عَذَبٌ
Root: عذب
Full Definition
2 And What comes forth next after the fœtus from the womb.
def.2 Also A sort of trees, of the shrub-kind: the same that is called عَذْبٌ.
def.3 And The pieces of rag that women hold when wailing for the dead; as also مَعَاذِبُ, pl. of مَعْذَبَةٌ [or probably مِعْذَبَةٌ, like its syn. مِئْلَاةٌ, originally مِئْلَوَةٌ], or , accord. to AA, an anomalous pl. of [the n. un. of عَذَبٌ, i. e.] عَذَبَةٌ: one of such pieces of rag is also called مِعْوَزٌ, as well as عَذَبَةٌ.
2 And Straps, or thongs: or the extremities thereof; as also . So in the saying of Dhu-r-Rummeh, describing dogs of the chase,
[Having pendulous ears, wide in the sides of the mouth, habituated to the chase, resembling wolves, with straps, or thongs, or the extremities thereof, upon their necks].غُضْفٌ مُهَرَّتَةُ الأَشْدَاقِ ضَارِيَةٌ مِثْلُ السَّرَاحِينِ فِى أَعْنَاقِهَا العَذَبُ
3 Also, or عَذَبَةٌ , in this and other senses following, [the former evidently wrong, the latter being its n. un. in all its senses,] The string with which a balance, or pair of scales, is raised.
4 And The end, or extremity, of a whip; (Mgh in art. ثمر, and Msb;) its tail; also called its ثَمَرَة: or its عِلَاقَة, which means the [suspensory] thong in the handle thereof: (TA in art. علق:) or [it may have both of these significations, for it is said that it is] one of the عَذَبَتَانِ of a whip.
5 The end, or extremity of anything.
6 The extremity of the tongue; its [tip or] narrow extremity: pl. . One says, الحَقُّ عَلَى أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ [Truth is on the tips of their tongues].
7 The extremity of the penis of a camel: or the extremity of a camel's penis thin in the fore part.
8 The part that hangs down of the [thong called] شِرَاك [q. v.] of a sandal. (O, TA. [See also ذُؤَابَةٌ.])
9 A piece of skin which is hung behind the hinder part (مُؤْخِرَة, O, K, or مُؤَخَّرَة, CK) of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل, from its upper portion; also termed ذُؤَابَةٌ. (TA in art. ذأب.)
10 And عَذَبٌ [accord. to the TA, but correctly عَذَبَةٌ , ] The portion [i. e. end] of a turban, that is made to hang down between the shoulders.
11 And the same, [correctly عَذَبَةٌ , as is shown by what follows,] A piece of rag [or strip of linen or the like, called in French cravate,] that is bound upon the head of a spear. One says, خَفَقَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ العَذَبُ i. e. خِرَقُ الأَلْوِيَةِ [The cravates fluttered over his head].
12 And عَذَبَةٌ signifies also A branch of a tree; and so عَذِبَةٌ .
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