مِضْرَبٌ
Root: ضرب
Full Definition
مِضْرَبٌ
[A thing with which one beats, strikes, smites, or hits;] a thing with which the action termed
الضَّرْب
is performed; as also
مِضْرَابٌ . A wooden instrument [a kind of mallet] with which the bow-string is struck in the operation of separating cotton.
2 And, as an epithet applied to a man, it signifies شَدِيدُ الضَّرْبِ [One who beats, strikes, smites, or hits, vehemently]; or كَثِيرُ الضَّرْبِ [one who beats, &c., much]; as also ضَرُوبٌ and ضَرَّابٌ and ضَرِيبٌ and ضَرِبٌ . (O, K, TA. [But in none of these lexicons is this signification mentioned in such a manner as to show that it necessarily relates to any but the first of these words, namely, مِضْرَبٌ: that it does so, however, is indicated by the measures of all of them.])
3 Also, or مَضْرِبٌ , with fet-h to the م and kesr to the ر, [thus] written like مَجْلِسٌ by MF, and pronounced by the vulgar مَضْرَب, but both of these are [said to be] incorrect, A [tent such as is called] قُبَّة: or a great [tent of the kind called] فُسْطَاط; the فسطاط of a king: pl. مَضَارِبُ.
2 And, as an epithet applied to a man, it signifies شَدِيدُ الضَّرْبِ [One who beats, strikes, smites, or hits, vehemently]; or كَثِيرُ الضَّرْبِ [one who beats, &c., much]; as also ضَرُوبٌ and ضَرَّابٌ and ضَرِيبٌ and ضَرِبٌ . (O, K, TA. [But in none of these lexicons is this signification mentioned in such a manner as to show that it necessarily relates to any but the first of these words, namely, مِضْرَبٌ: that it does so, however, is indicated by the measures of all of them.])
3 Also, or مَضْرِبٌ , with fet-h to the م and kesr to the ر, [thus] written like مَجْلِسٌ by MF, and pronounced by the vulgar مَضْرَب, but both of these are [said to be] incorrect, A [tent such as is called] قُبَّة: or a great [tent of the kind called] فُسْطَاط; the فسطاط of a king: pl. مَضَارِبُ.
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