رَدَغَةٌ
Root: ردغ
Full Definition
رَدَغَةٌ
and رَدْغَةٌ
Slime, or mire; i. e. water and clay or mud: and stiff slime or mire: or much slime or mire: pl. رِدَاغٌ and [coll. gen. ns.]
رَدَغٌ and
رَدْغٌ : or
رِدَاغٌ signifies thin mud: or, as some say, it is pl. of رَدْغَةٌ: accord. to Kr, رَدْغٌ and
رِدَاغٌ signify slime, or mire; and are sings. [See also رَزَغَةٌ.] Hence, يَوْمٌ ذُو [A day of slime, or mire, &c.]. And مَنَعَنَا هٰذَا عَنِ الجُمُعَةِ [This slime, or mire, &c., prevented us from attending the prayer of Friday:
الرداغ being here used as a sing. n.].
2 [Hence also,] رَدْغَةُ الخَبَالِ and رَدَغَةُ الخبال The [corrupt] fluid squeezed, or wrung, or flowing, from the inhabitants of Hell. This, it is said in a trad., will be given to drink to him who drinks wine.
3 You say also مَآءٌ رَدْغَةٌ and رَدَغَةٌ [app. Slimy, or miry, water]; both meaning the same.
2 [Hence also,] رَدْغَةُ الخَبَالِ and رَدَغَةُ الخبال The [corrupt] fluid squeezed, or wrung, or flowing, from the inhabitants of Hell. This, it is said in a trad., will be given to drink to him who drinks wine.
3 You say also مَآءٌ رَدْغَةٌ and رَدَغَةٌ [app. Slimy, or miry, water]; both meaning the same.
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