Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ضُؤْضُؤٌ

ضُؤْضُؤٌ: see the next paragraph but one, in two places.

Root: ضأ - Entry: ضُؤْضُؤٌ Dissociation: B

Also The bird called أَخْيَل [q. v.]: (O, Ḳ:) so says ISd: but IDrd doubts its correctness. (TA.)


ضِئْضَأٌ

ضِئْضَأٌ: see the next paragraph.


ضِئْضِئٌ

ضِئْضِئٌ (Ṣ, O, Ḳ) andضِئْضِىْءٌ↓ andضُؤْضُؤٌ↓ andضُوْضُوْءٌ↓ (O, Ḳ) and accord. to ISd ضِئْضَأٌ↓, which is of an extr. measure, (TA,) Origin, root, race, or stock; syn. أَصْلٌ: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) and the place in which a thing originates; syn. مَعْدِنٌ: (Ḳ:) hence, in a خُطْبَة of Aboo-Tálib, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى جَعَلَنَا مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَزَرْعِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَضِئْضِئِ مَعَدٍّ وَعُنْصُرِ مُضَرَ i. e. [Praise be to God, who made us to be of the offspring of Abraham and of the seed of Ishmael and] of the stock of Ma'add [and of the race of Mudar]: and يَخْرُجُ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هٰذَا, occurring in a trad., i. e. There shall spring from the stock, or race, of this; or, as some relate it, it is [صِئْصِئ,] with the unpointed ص, which means the same: and you say ضِئْضِئُ صِدْقٍ andضُؤْضُؤُ↓ صِدْقٍ [An excellent origin or race]: (TA:) [see an ex. voce بُؤْبُؤٌ, in art. بأ: and see also ضِنْءٌ:] or ضِئْضِئٌ, &c. signify multitude, and abundance, of offspring or breed; (Ḳ, TA;) whence the ضِئْضِئ of sheep. (TA.)


ضَأْضَآءٌ

ضَأْضَآءٌ, [in the CK الضَأْضَأُ is erroneously put for الضَّأْضَأءُ,] as alsoضَوْضَآءٌ↓ (O, Ḳ, TA) and ضَوْضًى, (CK,) [which belong to art. ضو and the last of which is mentioned in the Ḳ in art. ضوض,] The voices, cries, or shouts, of men, (AA, O, Ḳ, TA,) in war, * or fight. (O, Ḳ, TA.)


ضَوْضَآءٌ

ضَوْضَآءٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.


ضُؤْضُوْءٌ

ضُؤْضُوْءٌ: see ضِئْضِئٌ.


ضِئْضِىْءٌ

ضِئْضِىْءٌ: see ضِئْضِئٌ.


مُضَوْضِئٌ / مُضَوْضٍ

مُضَوْضِئٌ or مُضَوْضٍ, (accord. to different copies of the Ḳ,) the former app. the original of the latter, [which is mentioned in the Ḳ in art. ضوض, but in the CK there written مَضَوْضِىٌّ,] (TA,) applied to a man, Crying out, shouting or clamouring. (Ḳ.)


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