ضِئْضِئٌ
Root: ضأ
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ضِئْضِئٌ
and
ضِئْضِىْءٌ and
ضُؤْضُؤٌ and
and accord. to ISd
ضِئْضَأٌ , which is of an extr. measure, Origin, root, race, or stock; syn. أَصْلٌ: and the place in which a thing originates; syn. مَعْدِنٌ: hence, in a خُطْبَة of Aboo-Tálib, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ
الَّذِى جَعَلَنَا مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَزَرْعِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَضِئْضِئِ
مَعَدٍّ وَعُنْصُرِ مُضَرَ i. e. [Praise be to God, who made us to be of the offspring of Abraham and of the seed of Ishmael and] of the stock of Ma'add [and of the race of Mudar]: and يَخْرُجُ مِنْ
ضِئْضِئِ هٰذَا, occurring in a trad., i. e. There shall spring from the stock, or race, of this; or, as some relate it, it is [صِئْصِئ,] with the unpointed ص, which means the same: and you say ضِئْضِئُ صِدْقٍ and صِدْقٍ [An excellent origin or race]: [see an ex. voce بُؤْبُؤٌ, in art. بأ: and see also ضِنْءٌ:] or ضِئْضِئٌ &c. signify multitude, and abundance, of offspring or breed; whence the ضِئْضِئ of sheep.
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