مَضْرِبٌ

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مَضْرِبٌ [and مَضْرَبٌ , q. v.,] A place, or time, [the latter, as is said in the explanation of a phrase mentioned in what follows,] of beating, striking, smiting, or hitting:
2 and also, a place, or time, of journeying.
3 مَضْرِبُ الظَّرِبَانِ means The line, or long mark, upon the face of the animal called ظربان [as though it were a place upon which it had been struck]. (TA in art. ظرب, q. v.)
4 And مَضْرِبٌ, A place where a tent is pitched, or set up.
5 See also مِضْرَبٌ.
6 Also, (thus in the TA in art. سوف, as from the A,) or مَضْرَبٌ , i. q. مَسَافَةٌ [meaning A space, or tract, or an extent, over which one journeys; as being a place of beating the ground]: so in the saying, بَيْنَهُمْ مَضْرَبٌ بَعِيدٌ [or مَضْرِبٌ, i. e. Between them is a far-extending space to be traversed].
7 [مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ is a euphemism for The place of injection of sperma: and hence it means the source from which one springs; origin, ancestry, or parentage; &c.] One says, مَا أَعْرِفُ لَهُ مَضْرِبَ عَسَلَةٍ meaning أَعْرَاقَهُ [i. e. I know not the sources from which he has sprung; or his ancestry, or parentage]: or مَا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ No source or origin [or parentage], nor people, nor ancestor or father, nor nobility, pertaining to him, is know. And مَا لِفُلَانٍ مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ (S, A, in the latter لِزَيْدٍ,) i. e. [Such a one has no source] of kindred (نَسَب), nor of cattle or property (مَال). And إِنَّهُ لَكَرِيمُ المَضْرِبِ [Verily he is generous in respect of origin]. [See also ضَرِيبَةٌ.]
8 One says also, أَتَتِ النَّاقَةُ عَلَى مَضْرِبِهَا, meaning The she-camel arrived at the time [of year] of her being leaped by the stallion; making the time to be like the place.
9 مَضْرِبٌ, (S, A, O, and so in the M in art. رم,) or مَضْرَبٌ , with fet-h to the م, and to the ر also, [but this is app. a mistake, as the weight of authority is in favour of the former,] A bone in which is marrow: or a bone that is broken and from which marrow is extracted [or sought to be extracted]. (M in art. رم.) One says, of a sheep or goat, that is emaciated, مَا يُرِمُّ مِنْهَا مَضْرِبٌ [Not a bone of her that is broken for its marrow contains any marrow]; i. e. when a bone of her is broken, no marrow will be found in it.
10 And مَضْرِبٌ and مَضْرَبٌ and مَضْرِبَةٌ and and signify The part of a sword, with which one strikes: or [the part] about a span from the extremity: or the part exclusive of, or below, the ظُبَة [q. v.] (دُونَ الطُّبَةِ): or the edge (حَدّ) thereof; thus expl. by several of the leading lexicologists: and so ضَرِيبَةٌ : which last also signifies a sword: [i. e.] a sword itself is sometimes thus called, as ISd says: the pl. of مَضْرِبٌ is مَضَارِبُ.
11 [مَضْرِبُ مَثَلٍ means The secondary idea, or thing, signified by a parable or proverb, and compared to the primary idea, or thing; the thing, or case, to which a parable or proverb is applied: correlative of مَوْرِدُ مَثَلٍ: pl. مَضَارِبُ.]
12 And [the pl.] مَضَارِبُ signifies Stratagems in war.

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