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ذُبَحَةٌ

Root: ذبح

Full Definition

ذُبَحَةٌ and , but this latter, which is used by the vulgar, was unknown to AZ, and ذُبَاحٌ and ذِبَحَةٌ and ذِبْحَةٌ and ذِبَاحٌ and ذِبْحٌ , A disease, or pain, in the حَلْق [or fauces], which sometimes kills: or blood which chokes and kills: or an ulcer that comes forth in the حَلْق [or fauces] of a man, like the ذِئْبَة that attacks the ass: or an ulcer that appears in that part, obstructing it, and stopping the breath, and killing. One says, أَخَذَتْهُ الذُّبَحَةُ [The ذبحة attacked him]. And الطَّمَعُ ذُبَاحٌ Covetousness is [like] a disease in the fauces: or a poisonous plant. And كَانَ ذٰلِكَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ عَلَى النَّحْرِ [That was like the disease called ذبحة in the uppermost part of the breast]: a prov., applied to the case of a man whom one imagines to be a sincere friend, and who proves to be an evident enemy: or كَانَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَحَةِ الخ He was like the ذبحة &c., a disease in the حَلْق, which does not quit the patient externally, and hurts him internally: said by him to whom you complain of one whom you imagined to be a sincere friend, and whose affection was outward, when his deceit has become manifest.

def.2 دُبَحَةٌ is also the n. un. of ذُبَحٌ [q. v.].
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