ذرّب
Root: ذرب
Form: 2
Full Definition
ذرّبII
, Verbal.Noun تَذْرِيبٌ, He sharpened an iron instrument [such as a sword and a spear-head &c.]; as also
, Present.T
ـُ accord. to the K
ـَ but this is without any other authority, and contr. to analogy, as neither its third nor its second letter is a faucial, Verbal.Noun ذَرْبٌ; and
اذرب . Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He poisoned a sword, i. e. steeped it in poison, and, when it was well steeped, took it forth and sharpened it; and
, likewise, is allowable.
def.2 The Verbal.Noun also signifies A woman's holding her infant in order that it may satisfy its want [by evacuation, as the words in the explanation (حَتَّى يَقْضِىَ حَاجَتَهُ) commonly mean, not, as Freytag supposes, by sucking].
def.2 The Verbal.Noun also signifies A woman's holding her infant in order that it may satisfy its want [by evacuation, as the words in the explanation (حَتَّى يَقْضِىَ حَاجَتَهُ) commonly mean, not, as Freytag supposes, by sucking].
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