Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and al-Mufradat — All in One Search

ضَبِيحٌ

Root: ضبح

Full Definition

ضَبِيحٌ An arrow altered in colour [by fire]; as also مَضْبُوحٌ . (TA. [See an ex. of the latter in a verse of Tarafeh cited voce مُجْمِدٌ: and see also what here next precedes.]) It is also applied, in the same sense, to roasted flesh-meat. [And Freytag explains it as meaning, in the Deewan of Jereer, “ Cutis nigra, usta vulneribus. ”]
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more