ضب
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ضب¹
- /dˤabb/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́abb-. Compare Classical Syriac ܥܒܐ (ʿabbā, “spiny-tailed lizard”) and Hebrew צַב (ṣaḇ, “turtle”).
noun ضَبّ · ḍabb · ضِبَاب · ضُبَّان · ضَبَّة
- spiny-tailed lizard, mastigure (any lizard of the genus Uromastyx) 876, The Letter of Yaʿqūb al-Layṯ to Al-Muʿtamid, written by the poet Ibrāhīm ibn Mamšāḏ فعودوا الى ارضكم بالحجاز لاكل الضباب ورعي الغنم So return to your [own] land in Hejaz [Arabia], to eat lizards and to graze [your] sheep
ضب²
verb ضَبَّ · ḍabba · يَضِبُّ · ضَبّ · ضَابّ
- to cleave to, to hold to firmly
verb ضَبَّ · ḍabba · يَضِبُّ · ضَبّ · ضُبُوب · ضَبِيب
-
to have a gentle or scanty flow, to stream, to discharge sluggishly
Similar: بَضَّ
verb يَضَبُّ · ضَبَّ · ḍabba · ضَبِبْتُ · ضَبَب
- to be affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)
noun ضَبّ · ḍabb · الضَّبّ · ضَبٌّ
- a disease in the lips, in consequence of which blood flows from it
- tumor in the extremity of the foot of a camel
- chapping or cracking in the armpit of a child or camel
noun ضَبّ · ḍabb · ضَبَّة · ضِبَاب · الضَّبّ
- spadix of a palm-tree before it cleaves open
noun ضَبّ · ضِبّ · ḍabb · ḍibb
- rancour, malice, anger, wrath (a characteristic ascribed to the mastigure)
noun ضَبّ · ḍabb · الضَّبّ · ضَبٌّ
- verbal noun of ضَبَّ (ḍabba) (form I)
ضب³
verb ضَبَّ · ḍabba · يَضُبُّ · ضَبّ · ضَابّ
-
to milk with five fingers
Similar: ضَفَّ
noun ضَبّ · ḍabb · الضَّبّ · ضَبٌّ
- verbal noun of ضَبَّ (ḍabba) (form I)
In English
- lizard reptile
- spiny-tailed lizard any lizard of the genus Uromastyx
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title = {ضب},
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