إِدْبَارَةٌ
Root: دبر
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إِدْبَارَةٌ
A slit in the ear [of a ewe or she-goat or she-camel], which being made, that thing [thus made, meaning the pendulous strip,] is twisted, and turned backward: if turned forward, it is termed إِقْبَالَةٌ: and the hanging piece of skin of the ear is termed إِدْبَارَةٌ [in the former case] and إِقْبَالَةٌ [in the latter case]; as though it were a زَنَمَة [q. v.]; and, respectively, إِدْبَارٌ and إِقْبَالٌ, and
and قِبْلَةٌ. (TA in art. قبل.) The ewe or she-goat [to which this has been done] is termed
مُدَابَرَةٌ [in the former case] and مُقَابَلَةٌ [in the latter]: and you say of yourself [when you have performed the operation, in these two cases respectively], دَابَرْتُهَا and قَابَلْتُهَا: and the she-camel is termed ذَاتُ إِدْبَارَة and ذَاتُ
إِقْبَالَةٌ; and so is the ewe or she-goat; and the she-camel, ذَاتُ and ذَاتٌ إِقْبَالٍ. (TA in art. قبل.)
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