زُبَانَى
Root: زبن
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زُبَانَى
is the sing. of which زُبَانَيَانِ is the dual. (Mz, 40th نوع.) زُبَانَى العَقْرَبِ signifies The horn [or claw] of the scorpion: its two horns [or claws] are called زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ; because it pushes with them.
2 And الزُّبَانَيَانِ, or زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ, [the former the more common,]
def.2 See also زَبَانِيَةٌ.
2 And الزُّبَانَيَانِ, or زُبَانَيَا العَقْرَبِ, [the former the more common,]
accord to those who make النَّوْء to mean “ the auroral rising: ”] one of the Mansions of the Moon, namely, the Sixteenth Mansion. (Kzw. [See مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ, in art. نزل.]) The sayingα and
β of Libra,
[lit. His moon bit the extremities of the claw of Scorpio], cited by IAar, is expl. as meaning “ he is uncircumcised, except the part from which the قَمَر has contracted; ” his قُلْفَة being likened to the زُبَانَى [and his كَمَرَة to the قَمَر]: and he is related to have said that he who is born when the moon is in Scorpio is unprosperous: but Th says, I asked him respecting this saying, and he disallowed it, and said, No, but he is a low, or mean, or sordid, person, who does not give food in winter; and when the moon [in winter] bites the extremities of the زُبَانَى, [i. e. enters Scorpio,] it is most intense cold.عَضَّ بِأَطْرَافِ الزُّبَانَى قَمَرُهْ
def.2 See also زَبَانِيَةٌ.
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