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ضَرِيبَةٌ

Root: ضرب

Full Definition

ضَرِيبَةٌ A man, or anything, living or dead, struck, or smitten, with the sword: the ة is affixed, though the word has the meaning of a pass. part. n., because it becomes numbered with substs., like نَطِيحَةٌ and أَكِيلَةٌ.
2 [And also] The place [or part] upon which the blow, or stroke, falls, of the body that is beaten, or struck.
3 And Wool, or [goats'] hair, separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, and then folded together, and bound with a thread, and spun: (S: [more fully expl. voce سَلِيلَةٌ:]) and wool that is beaten with a mallet: or a portion of wool: or a portion of cotton, and of wool: pl. ضَرَائِبُ.
4 Also An impost that is levied, of the poll-tax or land-tax and the like, and of [the tolls, or similar exactions, termed] أَرْصَاد: pl. as above. And The غَلَّة [as meaning the income, or revenue, arising from the service] of a slave; i. e. ضَرِيبَةُ العَبْدِ means what the slave pays to his master, of the impost that is laid upon him: ضَرِيبَةٌ being of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ.
5 And A nature; or a natural, a native, or an innate, disposition or temper or the like: [as though signifying a particular cast of constitution, moulded by the Creator:] syn. طَبِيعَةٌ, and سَجِيَّةٌ: pl. as above. You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ الضَّرِيبَةِ [ Such a one is generous in respect of nature]; and لَئِيمُ الضَّرِيبَةِ [ mean &c.]; and إِنَّهُ لَكَرِيمُ الضَّرَائِبِ [ Verily he is generous in respect of natural dispositions]: and خُلِقَ النَّاسُ عَلَى ضَرَائِبَ شَتَّى [Men are created of diverse natures &c.].
6 See also مَضْرِبٌ.
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