominates; or applied to the hyena because of blackness on its arms.

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, an epithet applied to an ass, and to a mule, meaning Having what are termed رَقْمَتَانِ [q. v.] upon his arms. (L.) Hence, (L,) A man (TA) whose mother is more noble than his father: (S, L, K:) as though, (K,) or said to be, (S,) so called because of the رَقْمَتَانِ upon the arm [or arms] of the mule, for they come to him from the side of the ass; (S, K;) or so called as being likened to the mule, because he has upon his arms رقمتان like those of the arm of the ass, thereby resembling the ass; and the mother of the mule is more noble than his father. (L.) [See also أَذْرَعُ .] A lion having upon his arms the blood of his prey. (IAar.) [A beast] struck in the uppermost part of his breast so that the blood has flowed upon his arms. (K.) A horse that outstrips: or (originally, TA) that overtakes the wild animal and has his arms smeared by his rider's piercing the latter so as to make the blood flow forth; (K, TA;) this blood upon his arms being the sign of his having outstripped. (TA,) A bull having black spots, or black places, upon his shanks. (S, K.) مُذَرَّعَةٌ A hyena having stripes upon its arms: (K:) an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates: or applied to the hyena because of blackness on its arms. (TA.)
Nounمُذَرِّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — rain that sinks a cubit into the earthgenerated

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Rain that sinks into the earth to the depth of a cubit.

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Rain that sinks into the earth to the depth of a cubit. (S, K.)
Nounمِذْرَاعٌ6 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a leg of a beast; a town between cultivated land and desertgenerated

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Singular of مَذَارِعٌ [which is contrary to rule] in a sense pointed out below, or in all the senses explained below, and of مَذَارِيعٌ, which is according to rule.

1.1the legs of a beast—مَذَارِعُ

Also مَذَارِيعُ and ذَرِعَاتٌ: see ذَرِيعٌ. So called because the beast measures the ground with them.

Or, as some say, [like the plural of ذِرَاعٌ,] the parts of a beast between the knee and the armpit.

2the towns that lie between the cultivated land and the desert—مَذَارِعُ

The word for towns is قُرَى in the S, or بِلَاد in the K. Such towns as El-Kádiseeyeh and El-Ambár.

In this sense, as in others, plural of مِذْرَاعٌ; also مَذَارِيعُ, the same as مَزَالِفُ and بَرَاغِيلُ.

El-Hasan El-Basree speaks of the مَذَارِعُ of El-Yemen.

[Freytag says, without naming his authority, that مَذَارِعُ has the same meaning among the people of Nejd as مَخَالِيفُ among the people of El-Yemen and مَزَالِفُ in the region of El-Hijáz; but this disagrees with all that I have found regarding the term مخاليف.]

2.1

Also the parts, regions, quarters, or tracts of a land; the same as نَوَاحٍ. Ibn-ʿAbbād.

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And the places where a valley bends.

2.3

And palm-trees that are near to houses or tents.

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sing. of مَذَارِعٌ , [which is contr. to rule,] (S, K,) in a sense pointed out below, (S,) or in all the senses explained below, and of مَذَارِيعٌ , (K,) which is agreeable to rule. (TA.) مَذَارِعُ signifies The legs of a beast; (S, K;) as also مَذَارِيعُ , and ذَرِعَاتٌ ; see ذَرِيعٌ ; because the beast measures with them the ground: or, as some say, [like the pl. of ذِرَاعٌ ,] the parts of a beast between the knee and the arm-pit. (TA.) مَذَارِعُ also signifies The towns ( قُرَى , S, or بِلَاد , K) that are between the cultivated land and the desert; (S, K;) such as El-Kádiseeyeh and El-Ambár; (TA;) in this sense, (S,) as in others, (K,) pl. of مِذْرَاعٌ ; (S, K;) as also مَذَارِيعُ ; (K;) syn. with مَزَالِفُ ; (S;) and بَرَاغِيلُ : (TA:) El-Hasan El-Basree speaks of the مَذَارِعُ of El-Yemen. (TA.) [Freytag says, without mentioning his authority, that مَذَارِعُ has the same signification with the inhabitants of Nejd as مَخَالِيفُ with the inhabitants of El-Yemen and مَزَالِفُ in the region of El-Hijáz: but this is at variance with all that I have found, in respect of the term مخاليف .] Also Parts, regions, quarters, or tracts, syn. نَوَاحٍ , (Ibn-'Abbád, K,) of a land. (Ibn-'Abbád.) And The places of bending of a valley. (Kh.) And Palm-trees that are near to houses or tents. (S, K.)
Nounمَذَارِعُ1 sense

Core sense — the legs of a beast; sleevesgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A plural [contrary to rule] of مِذْرَاعٌ; and of ذِرَاعٌ as meaning a sleeve. See the last of these words, near the middle of the paragraph.

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a pl. [contr. to rule] of مِذْرَاعٌ , q. v.: (S, K:) and of ذِرَاعٌ as signifying A sleeve. (TA.) See the last of these words, near the middle of the paragraph.