أَضْحَى
Root: ضحو
Full Definition
أَضْحَى
, applied to a horse, i. q.
أَشْهَبُ [Of a colour in which whiteness predominates over blackness; &c.]: fem. ضَحْيَآءُ: or الضَّحْيَآءُ was, or was also, the name of a certain mare, belonging to 'Amr Ibn-'Ámir Ibn-Rabee'ah.
2 And لَيْلَةٌ ضَحْيَآءُ, and ضَحْيَا with the short ا, both mentioned by ISd, and , and إِضْحِيَةٌ accord. to the K, but [SM says] I have not found any mention of this last, [meaning except in the K,] and probably the right word is , as in the books of strange words together with إِضْحِيَانَةٌ, and accord. to the “ Irtisháf ed-Darab ” of AHei one says [also] with fet-h, A bright night, in which are no clouds: and in like manner, يَوْمٌ إِضْحِيَانٌ , in the K, erroneously, ضَحْيَاةٌ, a bright day, in which are no clouds, as in the M; or bright with the brightness of the ضُحَى, accord. to Er-Rághib; or [simply] bright, and so ضَحْيَانٌ , which is likewise applied in this sense to a moon, as also إِضْحِيَانٌ , and to a lamp, or its lighted wick.
3 And اِمْرَأَةٌ ضَحْيَآءُ A woman whose hair of her عَانَة will not grow forth; as though her عانة, being bare of hair, had no shade upon it.
def.2 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ الضَّحْيَآءِ هُوَ is a saying mentioned by Az in art. طهى as meaning I know not what one of mankind, or of the people, he is.
def.3 أَضْحًى [a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is أَضْحَاةٌ]: see أُضْحِيَّةٌ. Hence, يَوْمُ الأَضْحَى [The day of the victims; which is the tenth of Dhu-l- Hijjeh]; so says Yaakoob; or عِيدُ الأَضْحَى [the festival of the victims]: and by الأَضْحَى when it is made masc. is meant that day.
2 And لَيْلَةٌ ضَحْيَآءُ, and ضَحْيَا with the short ا, both mentioned by ISd, and , and إِضْحِيَةٌ accord. to the K, but [SM says] I have not found any mention of this last, [meaning except in the K,] and probably the right word is , as in the books of strange words together with إِضْحِيَانَةٌ, and accord. to the “ Irtisháf ed-Darab ” of AHei one says [also] with fet-h, A bright night, in which are no clouds: and in like manner, يَوْمٌ إِضْحِيَانٌ , in the K, erroneously, ضَحْيَاةٌ, a bright day, in which are no clouds, as in the M; or bright with the brightness of the ضُحَى, accord. to Er-Rághib; or [simply] bright, and so ضَحْيَانٌ , which is likewise applied in this sense to a moon, as also إِضْحِيَانٌ , and to a lamp, or its lighted wick.
3 And اِمْرَأَةٌ ضَحْيَآءُ A woman whose hair of her عَانَة will not grow forth; as though her عانة, being bare of hair, had no shade upon it.
def.2 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ الضَّحْيَآءِ هُوَ is a saying mentioned by Az in art. طهى as meaning I know not what one of mankind, or of the people, he is.
def.3 أَضْحًى [a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is أَضْحَاةٌ]: see أُضْحِيَّةٌ. Hence, يَوْمُ الأَضْحَى [The day of the victims; which is the tenth of Dhu-l- Hijjeh]; so says Yaakoob; or عِيدُ الأَضْحَى [the festival of the victims]: and by الأَضْحَى when it is made masc. is meant that day.
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