Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُدَابَرٌ

Root: دبر

Full Definition

مُدَابَرٌ applied to a place of abode, Contr. of مُقَابَلٌ. You say, هٰذَا جَارِى مُقَابَلِى and مُدَابَرِى [This is my neighbour in front of me and in rear of me]. (TA in art. قبل.)
2 مُدَابَرَةٌ applied to a ewe or she-goat: see إِدْبَارَةٌ: so applied, Having a portion of the hinder part of her ear cut, and left hanging down, not separated: and also when it is separated: and مُقَابَلَةٌ is applied in like manner to one having a portion of the extremity [or fore part] of the ear so cut: and the former, applied to a she-camel, having her ear slit in the part next the back of the neck: or having a piece cut off from that part of her ear: and in like manner applied to a ewe or she-goat: also an ear cut, or slit, in the hinder part. [It seems that a she-camel had her ear thus cut if of generous race. And hence,] نَاقَةٌ مُقَابَلَةٌ مُدَابَرَةٌ A she-camel of generous race by sire and dam. And فُلَانٌ مُقَابَلٌ وَ مُدَابَرٌ Such a one is of pure race, or of generous, or noble, race, by both parents: accord. to As, from الإِقْبَالَةُ and الإِدْبَارَةُ.


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