ضَرْبٌ
Root: ضرب
Full Definition
ضَرْبٌ
an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of a pass. part. n.; i. q.
مَضْرُوبٌ [Beaten, struck, &c.]: in some of the copies of the K, it is made the same as ضَرْبٌ signifying “ a species ” &c.: but this is a mistake. One says دِرْهَمٌ ضَرْبٌ
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def.2 A man penetrating, or vigorous and effective; light, or active, in the accomplishment of an affair or of a want; not flaccid, or flabby, in flesh. And a man light of flesh, lean and slender. The pl. is ضُرُبٌ; or, accord. to IJ, this may be pl. of ضَرُوبٌ .
def.3 The last foot of a verse: pl. [of pauc.] أَضْرُبٌ and [of mult.] ضُرُوبٌ.
def.4 See also ضَرَبٌ.
2 [Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag, explains it also as meaning Sour milk: but this is app. a mistake for صَرْبٌ, with the unpointed ص.]
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def.2 A man penetrating, or vigorous and effective; light, or active, in the accomplishment of an affair or of a want; not flaccid, or flabby, in flesh. And a man light of flesh, lean and slender. The pl. is ضُرُبٌ; or, accord. to IJ, this may be pl. of ضَرُوبٌ .
def.3 The last foot of a verse: pl. [of pauc.] أَضْرُبٌ and [of mult.] ضُرُوبٌ.
def.4 See also ضَرَبٌ.
2 [Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag, explains it also as meaning Sour milk: but this is app. a mistake for صَرْبٌ, with the unpointed ص.]
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