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أَثْلَبٌ

Root: ثلب

Full Definition

أَثْلَبٌ and إِثْلِبٌ, the former of which is the more common, Dust, or earth; and stones: or small fragments, or particles, of stones, and of dust or earth: or stone in the dial. of El-Hijáz: and dust, or earth, in the dial. of Temeem: and El-Hejeree says, الأَثْلَمُ is like الأَثْلَبُ; but [ISd says,] whether it be formed by substitution or be a dial. var., I know not. One says, بِفِيهِ الأَثْلَبُ and الإِثْلِبُ In his mouth are, or be, dust, or earth, and stones; or, particles of stones and of dust or earth. Lh mentions the phrase الأَثْلَبَ لَكَ or الإِثْلِبَ [Dust, or earth, and stones, be thy lot]; and التُّرَابَ: and he says that the noun is thus put in the accus. case, as though the phrase were an imprecation [of the ordinary kind]: he means, as though the noun were an Verbal.Noun used in an imprecation; though it is a simple subst. لِلْعَاهِرِ الإِثْلِبُ or الأَثْلَبُ, occurring in a trad., means For the adulterer, or fornicator, stone (الحَجَرُ [but see this word, and see also art. عهر]): or dust, or earth: or small stones.
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