دَوْلَةٌ
Root: دول
Full Definition
دَوْلَةٌ
A turn, mutation, change, or vicissitude, of time, or fortune, from an unfortunate and evil, to a good and happy, state or condition; [i. e.,] relating to good; as دَبْرَةٌ, on the contrary, relates to evil: (As, T and M in art. دبر:) [therefore meaning a turn of good fortune; a favourable turn of fortune: or] good fortune [absolutely]: a happy state or condition, that betides a man: [also] a turn which comes to one or which one takes [in an absolute sense]; syn. نَوْبَةٌ: (K in art. نوب:) and [particularly] a turn (عُقْبَةٌ) [to share] in wealth, and [to prevail] in war; as also
: or each is a subst. [in an absolute sense, app. as meaning a turn of taking, or having, a thing,] from تَدَاوَلُوا
الشَّىْءَ signifying “ they took, or had, the thing by turns: ” or
is in wealth; and دَوْلَةٌ is in war; this latter being when one of two armies defeats the other and then is defeated; or when one party is given a turn to prevail (تُدَال) over the other: one says, كَانَتْ
لَنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّوْلَةُ فِى الحَرْبِ [The turn to prevail over them in war was ours]: and قَدْ رَجَعَتِ
الدَّوْلَةُ عَلَى هٰؤُلَآءِ [The turn to prevail against these returned]; as though meaning المَرَّةُ: so says Fr: but
, he says, is in religions and institutions that are altered and changed with time: accord. to Zj, or A'Obeyd, signifies a thing that is taken by turns; and دَوْلَةٌ, the act [of taking by turns]; and a transition from one state, or condition, to another: you say, صَارَ الفَىْءُ بَيْنَهُمْ, meaning [The
فىء
2 [In post-classical works, it signifies also A dynasty: and a state, an empire, or a monarchy.]
def.2 Also The حَوْصَلَة [or stomach of a bird; its triple stomach: or only its first stomach; the crop, or craw]: because of its اِنْدِيَال [or flaccidity]. And The قَانِصَة [which may here mean the same as the حوصلة, for this is one of the meanings assigned to it, and this explanation of دولة is not given by Ibn- 'Abbád: or it may here mean the intestines, of a bird, into which the food passes from the stomach: or the gizzard].
2 And The شِقْشِقَة [or faucial bag of the he-camel].
3 And A thing like a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] with a narrow mouth.
4 And The side of the belly. [But] accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, مَا أَعْظَمَ دَوْلَةَ بَطْنِهِ means How large is his navel!
2 [In post-classical works, it signifies also A dynasty: and a state, an empire, or a monarchy.]
def.2 Also The حَوْصَلَة [or stomach of a bird; its triple stomach: or only its first stomach; the crop, or craw]: because of its اِنْدِيَال [or flaccidity]. And The قَانِصَة [which may here mean the same as the حوصلة, for this is one of the meanings assigned to it, and this explanation of دولة is not given by Ibn- 'Abbád: or it may here mean the intestines, of a bird, into which the food passes from the stomach: or the gizzard].
2 And The شِقْشِقَة [or faucial bag of the he-camel].
3 And A thing like a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] with a narrow mouth.
4 And The side of the belly. [But] accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, مَا أَعْظَمَ دَوْلَةَ بَطْنِهِ means How large is his navel!
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