Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُذْهَبٌ

Root: ذهب

Full Definition

مُذْهَبٌ Gilt, or done over with gold; as also مُذَهَّبٌ and ذَهِيبٌ .
2 Also sing. of مَذَاهِبُ, which signifies Skins gilt, i. e. having gilt tines, or stripes, regularly, or uniformly, succeeding one another: or gilt straps or thongs: and variegated, or figured, [garments of the kind called] بُرُود: [or it is applied as an epithet to such garments; for] you say بُرْدٌ مُذْهَبٌ. The pl. above mentioned is also applied [as an epithet] to swords [app. meaning Adorned with gilding].
3 Applied to a horse, Of a red colour tinged over with yellow; and so كُمَيْتٌ مُذْهَبٌ [i. e. of a gilded bay colour]: fem. with ة: the mare thus termed is of a clearer colour and thinner skin.

def.2 المُذْهَبُ is also a name of The Kaabeh.

def.3 See also the next paragraph, in three places.


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