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Form 1ذَنَبَهُ2 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarذَنْبٌ

Core sense — he followed him, not quitting his trackgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe followed the camelsذَنَبَ الإِبِلَ

Muḍāriʿ ذَنُبَ and ذَنِبَ; maṣdar ذَنْبٌ and استذنبهُ. Properly, he followed his tail, not quitting his track; and hence, he followed him in any case, not quitting his track.

he followed the camelsاستذنبها
the people followed one anotherذَنَبَتِ القَوْمُ

This is mentioned among the proper meanings.

El-Kilábee says: [And the horses, or horsemen, came all together, following him]

shāhid 1
وَجَآءَتِ الخَيْلُ جَمِيعَا تَذْنُبُهْ

. The context shows the meaning, but not whether it is proper or figurative here.

And Ru-beh says: [Like the hired man,] he was at the tails of the ridden camels

shāhid 2
مِثْلُ الأَجِيرِ ٱسْتَذْنَبَ الرَّوَاحِلَا

.

ذَنَبَتِ is also used.

the road went on uninterruptedlyالطَّرِيقُ
the affair, or event, went on by successive steps, uninterruptedlyالأَمْرُ

ذَنَبَ is also used.

the clouds follow one anotherالسَحَابُ يَذْنُبُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا
1.1.1

See also form 2.

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, (M, K,) aor. ذَنُبَ (S, M, A, K) and ذَنِبَ , (M, K,) inf. n. ذَنْبٌ ; (TK;) and استذنبهُ ; (M, K;) [properly signifies] He followed his tail, not quitting his track: (M:) [and hence, tropically,] he followed him [in any case], not quitting his track. (K.) You say, ذَنَبَ الإِبِلَ and استذنبها He followed the camels. (A: there mentioned among proper significations.) ElKilábee says, 1 [And the horses, or horsemen, came all together, following him]. (S [in which the meaning is indicated by the context; but whether it be proper or tropical in this instance is not shown].) And Ru-beh says, 2 [Like the hired man,] he was at the tails of the ridden camels. (T, S.) ذَنَبَتِ القَوْمُ , and [ ذَنَبَتِ ] الطَّرِيقُ , and الأَمْرُ [ ذَنَبَ ], and السَحَابُ يَذْنُبُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا , are tropical phrases [meaning The people followed one another, and The road followed on uninterruptedly, and The affair, or case, or event, proceeded by successive steps, uninterruptedly, and The clouds follow one another]. (A.) وَجَآءَتِ الخَيْلُ جَمِيعَا تَذْنُبُهْ مِثْلُ الأَجِيرِ ٱسْتَذْنَبَ الرَّوَاحِلَا See also 2.
Form 2ذنّب7 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَذْنِيبٌ

Core sense — it stuck its tail into the ground; the dates ripened; he added an appendixgenerated

2.1

. Said of the locust: it stuck its tail into the ground to lay its eggs.

Or, said of the lizard called ضبّ, of the locust, and of the locust in the stage termed فَرَاش and the like: it wanted to copulate or to lay eggs, and so stuck its tail into the ground.

Or, said of the ضَبّ, it means only that it struck with its tail a hunter or a serpent trying to catch it.

Or, said of the ضَبّ, it also means that it put its tail out from the nearest part of its hole, keeping its head inside, as it does in hot weather or when someone tries to catch it. [Or it put its tail foremost in coming out of its hole; the opposite of رَأَّسَ.]

2.1.1figurative · مجازthe full-grown unripe dates began to ripen at the baseذَنَّبَتِ البُسْرَةُ

Also ذَنَّبَ البُسْرُ and الرُّطَبُ.

They showed ripening, or became speckled from ripening, or ripened, at the ذَنَب, that is, the part next the base and the stalk.

Dates in this state are called تَذْنُوبٌ in the dialect of Benoo-Asad, and تُذْنُوبٌ in the dialect of Temeem, and مُذَنِّبٌ; a single date is تَذْنُوبَةٌ or مُذَنِّبَةٌ.

2.2he seized the tail of the ضبّذنّب الضَّبَّ

Said of one trying to catch it.

Or, probably, ذَنَبَ, like رَأَسَ, جَنَبَ and فَأَدَ and the like; or perhaps both forms.

2.2.1it turned its tail towards the viper in coming out of its holeذنّب الأَفْعَى

Said of a ضَبّ: it met the viper tail first; the opposite of رَأَّسَ الأَفْعَى.

Mentioned under رأس.

2.2.2figurative · مجازhe made a tail to his turbanذنّب عِمَامَتَهُ

That is, he let part of his turban hang down like a tail; of a man who has done this one says تَذَنَّبَ.

2.2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredI added an appendix to his discourseذَنَّبْتُ كَلَامَهُ
I added an appendix to his writing, or bookكِتَابَهُ

Like ذَيَّلْتُهُ.

Hence the is used to mean an appendix, like تَذْيِيلٌ.

2.2.4figurative · مجاز — inferredthey made channels for water in its rugged groundذَنَّبُوا خُشْبَانَهُ

Such channels are called مَذَانِب.

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, (T, M, A,) inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ , (T, A,) said of the locust, It stuck its tail into the ground to lay its eggs: (A:) or, said of the [lizard called] ضبّ , (Lth, T, M,) and of the locust, (M,) and of the [locust in the stage in which it is termed] فَرَاش , (Lth, T, M,) and the like, (Lth, T,) it desired to copulate, (Lth, T, M,) or to lay eggs, and therefore stuck its tail into the ground: (M:) or, said of the ضَبّ , it signifies only it struck with its tail a hunter or serpent desiring to catch it: (T:) or, said of the ضَبّ , it signifies also it put forth its tail (M, A) from the nearest part of its hole, having its head within it, as it does in hot weather, (M,) or when an attempt was made to catch it: (A:) [or it put its tail foremost in coming forth from its hole; contr. of رَأَّسَ .] ذَنَّبَتِ البُسْرَةُ , (T, S, M, K,) or ذَنَّبَ البُسْرُ , (As, A, Mgh,) or الرُّطَبُ , (Msb,) inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ , (Msb, K,) [The full-grown unripe date or dates, or the ripening dates,] began to ripen, (Mgh, and so in a copy of the S,) or showed ripening, (Msb, and so in a copy of the S,) or became speckled by reason of ripening, (As, T, M, K,) or ripened, (A,) at the ذَنَب , (As, T, S, M, A, Mgh, K,) i. e. the part next the base and stalk. (Mgh.) The dates in this case are termed تَذْنُوبٌ (Fr, T, S, M, A, K) in the dial. of Benoo-Asad, (Fr, T,) and تُذْنُوبٌ (Fr, T, K) in the dial. of Temeem (Fr, T) and مُذَنِّبٌ ; (A, Mgh;) and a single date is termed تَذْنُوبَةٌ (T, M, * K) and مُذَنِّبَةٌ . (T, S.) ذنّب الضَّبَّ , [or, probably, ذَنَبَ , being similar to رَأَسَ and جَنَبَ and فَأَدَ &c., or perhaps both,] He seized the tail of the ضبّ ; said of one endeavouring to catch it. (A.) ذنّب الأَفْعَى , said of a ضَبّ , It turned its tail towards the viper, or met the viper tail-foremost, in coming forth from its hole; contr. of رَأَّسَ الأَفْعَى . (TA in art. رأس .) ذنّب عِمَامَتَهُ [He made a tail to his turban;] (S, K, TA;) i. e. he made a portion of his turban to hang down like a tail: (S, TA:) you say of him who has done this, تَذَنَّبَ . (S, A, K, TA.) ذَنَّبْتُ كَلَامَهُ [and كِتَابَهُ I added an appendix to his discourse and his writing, or book; like ذَيَّلْتُهُ ]. (A, TA.) [Hence, the inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ is used to signify An appendix; like تَذْيِيلٌ .] ذَنَّبُوا خُشْبَانَهُ They made channels for water (which are termed مَذَانِب ) in its rugged ground. (TA from a trad.)
Form 3ذَانَبَتْ1 sense

Core sense — she reached the last stage of labour, said of a maregenerated

3.1said of a mare in this stateمُذَانِبٌ

Sgh wrote it with his own hand with ء, but others write it without.

Said of a mare in labour: her fetus came down to her قُحْقُح [the ischium, described by MF as the place where the two hips meet], the سِقْى [described by MF as a skin containing yellow water] was near to coming out, and the root of her tail rose, with the part of it that is bare of hair, and she did not lower it.

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, (AO, T, K,) written by Sgh, with his own hand, with ء , but by others without, (MF,) said of a mare [in parturition], She was in such a state that her fœtus came to her قُحْقُح [or ischium (here described by MF as the place of meeting of the two hips)], and the سِقْى [q. v. (here explained by MF as a skin containing yellow water]) was near to coming forth, (AO, T, K,) and the root of her tail rose, and the part thereof that is bare of hair, and she did not [or could not] lower it. (AO, T.) In this case, she is said to be مُذَانِبٌ , (AO, T, K.)
Form 4اذنب1 sense

Core sense — he committed a sin, a crime, a faultgenerated

4.1

He committed a sin, crime, fault, or misdeed; he became chargeable with a ذَنْب.

It is one of the verbs for which no proper maṣdar has been heard; ذَنْبٌ is used instead of one, as a quasi-maṣdar. إِذْنَابٌ, like إِكْرَامٌ, has not been heard, though the KL gives it as meaning the committing of a sin or the like, and the TK mentions it too.

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He committed a sin, crime, fault, misdemeanour, &c.; (S, * M, * A, * MA, K; *) he became chargeable with a ذَنْب [or sin, &c.]: (Msb:) it is an instance, among others, of a verb of which no proper inf. n. has been heard; [ ذَنْبٌ being used instead of such, as a quasi-inf. n.;] for إِذْنَابٌ , like إِكْرَامٌ , [though mentioned in the KL, as signifying the committing of a sin or the like, and also in the TK,] has not been heard. (MF.)
Form 5تذنّب عَلَى فُلَانٍ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he accused someone of a sin he had not committedgenerated

5.1

He accused such a one of a sin, crime, fault, or misdeed that he had not committed, or when he had committed none.

5.2

See also form 2, near the end of the paragraph.

5.2.1figurative · مجازI came to the valley from the direction of its ذَنَبتَذَنَّبْتُ الوَادِىَ
he took the roadتذنّب الطَّرِيقَ

As though he took its ذِنَابَة, or came to it from the direction of its ذَنَب.

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He accused such a one of a sin, crime, fault, misdemeanour, or the like, which he had not committed, or though he had not committed any. (A, TA.) See also 2, near the end of the paragraph. تَذَنَّبْتُ الوَادِىَ I came to the valley from the direction of its ذَنَب [q. v.]. (A.) And تذنّب الطَّرِيقَ He took the road; (K, TA;) as though he took its ذِنَابَة , or came to it from [the direction of] its ذَنَب . (TA.)
Form 10استذنبهُ3 senses

Core sense — he found him at fault; he imputed a sin to himgenerated

10.1

He found him committing, or to have committed, a sin, crime, fault, or misdeed; and he imputed a sin to him.

10.2

See also form 1, in three places.

10.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe affair became complete and in a right stateاستذنب الأَمْرُ

As though it took on a tail.

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He found him to be committing [or to have committed] a sin, crime, fault, misdemeanour, or the like: and he attributed, or imputed, to him a sin, &c. (Har p. 450.) See also 1, in three places. استذنب الأَمْرُ The affair was, or became, complete, [as though it assumed a tail,] and in a right state. (K, * TA.)

Derived nouns 26

Nounذَنْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sin, a crime, a fault, an offencegenerated

1

A sin, a crime, a fault, a misdeed, an unlawful deed, an offence, a transgression, or an act of disobedience; the same as إِثْمٌ, or جُرْمٌ, or both, and مَعْصِيَةٌ.

Or it differs from إِثْمٌ in being either intentional or done through inadvertence, whereas the اثم is intentional only. Or a thing that shuts one out from the favour of God. Or a thing for which a person is blamable if he does it intentionally.

Plural ذُنُوبٌ; plural of the plural ذُنُوبَاتٌ.

وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنْبٌ [in the Kur 26:13, said by Moses, meaning And they have a crime to charge against me] refers to the speaker's killing of the man he struck, who was of the family of Pharaoh.

Qur’ān 26:14 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxvi. 13”
Qur’ān 26:14 Lane quotes this verse
وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنۢبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

"And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences ذَنب 1 shown of 36
81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was killed;

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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A sin, a crime, a fault, a misdemeanour, a misdeed, an unlawful deed, an offence, a transgression, or an act of disobedience; syn. إِثْمٌ , (T, M, A, Msb,) or جُرْمٌ , (S,) or both, (TA,) and مَعْصِيَةٌ : (T, TA:) or it differs from إِثْمٌ in being either intentional or committed through inadvertence; whereas the اثم is peculiarly intentional: (Kull p. 13:) or a thing that precludes one from [the favour of] God: or a thing for which he is blamable who does it intentionally: (KT:) pl. ذُنُوبٌ (M, Msb, K) and pl. pl. ذُنُوبَاتٌ . (M, K.) وَلَهُمْ عَلَىَّ ذَنْبٌ [in the Kur xxvi. 13, said by Moses, meaning And they have a crime to charge against me,] refers to the speaker's slaughter of him whom he struck, who was of the family of Pharaoh. (M.)
Nounذَنَبٌ26 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the tail; the end, or last part; followers, or dependantsgenerated

1

This word, and ذُنَابَى, دِنِبَّى and, according to El-Hejeree, ذُنُبَّى, mean the same thing: the tail, the same as ذَيْلٌ.

In the CK الذِّنْبِىُّ is wrongly put for الذِّنْبِىَّ.

But according to Fr, the first of these words is used of the horse and the second of the bird; or the first is used of the horse and the ass and the like more commonly than the second, and the second of a bird more commonly than the first, or more correctly. Or the second belongs properly to a winged creature and the first to anything else, though the second is sometimes used figuratively of the horse: so Er-Riyáshee. Or, as some say, the second means the place where the ذَنَب grows.

The plural of ذَنَبٌ is أَذْنَابٌ. [Hence the phrases that follow.]

1.1figurative · مجازhe was content with a deficient lotرَكِبَ ذَنَبَ البَعِيرِ

Literally, he rode on the tail of the camel.

1.2figurative · مجازhe stayed, or abode, and remained fixed, said of a manضَرَبَ بِذَنِبِهِ

Literally, he struck the earth with his tail, الأَرْضَ being understood. [See also another explanation of this phrase below.]

he stayed in our land and did not leave itأَقَامَ بِأَرْضِنَا وَ غَرَزَ ذَنَبَهُ

Literally, and he stuck his tail into the ground; said originally of the locust. [See the article on غرز.]

1.3figurative · مجازbetween me and him there is opposition, or competitionبَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَنبُ الضَّبِّ

Literally, between me and him is the tail of the ضبّ, as when two people are trying to seize the tail of the ضبّ.

1.4figurative · مجازthe old man's شَىْء became lax, or languidاِسْتَرْخَى ذنَبُ الشَّيْخِ
1.5figurative · مجازhe outwent, or outstripped, and was not overtakenرَكِبَ ذَنَبَ الرِّيحِ

Literally, he rode upon the tail of the wind.

1.6figurative · مجازhe passed the age of fifty yearsوَلَّى خَمْسِينَ ذَنَبا
he passed the age of fifty yearsوَلَتْهُ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا

Literally, he turned his tail upon the fifty.

Literally, the fifty turned their tail upon him; so according to Yaakoob.

IAar reports that El-Kilábee, asked his age, said قَدْ وَلَّتْ لِىَ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا — literally, the fifty have turned their tail to me.

1.7figurative · مجازhe regretted an event that had passedاِتَّبَعَ ذَنَبَ أَمْرٍ مُدْبِرٍ

Literally, he followed the tail of an event retreating.

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferreda man very patient in enduring ridingرَجُلٌ وَقَاحُ الذَّنَبِ

[The ذَنَب of a man is the part corresponding to the tail.]

Literally, a man hard in the caudal extremity. So IAar, and it is mentioned in the article on وقح.

1.9figurative · مجازI clung to his skirtsتَعَلَّقْتُ بِأَذْنَابِهِ

And of a garment: the skirt.

1.10figurative · مجاز — inferred

The ذَنَبَ of a ship or boat is the rudder; so Lth, and it is mentioned in the article on سكن. [See also خَيْزُرَانٌ.]

1.11figurative · مجاز — inferredanything resembling a tailذَنَبٌ
1.12figurative · مجاز — inferred

And hence, the end of a whip.

1.13figurative · مجاز — inferred

And, of an unripe date, or of any date, the hinder part; the part next the base and the stalk.

1.14figurative · مجاز

And the outer corner of the eye, next the temple; also ذِنَابٌ, ذِنَابَةٌ and ذُنَابَةٌ [and ذُنَابَى, as used in the K under اِزْدَجَّ in the article on زج].

1.15

See also ذَنُوبٌ, third sentence.

1.16figurative · مجازthat was in the end of the time pastكَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى ذَنَبِ الدَّهْرِ

Also the end, or last, or latter, part of anything. Plural ذِنَابٌ [and أَذْنَابٌ]; and ذِنَابٌ [as a singular], or ذُنَابٌ, has this meaning.

And ذَنَبُ الوَادِى and الذُنَابَةُ mean the same, that is, the end of the valley: A 'Obeyd.

Or ذُنَابَةٌ, ذِنَابَةٌ and ذَنَبَةٌ mean the last, or latter, parts — in some copies of the K, the last, or latter, part — of a valley, of a river, and of time. [And ذِنَابٌ seems to have the former of these two meanings in relation to a valley, according to Az; for he says] it seems that ذِنَابٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ, in relation to a valley, are plurals of ذَنَبٌ, as جِمَالٌ and جِمَالَةٌ are plurals of جَمَلٌ.

Or ذِنَابَةٌ and ذَنَبَةٌ, the former more common than the latter, mean the place to which the torrent of a valley finally comes. The plural of ذِنَابَةٌ is ذَنَائِبُ.

The ذَنَب of a valley and its مِذْنَبَ are the same, that is, the lowest, or lower, part of it; the plurals أَذْنَابٌ and مَذَانِبُ mean the lowest, or lower, parts of valleys. And أَذْنَابٌ means in the same way the last, or latter, parts of water-courses such as are called تِلَاع. [See also مِذْنَبٌ.]

such a one will not impede the last part of a water-courseلَا يَمْنَعُ فُلَانٌ ذَنَبَ تَلْعَةٍ

Said in a tradition, and applied to a person abject, weak and contemptible.

And أَذْنَابُ أُمُورٍ means the last, or latter, parts of affairs or events.

a long-tailed story, one that hardly ever comes to an endحَدِيثٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ
a day whose evil does not come to an endيَوْمٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ

And يَوْمٌ ذَنُوبٌ has this meaning too, as though the day were long in the tail; or it means a day of long-continued evil.

he followed the last of the people, not quitting their trackاِتَّبَعَ ذِنَابَةَ القَوْمِ
he followed the last of the camels, not quitting their trackالإِبِلِ
1.17figurative · مجاز — inferredthe leader of the religion will go through the land with followers and adherentsضَرَبَ يَعْسُوبُ الدِّينِ بِذَنَبِهِ

Also the followers, or dependants, of a man. ذَانِبٌ and ذُنَابَةٌ mean a single follower or dependant; and أَذْنَابٌ, ذُنَابَى, دَنَائِبُ [plural of ذُنَابَةٌ] and ذُنُبَاتٌ, or ذَنَبَاتٌ, mean followers or dependants of a people or party — though some state that the last of these is not said of men — and also the lower sort, the rabble, and those below the chiefs.

In a tradition of 'Alee. [But see the articles on ضرب and عسب.]

the tribe of 'Okeyl have numerous horsemenعُقَيْلٌ طَوِيلَةٌ الذَّنَبِ

Mentioned by IAar, who did not explain it; this is the apparent meaning.

1.18figurative · مجاز — inferredthe sequel, consequence, or result of anythingذِنَابٌ

[Also ذَنَبٌ, as is shown by the use of its plural in the verse quoted below.]

Or ذُنَابٌ; the same as عَقِبٌ.

A poet says: [From considering what the sequels of “if” (that is, of the word لَوْ) might be, you clung to the reflection “Would that I had done such and such”: but “would that”, like “if”, is disappointment; it does not profit]

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تَعَلَّقْتَ مِنْ أَذْنَابِ لَوٍّ بَلَيْتَنِىوَلَيْتَ كَلَوٍّ خَيْبَةٌ لَيْسَ يَنْفَعُ

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who will be responsible to you for the sequel?مَنْ لَكَ بِذِنَابِ لَوٍّ

That is, the sequel of the word لَوْ. [Or, as in the Proverbs of El-Meydánee, بِذُنَابَةِ لَوٍّ, which means the same.]

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ذَنَبُ السِّرْحَانِ: see the article on سرح.

1.20figurative · مجاز — inferreda certain asterism in the sky, like the tail of a horseذَنَبُ الفَرَسِ

It is described as an asterism, نَجْمٌ, likened to the horse's ذَنَب.

[الذَّنَبُ is a name given to several stars or asterisms: the star alpha of Cygnus, also called ذَنَبُ الدَّجَاجَةِ and الرِّدْفُ; and the star beta of Leo, also called ذَنَبُ الأَسَدِ. And الرَّأْسُ وَالذَّنَبُ means the two nodes of a planet: see تِنِّينٌ.]

1.21figurative · مجاز — inferreda certain herb whose expressed juice thickensذَنَبُ الخَيْلِ

Also أَذْنَابُ الخَيْلِ. So called by way of comparison to horses' tails; the latter name is now applied to the equisetum, or horse-tail. [According to Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 112), the Portulaca oleracea, or garden-purslane, is called in some parts of El-Yemen ذَنَبُ الفَرَسِ.]

a certain plant resembling the tail of the foxذَنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ

Named from its likeness to the fox's ذَنَب; some of the Arabs apply the name to the ذَنَبَان.

1.22figurative · مجاز — inferredcauda leonis, that is, circium (or cirsium)ذَنَبُ السَّبُعِ

Golius, from Dioscorides 4.119; now applied to the common creeping way-thistle.

1.23figurative · مجاز — inferredcauda muris, that is, plantagoذَنَبُ الفَأْرَةِ

Golius, from Ibn-Beytár.

1.24figurative · مجاز — inferreda species of aristidaذَنَبَ الثَوْرِ

Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. 104) supposed it to be the aristida adscensionis.

1.25figurative · مجاز — inferredscorpioides, or scorpion-grassذَنَبُ العَقْرَبِ

So called at the present day.

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and ذُنَابَى (T, S, M, A, Msb, K) and دِنِبَّى and ذُنُبَّى (El-Hejeree, M, K) signify the same; (T, S, M, &c.;) i. e. The tail; syn. ذَيْلٌ : (TA: [in the CK, الذِّنْبِىُّ is erroneously put for الذِّنْبِىَّ :]) but accord. to Fr, one uses the first of these words in relation to the horse, and the second in relation to the bird: (T:) or the first is used in relation to the horse (S, A) and the ass [and the like] (S) more commonly than the second; (S, A; *) and the second is used in relation to a bird (S, M, A, Msb) more commonly than the first, (S, M, *) or more chastely: (M, * Msb:) or the second is [properly] of a winged creature; and the first is of any other; but the second is sometimes, metaphorically, of the horse: (Er-Riyáshee, TA:) or, as some say, the second signifies the place of growth of the ذَنَب [or tail]: (M:) the pl. of ذَنَبٌ is أَذْنَابٌ . (S, M, A, Msb, K.) [Hence the following phrases &c.] رَكِبَ ذَنَبَ البَعِيرِ [lit. He rode on the tail of the camel, meaning] he was content with a deficient lot. (T, A, K.) ضَرَبَ بِذَنِبِهِ [lit. He smote the earth with his tail, الأَرْضَ being understood, meaning] he (a man) stayed, or abode, and remained fixed. (K.) [See also another explanation of this phrase below.] And أَقَامَ بِأَرْضِنَا وَ غَرَزَ ذَنَبَهُ , meaning [He stayed, or abode, in our land, and remained fixed, or] did not quit it; [lit., and stuck his tail into the ground;] originally said of the locust. (A, TA. [See art. غرز .]) بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَنبُ الضَّبِّ [lit. Between me and him is the tail of the ضبّ ,] means between me and him is opposition or competition [as when two persons are endeavouring to seize the tail of the ضبّ ]. (A, TA.) اِسْتَرْخَى ذنَبُ الشَّيْخِ The old man's شَىْء became lax, or languid. (Á, TA.) رَكِبَ ذَنَبَ الرِّيحِ [lit. He rode upon the tail of the wind,] means he outwent, or outstripped, and was not reached, or overtaken. (T, A, K.) وَلَّى خَمْسِينَ ذَنَبا Original text has missing initial characters in the last word: the ذَنَ have been added. [lit. He turned his tail upon the fifty,] means he passed the [age of] fifty [years]: (M, TA:) and so وَلَتْهُ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا [lit. the fifty turned their tail upon him]: (A, TA:) the former accord. to Yaakoob: accord. to IAar, El-Kilábee, being asked his age, said, قَدْ وَلَّتْ لِىَ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا [lit. The fifty have turned their tail to me]. (M, TA.) اِتَّبَعَ ذَنَبَ أَمْرٍ مُدْبِرٍ [lit. He followed the tail of an event retreating,] means he regretted an event that had passed. (T, A, * TA. *) [The ذَنَب of a man is The part corresponding to the tail: and hence,] رَجُلٌ وَقَاحُ الذَّنَبِ [A man hard in the caudal extremity;] meaning a man very patient in enduring riding. (IAar, M, and K in art. وقح .) [And of a garment, The skirt:] you say, تَعَلَّقْتُ بِأَذْنَابِهِ [I clung to his skirts]. (A.) The ذَنَبَ of a ship or boat is The rudder. (Lth and S * and L in art. سكن . [See also خَيْزُرَانٌ .]) ذَنَبٌ also signifies [ Anything resembling a tail. Hence,] The extremity of a whip. (Mgh, Msb.) And, of an unripe date, (M, Mgh,) and of any date, (M,) The kinder part; (M;) the part next the base and stalk. (Mgh.) And The outer extremity of the eye, next the temple; as also ذِنَابٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ (M, A) and ذُنَابَةٌ (A) [and ذُنَابَى , as used in the K voce اِزْدَجَّ , in art. زج ]. See also ذَنُوبٌ , third sentence. Also The end; or last, or latter, part; of anything: pl. ذِنَابٌ (T) [and أَذْنَابٌ ]: and ذِنَابٌ [as a sing.], (K,) or ذُنَابٌ , (so in the TT as from the M,) has this meaning. (M, K.) You say, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى ذَنَبِ الدَّهْرِ That was in the end of the time [past]. (M.) And ذَنَبُ الوَادِى and الذُنَابَةُ : both signify the same [i. e. The end of the valley]: (A 'Obeyd, M, TA:) or ذُنَابَةٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ and ذَنَبَةٌ signify the last, or latter, parts, (K, TA,) in some copies of the K, the last, or latter, part, (TA, [and so in the TT as from the M, and this meaning seems to be indicated in the A,]) of a valley, (A, K, TA,) and of a river, (A, TA,) and of time; (K, TA;) [and ذِنَابٌ app. has the former of these two significations in relation to a valley, accord. to Az; for he says,] it seems that ذِنَابٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ in relation to a valley are pls. of ذَنَبٌ , like as جِمَالٌ and جِمَالَةٌ are pls. of جَمَلٌ : (T:) or ذِنَابَةٌ and ذَنَبَةٌ , (S, Msb,) the former of which is more common than the latter, (Th, S, Msb,) signify the place to which finally comes the torrent of a valley: (S, Msb:) the pl. of ذِنَابَةٌ is ذَنَائِبُ : (T:) the ذَنَب of a valley and its مِذْنَبَ are the same; [i. e. the lowest, or lower, part thereof;] (T;) [for the pls.] أَذْنَابٌ (T, TA) and مَذَانِبُ (TA) signify the lowest, or lower, parts of valleys: (T, TA:) and أَذْنَابٌ signifies [in like manner] the last, or latter, parts, of [water-courses such as are termed] تِلَاع . (T, TA. See also مِذْنَبٌ .) It is said in a trad, لَا يَمْنَعُ فُلَانٌ ذَنَبَ تَلْعَةٍ [ Such a one will not impede the last part of a water-course]; applied to the abject, weak, and contemptible. (T.) And أَذْنَابُ أُمُورٍ means The last, or latter, parts of affairs or events. (M.) You say also, حَدِيثٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ [A long-tailed story;] a story that hardly, or never, comes to an end. (M.) And يَوْمٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ A day of which the evil does not come to an end: (TA:) and يَوْمٌ ذَنُوبٌ has this meaning; (T, M, TA;) as though it were long in the tail; (M;) or means a day of long-continued evil. (K.) And اِتَّبَعَ ذِنَابَةَ القَوْمِ , and الإِبِلِ , He followed [the last of] the people, and the camels, not quitting their track. (A.) Also The followers, or dependants, of a man: (T, TA:) and ذَانِبٌ and ذُنَابَةٌ a [single] follower, or dependant: (S, K:) and أَذْنَابٌ (M, A, K) and ذُنَابَى (S) and دَنَائِبُ [pl. of ذُنَابَةٌ ] (A) and ذُنُبَاتٌ , (so in the TT as from the M,) or ذَنَبَاتٌ , (K,) but some state that this last is not said of men, (Ham p. 249,) followers, or dependants, (S, M, A, K,) of a people or party; (M, K;) and the lower, or lowest, sort, or the rabble, or refuse, thereof; (M, A, K;) and such as are below the chiefs. (TA.) ضَرَبَ يَعْسُوبُ الدِّينِ بِذَنَبِهِ , in a trad. of 'Alee, means, [accord. to some, The leader of the religion] shall go away through the land with followers, or dependants, (T, * TA,) and those holding his opinions. (T. [But see arts. ضرب and عسب .]) And عُقَيْلٌ طَوِيلَةٌ الذَّنَبِ , a phrase mentioned by IAar, but not explained by him, app. means [The tribe of] 'Okeyl have numerous horsemen. (M.) [Also ذَنَبٌ (as will be shown by the use of its pl. in the verse here following) and] ذِنَابٌ , (S, K, TA,) or ذُنَابٌ , (so in the TT as from the M,) The sequel, consequence, or result, syn. عَقِبٌ , of anything. (S, M, K.) A poet says, 1 [From considering what might be the sequels of “ if, ” (i. e. of the word لَوْ ,) Thou clungest to the reflection “ Would that I had done so and so: ” but “ would that, ” like “ if, ” is disappointment: it does not profit]. (TA.) And one says, مَنْ لَكَ بِذِنَابِ لَوٍّ i. e. [Who will be responsible to thee for] the sequel [of the word لَوْ ]? (TA:) [or, as in the Proverbs of El-Meydánee, بِذُنَابَةِ لَوٍّ , which means the same.] تَعَلَّقْتَ مِنْ أَذْنَابِ لَوٍّ بَلَيْتَنِى | وَلَيْتَ كَلَوٍّ خَيْبَةٌ لَيْسَ يَنْفَعُ ذَنَبُ السِّرْحَانِ : see art. سرح . ذَنَبُ الفَرَسِ A certain asterism ( نَجْمٌ , M, K, TA) in the sky, (TA,) resembling the ذَنَب [or tail] of the horse. (M, K.) [ الذَّنَبُ is a name applied to each of several stars or asterisms: as The star a of Cygnus; also called ذَنَبُ الدَّجَاجَةِ , and الرِّدْفُ : and The star beta of Leo; also called ذَنَبُ الأَسَدِ . And الرَّأْسُ وَالذَّنَبُ signifies The two nodes of a planet: see تِنِّينٌ .] ذَنَبُ الخَيْلِ , (K,) or أَذْنَابُ الخَيْلِ , (M,) A certain herb, (M, K,) of which the expressed juice concretes: so called by way of comparison [to horses' tails: the latter name is now applied to the equisetum, or horse-tail]. (M.) [Accord. to Forskål, (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. cxii.,) the Portulaca oleracea (or garden-purslane) is called in some parts of El-Yemen ذَنَبُ الفَرَسِ .] ذَنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ A certain plant, resembling the ذَنَب [or tail] of the fox; (M, K;) a name applied by some of the Arabs to the ذَنَبَان [q. v.] (T.) [ ذَنَبُ السَّبُعِ Cauda leonis, i. e. circium (or cirsium): (Golius, from Diosc. iv. 119:) now applied to the common creeping way-thistle. ذَنَبُ الفَأْرَةِ Cauda muris, i. e. plantago. (Golius, from Ibn-Beytár.) ذَنَبَ الثَوْرِ A species of aristida, supposed by Forskål (Flora Aegypt. Arab. p. civ,) to be the aristida adscensionis. ذَنَبُ العَقْرَبِ Scorpioides, or scorpion-grass: so called in the present day.]
Nounذَنَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the end, or last part, of somethinggenerated

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This word and its plural ذَنَبَاتٌ: see the preceding paragraph, in three places.

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, and its pl. ذَنَبَاتٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.
Nounذُنُبَاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — the last, or latter, parts, as of valleysgenerated

1

See ذَنَبٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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: see ذَنَبٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph.
Nounذَنَبَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — a certain well-known plant, approved as pasturegenerated

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A certain well-known plant, called by some of the Arabs ذَنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ: a plant having long branches, somewhat dust-coloured in its leaves, growing on plain, or soft, land, upon the ground, not rising high, approved as pasture, and growing only in fruitful years.

Or a certain herb like ذُرَة [millet]; or a certain herb having ears at its extremities like the ears of ذُرَة, and having reeds or twigs and leaves, growing in every place except in unmixed sand [for حُرَّ الرَّمْلِ in the TA, I find in the M حَوَّ الرُملِ], and growing upon one stem and upon two stems.

Or, according to AHn, a certain herb having a جزرة [apparently a rhizome like the carrot's], which is not eaten, and twigs bearing a fruit from the bottom of them to the top, with leaves like those of the طُرْخُون, agreeing well with the pasturing cattle, and a small dust-coloured blossom on which bees feed; it rises about the height of a man, or half the height of a man, and two of them are enough to satisfy a camel.

[A collective generic noun.] Ism waḥda formed with ة.

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A certain plant, (T, S,) well known, called by some of the Arabs ذَنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ : (T:) a certain plant having long branches, somewhat dust-coloured (M, TA) in its leaves, growing in plain, or soft, land, upon the ground, not rising high, approved as pasture, (TA,) and not growing except in fruitful years: (M, TA:) or a certain herb, or plant, like ذُرَة [or millet]; (K;) or a certain herb having ears at its extremities like the ears of ذُرَة , (M, TA, *) and having reeds, ( قصب [i. e. قَصَب ], M,) or twigs, ( قضب [i. e. قُضُب ], TA,) and leaves, growing in every place except in unmixed sand, [for حُرَّ الرَّمْلِ in the TA, I find in the M حَوَّ الرُملِ ,] and growing upon one stem and two stems: (M, TA:) or, accord. to AHn, a certain herb, having a جزرة [app. meaning rhizoma like the carrot], which is not eaten, and twigs bearing a fruit from the bottom thereof to the top thereof, having leaves like those of the طُرْخُون , agreeing well with the pasturing cattle, and having a small dust-coloured blossom upon which bees feed; (M, TA;) rising about the height of a man, (TA,) or half the height of a man; (M;) two whereof suffice to satiate a camel: (M, TA:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة . (M, K.)
Nounذُنُبَّى1 sense

Core sense — the tailgenerated

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This word and ذِنِبَّى: see ذَنَبٌ, first sentence.

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and ذِنِبَّى : see ذَنَبٌ , first sentence.
Nounذُنَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — the end, or last part, as of a valleygenerated

1

See ذَنَبٌ, in two places.

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: see ذَنَبٌ , in two places.
Nounذِنَابٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a small cord for tying a camel's tail; the end, or last partgenerated

1

See ذَنَبٌ, in five places.

1.1

And see also مِذْنَبٌ.

1.2

Also a small cord with which a camel's tail is tied to his hind girth, so that he may not swing his tail about and dirty his rider.

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: see ذَنَبٌ , in five places: and see also مِذْنَبٌ . Also A small cord with which a camel's tail is tied to his hind girth, lest he should swing about his tail and so dirt his rider. (M, K.)
Nounذَنُوبٌ6 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a great bucket; a lot, or share; a horse with a long tailgenerated

1

A horse having a long tail; or having a full, or ample, tail. [See also أَذْنَبٌ.]

1.1

Hence applied to a day: see ذَنَبٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

1.2figurative · مجاز

Also a great دَلْو [bucket]; or one that has a ذَنَب [tail]; or one that is full of water, not said of an empty one; or one nearly full of water; or one holding less than would fill it; or one containing water; or a دَلْو in any case; or a bucketful of water.

Masculine and feminine, sometimes feminine. Plural, of paucity, أَذْنِبَةٌ, and, of multitude, ذَنَائِبُ and ذِنَابٌ.

Fr cites as an example: [For you shall be a great bucket, and for us a great bucket: or, if you refuse this, for us shall be the well]

shāhid 1
لَنَا ذَنُوبٌ وَلَكُمْ ذَنُوبُفَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَلَنَا القَلِيبُ

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[According to the K it also means a grave, but this is clearly a mistake, which seems to have arisen from a misunderstanding of a statement by ISd, who says] Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses it figuratively of a grave, calling it a well, in his saying: [apparently meaning And I was as though I were the corpse of the grave (literally, the bucket of the well) when she frowned, and clad with my grave-clothes, and made to recline upon my upper arm; for the corpse is laid in the grave on its right side, or inclined so that the face is turned towards Mekkeh]

shāhid 2
فَكُنْتُ ذَنُوبَ البِئْرَ لَمَّا تَبَسَّلَتْوَسُرْبِلْتُ أَكْفَانِى وَوُسِّدْتُ سَاعِدِى

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[And Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee-'Áïdh El-Hudhalee, describing a wild he-ass and she-asses, likens to it a rate of running which he contrasts with another rate that he likens to a well of the kind called خَسِيفٌ: see Kosegarten's “Carmina Hudsailitarum,” p. 189.]

1.3figurative · مجاز

Hence used of rain.

1.4figurative · مجاز

Hence also a lot, share, or portion; see the first of the two verses quoted above. In this sense it is masculine, and it is used in this sense in the Kur 51, last verse but one.

2figurative · مجاز

Also the flesh of the مَتْن [the portion of the back next the backbone, on either side]; or the part where the مَتْن ends; or the flesh of the lower, or lowest, part of the مَتْن; or the buttocks, the parts called أَلْيَة and مَأْكِم; or the flesh of the أَلْيَة and مَآكِم.

And the ذَنُوبَانِ are the two parts called the مَتْنَانِ, on this side and on that of the backbone. Or ذَنُوبُ المَتْنِ means the flesh called يَرَابِيعُ المَتْنِ, the portions of flesh next the backbone on either side of it.

Qur’ānic occurrences ذَنُوب
51:59
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَـٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

For the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!

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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A horse (T, S, &c.) having a long tail: (T, S:) or having a full, or an ample, tail. (M, A, K.) [See also أَذْنَبٌ .] Hence applied to a day: see ذَنَبٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph. Also A great دَلْو [or bucket]: (Fr, T, Msb:) or one that has a ذَنَب [or tail]: (TA:) or one that is full (S, M, Msb, K) of water; (S, Msb;) not applied to one that is empty: (S, TA:) or one that is nearly full of water: (ISk, S:) or one containing less than fills it: or one containing water: or a دَلْو (M, K) in any case: (M:) or a bucketful of water: (A:) masc. and fem.; (Fr, Lh, T, S, M, Msb;) sometimes the latter: (Lh, M:) pl. (of pauc., S) أَذْنِبَةٌ and (of mult., S) ذَنَائِبُ (S, M, K) and ذِنَابٌ . (M, A, * Msb, K.) Fr. cites as an ex., 1 [as meaning For you shall be a great bucket, and for us a great bucket: or, if ye refuse this, for us shall be the well]. (T.) [Accord. to the K, it also signifies A grave: but this is evidently a mistake, which seems to have arisen from a misunderstanding of a statement by ISd, who says,] Aboo-Dhu-eyb uses it metaphorically in relation to a grave, calling it [i. e. the grave] a well, in his saying, 2 [app. meaning And I was as though I were the corpse of the grave (lit. the bucket of the well) when she frowned, and clad with my grave-clothes, and made to recline upon my upper arm: for the corpse is laid in the grave upon its right side, or so inclined that the face is turned towards Mekkeh]. (M.) [And Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee- 'Áïdh El-Hudhalee, describing a wild he-ass and she-asses, likens to it a certain rate of running which he contrasts with another rate likened by him to a well such as is termed خَسِيفٌ : see Kosegarten's “ Carmina Hudsailitarum, ” p. 189.] لَنَا ذَنُوبٌ وَلَكُمْ ذَنُوبُ | فَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَلَنَا القَلِيبُ فَكُنْتُ ذَنُوبَ البِئْرَ لَمَّا تَبَسَّلَتْ | وَسُرْبِلْتُ أَكْفَانِى وَوُسِّدْتُ سَاعِدِى Hence metaphorically applied to Rain. (Ham p. 410.) [Hence, also,] A lot, share, or portion: (Fr, T, S, M, A, Msb, K:) [see the former of the two verses cited in this paragraph:] in this sense masc.: (Msb:) and in this sense it is used in the Kur li. last verse but one. (Fr, T, M.) Also The flesh of the [portion of the back next the back-bone, on either side, which is called the] مَتْن : (M, K:) or the part where the مَتْن ends; (M;) the flesh of the lower, or lowest, part of the مَتْن : (S:) or the [buttocks, or parts called] أَلْيَة and مَأْكِم : (M, K:) or the flesh of the أَلْيَة and مَآكِم : (CK:) and the ذَنُوبَانِ are the [two parts called the] مَتْنَانِ , (M, K,) on this side and on that [of the back-bone]: (M:) or ذَنُوبُ المَتْنِ means the flesh that is called يَرَابِيعُ المَتْنِ [which are the portions of flesh next the back-bone, on either side thereof]. (A.)
Nounذُنَيْبٌ2 senses

Core sense — a little tailgenerated

1

Diminutive of ذَنَبٌ.

2

And it is the same as ذُنَيْبِىٌّ.

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[dim. of ذَنَبٌ : and] i. q. ذُنَيْبِىٌّ , q. v. (TA.)
Nounدُنَابَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the toe, or foremost extremity, of a sandalgenerated

1

The أَلْف — the toe, or foremost extremity, also called the أَسَلَة — of a sandal.

1.1

See also ذَنَبٌ, in six places.

1.2

And see مِذْنَبٌ.

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The أَلْف [i. e. toe, or foremost extremity, also called the أَسَلَة ,] of a sandal. (K.) See also ذَنَبٌ , in six places. And see مِذْنَبٌ .
Nounذِنَابَةٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the end, or last part; the place a road leads to; near relationshipgenerated

1

See ذَنَبٌ, in six places.

1.1

And see مِذْنَبٌ, in two places.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe point, or place, to which the road leadsذِنَابَةٌ الطَّرِيقِ

The same as وَجْهُهُ.

you did not take a right course as to the place the road you took leads toإِنَّكَ لَمْ تَرْشَدْ ذِنَابَةَ الطَّرِيقِ

So in the saying of Abu-l-Jarráh to a certain man.

2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also relationship; nearness with respect to kindred, or near relationship.

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: see ذَنَبٌ , in six places: and see مِذْنَبٌ , in two places. ذِنَابَةٌ الطَّرِيقِ The point, or place, to which the way, or road, leads; syn. وَجْهُهُ . (IAar, M, K.) So in the saying of Abu-l-Jarráh, to a certain man, إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَرْشَدْ ذِنَابَةَ الطَّرِيقِ [ Verily thou didst not follow a right course in respect of the point, or place, to which the way that thou tookest leads]. (IAar, M.) Also Relationship; nearness with respect to kindred; or near relationship. (K.)
Nounذُنَابَى4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — the tail; four feathers in a bird's winggenerated

1

See ذَنَبٌ, in three places.

1.1

It is also applied to four feathers in the wing of a bird, after those called الخَوَفِى.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredwhoever dies intending to follow a way leading to some particular endمَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذُنَابَى طَرِيقٍ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ

Said in a tradition, and continuing: he is to be reckoned as one of the people of that way.

2

According to Fr and the S it also means a fluid like mucus that falls from the noses of camels, but this is a mistake: IB and others state that the right word is ذُنَانَى.

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: see ذَنَبٌ , in three places. It is also applied to Four [feathers] in the wing of a bird, after what are called الخَوَفِى . (S.) It is said in a trad., مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذُنَابَى طَرِيقٍ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ , meaning [ Whosoever dies] purposing to pursue a way leading to some particular end, [he is to be reckoned as one of the people thereof.] (TA.) Accord. to Fr and the S, it signifies also A fluid like mucus that falls from the noses of camels: but this is a mistake: the right word, as stated by IB and others, is ذُنَانَى . (L, MF, TA.)
Nounذُنَيْبَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — a certain grain found in wheatgenerated

1

A certain grain found in wheat, from which the wheat is cleared, by winnowing or other means. [See also ذُنَيْنَآءُ in the article on ذن.]

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A certain grain that is found in wheat, whereof the latter is cleared [by winnowing or other means]. (M, K.) [See also ذُنَيْنَآءُ , in art. ذن .]
Nounذُنَيْبِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a certain kind of striped garmentgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

A certain kind of the striped garments called بُرُود [plural of بُرْدٌ]; also ذُنَيْبٌ.

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A certain kind of [the striped garments called] بُرُود [pl. of بُرْدٌ ]; (AHeyth, K;) as also ذُنَيْبٌ . (TA.)
Nounذَانِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — following in the track of a thinggenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Following in the track of a thing. See also ذَنَبٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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Following in the track of a thing. (TA.) See also ذَنَبٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph.
Nounأَذْنَبُ1 sense

Core sense — a lizard having a long tailgenerated

1

A lizard of the kind called ضَبّ having a long tail. [See also ذَنُوبٌ.]

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A [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ having a long tail. (T, L.) [See also ذَنُوبٌ .]
Nounتَذْنُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — full-grown unripe dates beginning to ripen at the basegenerated

1

This word, and تُذْنُوبٌ, and the form with ة: see form 2.

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and تُذْنُوبٌ , and with ة : see 2.
Nounمَذْنَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a water-course, or channel of a torrentgenerated

1

See the next paragraph.

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: see the next paragraph.
Nounمِذْنَبٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a long tail; a ladle; a water-course, or channel of a torrentgenerated

1

A long tail.

1.1

And hence, apparently for ذُو مِذْنَبٍ, or مُذَنِّبٌ [but see this latter below], a lizard of the kind called ضَبّ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, or مَذْنَبٌ, like مَقْعَدٌ and مِذْنَبَةٌ, a ladle; because it has a tail, or something resembling a tail: plural مَذَانِبُ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

And a water-course, or channel of a torrent, in a tract at the foot of a mountain, not wide, or not very wide, or not very long and wide; also ذِنَابَةٌ. The تَلْعَة is in the lower part of a mountain, or on a slope.

Also a water-course, or channel of a torrent, between what are termed تَلْعَتَانِ [see تَلْعَةٌ, and see also مَدْفَعٌ]; or that is termed ذَنَبُ تَلْعَة; or it is termed ذِنَابٌ, of which the plural is ذَنَائِبُ.

Also a water-course, or channel of a torrent, running to a tract of land; and a rivulet, or streamlet, or the like, flowing from one رَوْضَة [meadow] to another and dividing in it; also ذُنَابَةٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ; and the tract over which this flows is also called مِذْنَبٌ. See also ذَنَبٌ, in the middle of the paragraph.

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A long tail. (IAar, T, K.) And [hence, app. for ذُو مِذْنَبٍ ], (T,) or مُذَنِّبٌ , (TA, [but see this latter below,]) A [lizard of the kind called] ضَبّ . (T, TA.) Also, (S, K,) or مَذْنَبٌ , like مَقْعَدٌ , (A,) and مِذْنَبَةٌ , (M, TA,) A ladle; (S, M, A, K;) because it has a tail, or what resembles a tail: (M:) pl. مَذَانِبُ . (S, M.) And A water-course, or channel of a torrent, in a tract at the foot of a mountain; (Lth, T, S, M, A, K;) not wide; (A;) or not very wide; (M;) or not very long and wide; (Lth, T;) as also ذِنَابَةٌ : (S:) the تَلْعَة is in the lower part of a mountain (Lth, T, A) or in an acclivity: (Lth, T, S, A:) also a water-course or channel of a torrent, between what are termed تَلْعَتَانِ ; (TA; [see تَلْعَةٌ , and see also مَدْفَعٌ ;]) or this is termed ذَنَبُ تَلْعَة ; (T;) or it is termed ذِنَابٌ , of which the pl. is ذَنَائِبُ : (M, K:) also a water-course, or channel of a torrent, [running] to a tract of land: (M, K:) and a rivulet, or streamlet, (K,) or the like thereof, (AHn, T, M,) flowing from one رَوْضَة [or meadow] to another, (AHn, T, M, K,) and separating therein; (T;) as also ذُنَابَةٌ and ذِنَابَةٌ ; (K;) and the tract over which this flows is also called مِذْنَبٌ . (T.) See also ذَنَبٌ , in the middle of the paragraph.
Nounمِذْنَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a ladlegenerated

1

See the preceding paragraph.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounمُذَنِّبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — finding difficulty in bringing forth, and so stretching out her tailgenerated

1

Applied, apparently, to a she-camel, according to the K, or perhaps to a lizard of the kind called ضَبّ, as the TA seems to indicate: finding difficulty in bringing forth, and therefore stretching out her tail.

But according to Az it is applied to a ضَبّ only when it is striking with its tail a hunter or a serpent trying to catch it. See also مِذْنَبٌ.

1.1

See also form 2, in two places.

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[app. applied to a she-camel, accord. to the K, or perhaps to a lizard of the kind called ضَبّ , as seems to be indicated in the TA,] Finding difficulty in parturition, and therefore stretching out her tail: (K:) [but accord. to Az,] it is applied to a ضَبّ only when he is striking with his tail a hunter or a serpent desiring to catch him. (T.) See also مِذْنَبٌ . See also 2, in two places.
Nounمَذْنُوبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man followed by dependantsgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A man followed [by dependants].

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A man followed [by dependants]. (A.)
Nounمُذَانِبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a camel at the rear of the other camelsgenerated

1

A camel that is at the rear of other camels; also مُسْتَذْنِبٌ.

1.1

See also form 3.

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A camel that is at the rear of other camels; (K;) as also مُسْتَذْنِبٌ . (TA.) See also 3.
Nounسَحَابٌ مُتَذَانِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — clouds following one anothergenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Clouds following one another.

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Clouds following one another. (A.)
Nounمُسْتَذْنِبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one who follows at the tails of camelsgenerated

1

See مُذَانِبٌ.

1.1

Also one who is at the tails of camels, not quitting their track.

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: see مُذَانِبٌ . Also One who is at the tails of camels, (S, TA,) not quitting their track. (TA.)