مَضِيعَةٌ
Root: ضيع
Full Definition
مَضِيعَةٌ
and مَضْيَعَةٌ
i. q.
ضَيَاعٌ [an Verbal.Noun of 1, q. v.]. So in the saying, تَرَكَ عِيَالَهُ بِمَضِيعَةٍ or بِمَضْيَعَةٍ [He left his family, or household, in a state of perishing, &c.]. So too in the saying, السَّارِقُ لَا يُقْطَعُ فِى مَالٍ
بِمَضِيعَةٍ [The thief shall not suffer amputation of his hand in the case of his stealing property in a neglected state]. And so in the saying, هُوَ بِدَارِ مَضِيعَةٍ and مَضْيَعَةٍ [He is in a place of perdition, &c.]: or as meaning in this saying, abandonment, and ignominy. And هُوَ مُقِيمٌ بِدَارِ مَضِيعَةٍ or مَضْيَعَةٍ means [He is dwelling in the abode of indolence; or] his characteristic in his affairs is indolence.
2 Also, [or perhaps the latter only, as meaning A cause of perishing &c., this latter being app. of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.,] A desert, or waterless desert, that is cut off [from inhabited regions]: or, as expl. by IJ, a place in which a man perishes, or is lost.
2 Also, [or perhaps the latter only, as meaning A cause of perishing &c., this latter being app. of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.,] A desert, or waterless desert, that is cut off [from inhabited regions]: or, as expl. by IJ, a place in which a man perishes, or is lost.
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