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ذَبَّ

Root: ذب

Form: 1

Full Definition

ذَبَّI , Present.T ذَبُبَ Verbal.Noun ذَبٌّ, He repelled from him: he defended him. You say, يَذُبُّ عَنْ حَرِيمِهِ He repels from, or defends, his wife, or wives, or the like. [See also R. Q. 1.]
2 And ذَبٌّ signifies also The act of driving away. You say, ذَبَّ الذُّبَابَ, and , He drove away the fly, or flies. And الوَحْشُ تَذُبُّ البَقَّ بِأَذْنَابِهَا [The wild animals drive away the gnats with their tails].
3 And [hence,] أَتَاهُمْ خَاطِبٌ فَذَبُّوهُ One demanding a woman in marriage came to them, and they rejected him, or turned him back.

def.2 ذُبَّ He was, or became, possessed; or mad, or insane.

def.3 ذَبَّ, Present.T ذَبُبَ [irreg., unless the first pers. be ذَبُبْتُ, like لَبُبْتُ &c.,] Verbal.Noun ذَبٌّ, He went hither and thither, not remaining in one place.

def.4 ذَبَّ, [Present.T ذَبِبَ ] It dried; dried up; or became dry. You say, ذَبَّتْ شَفَتُهُ, Present.T ذَبِبَ Verbal.Noun ذَبٌّ and ذَبَبٌ and ذُبُوبٌ, His lip became dry, or lost its moisture, by reason of thirst, or by reason of vehement thirst, &c.; as also . And ذَبَّ لِسَانُهُ in like manner [His tongue became dry &c.]. And ذَبَّ said of a plant, It withered, or lost its moisture. And said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It dried up in the end of the hot season. And ذَبَّ جِسْمُهُ His body became lean, or emaciated, and lost its moisture. And ذَبَّ, Present.T ذَبِبَ Verbal.Noun ذَبٌّ, His colour, or complexion, became altered, by reason of emaciation or hunger or travel &c.
2 See also 2.
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