ذرب

ذَرِبٌ ذ Sharp; (T, S, M, K;) applied to anything, (S, M,) as, for instance, a sword, (S,) or a spearhead; and so ↓ مَذْرُوبٌ: (T:) or this latter, applied to a spear-head [&c.], signifies sharpened; (S;) as also ↓ مُذَرَّبٌ: (T, S:) or ذَرِبٌ (A, TA) and ↓ مُذَرَّبٌ (M, K) and ↓ مَذْرُوبٌ, (T, TA,) applied to a sword (T, M, A, K) and a spearhead, (A, TA,) signify [or signify also] poisoned; (A, K;) i. e. steeped in, or imbued with, poison, (T, M, A, TA,) and then sharpened. (T, M, TA.) And سُمٌّ ذَرِبٌ means Sharp poison. (M, A.) A rájiz says, (referring to cattle, TA,) دَبَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ذَرِبَاتُ الأَنْبَارْ meaning [ Upon which have crept insects resembling ticks, that produce swellings where they creep, ] sharp in stinging. (S.) ― -b2- لِسَانٌ ذَرِبٌ [properly signifies] A tongue sharp in the extremity. (M, TA.) Tropically, (A,) (tropical:) A sharp tongue; (S, A, TA;) as also ↓ مَذْرُوبٌ: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) a chaste, or an eloquent, tongue: (Msb:) [and (assumed tropical:) a profuse, or clamorous, tongue: (see ذَرِبَ:)] and (assumed tropical:) a foul, or an obscene, tongue. (Msb.) And ذَرِبُ اللِّسَانِ (assumed tropical:) Sharp in tongue: (TA:) [(assumed tropical:) profuse, or clamorous, therein; long-tongued: (see ذَرِبَ:)] (assumed tropical:) bad, or corrupt, in tongue: (Abu-l-'Abbás [Th], TA:) (assumed tropical:) wont to revile; (T;) foul, or obscene, in tongue; (ISh, T, TA;) who cares not what he says. (ISh, TA.) And ذَرِبٌ, alone, (assumed tropical:) Sharptongued: and (tropical:) long-tongued, or clamorous; or foul, or obscene, in tongue: (K, * TA:) and so ذَرِبَةٌ, applied to a woman; (AZ, T, S, A, Msb; *) and ↓ ذِرْبَةٌ: (AZ, T, S, M, K:) this last [is app. a contraction of ذَرِبَةٌ, and used by poetic license: it] is applied by a rájiz to his wife, (T, S, *) as meaning (tropical:) bad, or corrupt, and unfaithful to her husband in respect of her فَرْج; or, accord. to Sh, it means long-tongued; and foul, or obscene, in speech: (T:) and ↓ مَذْرُوبٌ likewise, accord. to Sh, means foul, or obscene, in speech: (TA:) the pl. of ذَرِبٌ is ↓ ذُرْبٌ, (K,) which is irreg.; (TA;) meaning (assumed tropical:) sharp; (M, K;) and (assumed tropical:) sharp in tongue [&c.]: (K:) and the pl. of ↓ ذِرْبَةٌ is ذِرَبٌ. (T, S, M.) ― -b3- مَعِدَةٌ ذَرِبَةٌ [(assumed tropical:) A stomach sharp, or keen, by reason of hunger: or (assumed tropical:) in a good, or right, state: (see ذَرِبَتْ مَعِدَتُهُ:) and also, the contr., i. e.] (tropical:) a stomach in a bad, or corrupt, state. (M, TA.) ― -b4- جُرحٌ ذَرِبٌ (tropical:) A wound in a bad, or corrupt, state, and wide, and not admitting of cure: or flowing with صَدِيد [i. e. ichor tinged with blood ]. (M, TA.) ― -b5- ذَرِبُ الخُلُقِ (tropical:) A man of a bad, or corrupt, natural disposition. (A, TA.) -A2- See also ذَرْبٌ.