تَضْرِيعٌ

Form: 2

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تَضْرِيعٌII signifies The drawing near, or approaching, by little and little, in a deceitful, or guileful, manner, going this way and that, or to the right and left; as also : you say ضَرَّعَ and تَضَرَّعَ.
2 And ضَرَّعَتِ الشَّمْسُ, Verbal.Noun as above, The sun approached the setting; [like ضجّعت;] and signifies the same; [like ضَجَعَت;] or the sun set; and الشَّمْسُ, Verbal.Noun مُضَارَعَةٌ, signifies the same as ضَرَعَت and ضرّعت.
3 And ضَرَّعَتِ القِدْرُ i. q. حَانَ أَنْ تُدْرِكَ [i. e. The cookingpot approached, or attained, to the time of the cooking of its contents; and so, app., , accord. to the TA, but the passage in which this is there indicated presents an obvious mistranscription]. (S, O, K, TA. [In the CK, تُدْرَكَ is erroneously put for تُدْرِكَ.])
4 And ضَرَّعَ الرُّبُّ [app. means The rob, or inspissated juice, became nearly mature; or] the expressed juice was cooked, but its cooking was not complete. (O, K, * TA. [In the CK, الرُّبَّ is erroneously put for الرُّبُّ, and طَبَخ for طُبِخَ, and يُتِمَّ طَبْخَهُ for يَتِمَّ طَبْخُهُ.])

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