شَرْبَةٌ
Root: شرب
Full Definition
2 And A single draught, or the quantity that is drunk at once, of water. It is said in a prov., نِعْمَ مِعْلَقُ الشَّرْبَةِ هٰذَا [Excellent, or most excellent, is the traveller's drinking-cup, or bowl, that will hold a single draught, namely, this!]: the مِعْلَق is said by As to be a drinking-cup or bowl which the rider upon a camel suspends [to his saddle]: it is said in describing a camel: and it means that, to the place of alighting to which he desires to go, he is content with a single draught, not wanting another: the prov. is applied to him who, in his affairs, is content with his own opinion, not wanting that of another person. شَرْبَةُ أَبِى الجَهْمِ [The draught of Abu-l-Jahm] is said of a thing that is sweet, or pleasant, but in its result unwholesome: Abu-l-Jahm was a frequent visiter of the Khaleefeh El-Mansoor El-'Abbásee, who, finding him troublesome, ordered that a poisoned draught should be given to him, in his presence: which having been done, Abu-l-Jahm, pained by the draught, rose to depart; and being asked by the Khaleefeh whither he was going, he answered, Whither thou hast sent me, O Prince of the Faithful.
3 In the Mo'allakah of Tarafeh, it is applied to A draught of wine.
4 [In the conventional language of the physicians, it is a term applied to A dose of medicine, such as is drunk and also such as is eaten.]
def.2 Also A palm-tree that grows from the date stone: pl. شَرَبَاتٌ. (TA. [It seems to be there added that شَرَائِبُ and شَرَابِيبُ are also its pls.: the former may be like ضَرَائِرُ pl. of ضَرَّةٌ: the latter is app. a mistranscription, and should perhaps be شَرَائِيبُ, for شَرَائِبُ; like مَحَامِيرُ for مَحَامِرُ, &c.])
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