ضَبَحَتِ

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ضَبَحَتِI , (AO, S, O, K, * [in the K ضَبَحَ,]) Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْحٌ and ضُبَاحٌ, i. q. نَحَمَت, i. e. [The horses breathed pantingly, or hard, with a sound from the chest; or] made the breathing to be heard when running: [or breathed laboriously, when fatigued; and in like manner one says of camels; for] ضَبْحٌ signifies the breathing of horses and of camels when fatigued: or caused a sound to be heard from their mouths, different from neighing, and from the sound termed حَمْحَمَةٌ, in their running: [or it signifies also the horses neighed; for it is said that] الضُّبَاحُ is also syn. with الصَّهِيلُ: or, [but probably only with the former of the two inf. ns. mentioned above,] ran a pace less quick than that which is termed تَقْرِيب: or i. q. ضَبَعَت, which means they stretched forth their arms, going along, or running: accord. to I'Ab, one does not say ضَبَحَتْ دَابَّةٌ except in speaking of a dog or a horse: [he app. means that this verb is used thus only as denoting the uttering of a sound, or a manner of breathing:] some of the lexicologists say that those who use it in relation to a camel make ضَبْحٌ to have the meaning of ضَبْعٌ.
2 ضَبَحَ, Verbal.Noun ضُبَاحٌ, as meaning He, or it, uttered a cry, or sound, is also said of the fox, and of the hare, and of the serpent called أَسْوَد, and of the owl, and of what is termed الصَّدَا [which see, for it is variously explained]: and is also expl. as meaning نَبَحَ [he barked, &c.].
3 And ضَبَحَتِ القَوْسُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun ضَبْحٌ, The bow [twanged, or] made a sound.
4 And ضَبَحَ is also used as meaning He cried out, and entered into an altercation for a person who had given him money.

def.2 ضَبَحَتْهُ النَّارُ, and الشَّمْسُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْحٌ, The fire, and the sun, altered it: or altered its colour: or altered it, but not in a great degree; namely, a thing, such as a stick, and an arrow, and flesh-meat, &c. And ضَبَحَهُ بِالنَّارِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْحٌ, He altered it in colour by fire; namely, an arrow: and he burned it in a portion of its upper parts; namely, a stick, and flesh-meat, &c. And ضَبْحٌ is expl. by AHn as meaning The act of roasting, broiling, or frying.

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