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ذرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 ذرّب ذ , (M, K,) inf. n. تَذْرِيبٌ, (S,) He sharpened (M, S, K) an iron instrument [such as a sword and a spear-head &c.]; (M;) as also ↓ ذَرَبَ, (M, Msb, K,) aor. ذَرُبَ , (M, L, Msb, TA,) accord. to the K ذَرَبَ , but this is without any other authority, and contr. to analogy, as neither its third nor its second letter is a faucial, (TA,) inf. n. ذَرْبٌ; (M, Msb, TA;) and ↓ اذرب. (KL.) Also, inf. n. as above, He poisoned a sword, i. e. steeped it in poison, and, when it was well steeped, took it forth and sharpened it; and ↓ ذَرَبَ, likewise, is allowable. (T, TA.) -A2- The inf. n. also signifies A woman's holding her infant in order that it may satisfy its want [ by evacuation, as the words in the explanation (حَتَّى يَقْضِىَ حَاجَتَهُ) commonly mean, not, as Freytag supposes, by sucking ]. (T, K.)

Derived headwords

ذرّبverb
  1. 1.
حَتَّى يَقْضِىَ حَاجَتَهُ