ذَرِبٌ

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ذَرِبٌ Sharp; applied to anything, as, for instance, a sword, or a spearhead; and so مَذْرُوبٌ : or this latter, applied to a spear-head [&c.], signifies sharpened; as also مُذَرَّبٌ : or ذَرِبٌ and مُذَرَّبٌ and مَذْرُوبٌ , applied to a sword and a spearhead, signify [or signify also] poisoned; i. e. steeped in, or imbued with, poison, and then sharpened. And سُمٌّ ذَرِبٌ means Sharp poison. A rájiz says, دَبَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ذَرِبَاتُ الأَنْبَارْ meaning [Upon which have crept insects resembling ticks, that produce swellings where they creep,] sharp in stinging.
2 لِسَانٌ ذَرِبٌ [properly signifies] A tongue sharp in the extremity. Tropically, A sharp tongue; as also مَذْرُوبٌ : a chaste, or an eloquent, tongue: [and a profuse, or clamorous, tongue: (see ذَرِبَ:)] and a foul, or an obscene, tongue. And ذَرِبُ اللِّسَانِ Sharp in tongue: [ profuse, or clamorous, therein; long-tongued: (see ذَرِبَ:)] bad, or corrupt, in tongue: wont to revile; foul, or obscene, in tongue; who cares not what he says. And ذَرِبٌ, alone, Sharptongued: and long-tongued, or clamorous; or foul, or obscene, in tongue: and so ذَرِبَةٌ, applied to a woman; and ذِرْبَةٌ : this last [is app. a contraction of ذَرِبَةٌ, and used by poetic license: it] is applied by a rájiz to his wife, as meaning bad, or corrupt, and unfaithful to her husband in respect of her فَرْج; or, accord. to Sh, it means long-tongued; and foul, or obscene, in speech: and مَذْرُوبٌ likewise, accord. to Sh, means foul, or obscene, in speech: the pl. of ذَرِبٌ is ذُرْبٌ , which is irreg.; meaning sharp; and sharp in tongue [&c.]: and the pl. of ذِرْبَةٌ is ذِرَبٌ.
3 مَعِدَةٌ ذَرِبَةٌ [ A stomach sharp, or keen, by reason of hunger: or in a good, or right, state: (see ذَرِبَتْ مَعِدَتُهُ:) and also, the contr., i. e.] a stomach in a bad, or corrupt, state.
4 جُرحٌ ذَرِبٌ A wound in a bad, or corrupt, state, and wide, and not admitting of cure: or flowing with صَدِيد [i. e. ichor tinged with blood].
5 ذَرِبُ الخُلُقِ A man of a bad, or corrupt, natural disposition.

def.2 See also ذَرْبٌ.

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