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ذُنَابَى

Root: ذنب

Full Definition

ذُنَابَى : see ذَنَبٌ, in three places.
2 It is also applied to Four [feathers] in the wing of a bird, after what are called الخَوَفِى.
3 It is said in a trad., مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذُنَابَى طَرِيقٍ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ, meaning [ Whosoever dies] purposing to pursue a way leading to some particular end, [he is to be reckoned as one of the people thereof.]

def.2 Accord. to Fr and the S, it signifies also A fluid like mucus that falls from the noses of camels: but this is a mistake: the right word, as stated by IB and others, is ذُنَانَى.
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