Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ذيت ذير ذيع


2. ⇒ ذيّر

ذيّر, (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَذْيِيرٌ, (Ṣ,) He smeared a she-camel's teats with ذِيَار, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) in order that the young one might not suck her. (Ṣ.)

Root: ذير - Entry: 2. Signification: A2

And ذيّر النَّاقَةَ He bound the she-camel's udder with a صِرَار [q. v.], in order that the pieces of wood bound upon her udder to prevent her young one from sucking her might not make any impression upon her. (Ḳ,* TA.) [But see ذِيَارٌ, which indicates that the true meaning is, He smeared the she-camel's teats with ذِيَار in order that the pieces of wood above mentioned might not make any impression upon them.]

Root: ذير - Entry: 2. Signification: A3

ذُيِّرَ فُوهُ, inf. n. تَذْيِيرٌ, His (a man's, Ṣ) teeth became black. (Lth, Ṣ, Ḳ.)


ذِيرَةٌ

ذِيرَةٌ: see ذِيَارٌ.


ذِيَارٌ

ذِيَارٌ Fresh camels' or similar dung (بَعَرَ), [mixed with dust, or earth,] with which a she-camel's teats are smeared, (T, Ṣ, M,*) in order that the young one may not such her, (Ṣ, M,) and that the pieces of wood which are bound upon her udder to prevent her young one from sucking may not make any impression upon her; (T, M;) i. q. ذِئَارٌ: or dung (سِرْقِين) before mixed with dust or earth is called خُثَّةٌ: and when mixed, ذِيرَةٌ↓: and when the teats are smeared with it, ذِيَارٌ. (Lth, Ḳ.)


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