دُلْبٌ
Root: دلب
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دُلْبٌ
A kind of tree; the tree called the
عَيْثَم [or عَيْثَام], or the غَيْثَان [probably a mistranscription for عَيْثَام]: or the صِنَّار or صِنَار [i. e. the plane-tree]; (T, M, K, accord. to different copies; in some copies of the K explained as the صنار; in other copies, as a kind of tree, and the صنار;) which is most like to it [referring to the عيثم]; or which is most likely; a kind of great tree, having neither blossom nor fruit, the leaves of which are serrated and wide, resembling those of the vine, called in Persian
صِنَار [or rather
چَنَارْ]: in the [Kitáb en-] Nebát, [or Book of Plants, of AHn,] the [tree called] صنار, which is a Persian word that has become current in the language of the Arabs: it grows large and wide: and some say that it is called the
عَيْثَام: accord. to Ibn-El-Kutbee, it is a great, well-known, tree, the leaves of which resemble those of the
خِرْوَع [or palma Christi], except in being smaller, and are bitter in taste, and astringent; having small blossoms: [see also De Sacy's “ Abdallatif, ” p. 80: and his “ Chrest. Arabs, ” sec. ed., p. 394 and the notes thereon: the word is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with نَوَاقِيس. The نَاقُوس [pl. of هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّرْبَةِ بِمُعَالَجَةِ الدُّلْبَةِ, answering to the Christians the purpose of churchbells,] are made of the wood of this tree: whence the saying, هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّرْبَةِ بِمُعَالَجَةِ الدُّلْبَةِ [He is of the people who are accustomed to ply the wood of the plane-tree], meaning he is a Christian.
def.2 الدُّلْبُ [or, as in a copy of the T, accord. to the TT, الدَّلْبُ,] A certain race of the blacks, of Es-Sind: [said to be] formed by transposition from الدَّيْبُلُ.
def.2 الدُّلْبُ [or, as in a copy of the T, accord. to the TT, الدَّلْبُ,] A certain race of the blacks, of Es-Sind: [said to be] formed by transposition from الدَّيْبُلُ.
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