ذَبْذَبٌ

Root: ذب

Form: R. Q. 1

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ذَبْذَبٌ

R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun ذَبْذَبَةٌ, He defended his neighbours and family. [See also 1.]

def.2 And He annoyed, molested, harmed, or hurt, people.

def.3 And He made a thing to dangle, or move to and fro; and made it to be in a state of motion, commotion, or agitation.
2 [Hence,] ذَبْذَبَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He left him, or made him to be, confounded, or perplexed, not knowing his right course; wavering, vacillating, or going to and fro.

def.4 ذَبْذَبَةٌ also signifies The dangling, or moving to and fro, of a thing suspended in the air: and the being in a state of motion or commotion: [or the latter has both these meanings; for] you say, تَذَبْذَبَ الشَّىْءُ the thing dangled, or moved to and fro, in the air; and was in a state of commotion or agitation. It is said in a trad., فَكَأَنِّىأَنْظُرُ إِلَى يَدَيْهِ تُذَبْذِبَانِ, meaning And it was as though I looked at his two sleeves in a state of commotion, or shaking. And you say, بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ He wavered, or vacillated, between two affairs. And تَذَبْذَبَ أَمْرُهُمْ [Their state of affairs was, or became, fluctuating, or unsteady]. (Lh, T in art. دل.)

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