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دَبِيرٌ

Root: دبر

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دَبِيرٌ A twist which a woman turns backward (مَا بِهِ), in twisting it: or what one turns backward from his chest [in rolling it against the front of his body]: and قَبِيلٌ signifies “ what one turns forward (مَا أَقْبَلَ بِهِ) towards his chest: ” or the former, what the twister turns backward towards his knee [in rolling it against his thigh; against which, or against the front of the body, the spindle is commonly rolled, except when it is twirled only with the hand while hanging loosely]: and the latter, “ what he turns forward towards his flank or waist: ” [whence the saying,] قَبَلْتُ الحَبْلُ مَرَّةً وَ أُخْرَى [I turned the rope, or cord, forward, or toward me, in twisting it, one time, and turned it backward, or from me, another time]: (TA in art. قبل:) or دَبِيرٌ signifies the twisting of flax and wool: and قَبِيلٌ, the “ twisting of cotton. ” One says, عَرَفَ قَبِيلَهُ مِنْ دَبِيرِهِ, meaning He knew, or distinguished, his obedience from his disobedience; TA;) or دَبِيرَهُ مِنْ قَبِيلِهِ his disobedience from his obedience. And فُلَانٌ مَا يَعْرِفُ قَبِيلًا مِنْ دَبِيرٍ or قَبِيلَهُ من دَبِيرِهِ [Such a one knows not &c.]: or مَا يَعْرِفُ قَبِيلًا مِنْ دَبِيرٍ and قِبَالًا مِنْ he knows not the ewe, or she-goat, that is termed مُقَابَلَة from that which is termed مُدَابَرَة: or him who advances towards him from him who goes back from him: or the parentage of his mother from that of his father: (K in art. قبل:) or that of his father from that of his mother: so says IDrd in explaining the former phrase: or a قُبُل from a دُبُر: or a thing when advancing from a thing when going back: and the pls. of each are قُبُلٌ and دُبُرٌ. Accord. to El-Mufaddal, دَبِيرٌ signifies An arrow's losing in a game of chance [such as المَيْسِر]; and قَبِيلٌ, its “ winning therein. ” [See قَبِيلٌ, in art. قبل.]
2 Also The upper [because it is the hinder] part of the ear of a camel: the lower part is called the قَبِيل. (TA in art. قبل.)


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