ذنب

ذَنَبٌ ذ and ↓ ذُنَابَى (T, S, M, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دِنِبَّى and ↓ ذُنُبَّى (El-Hejeree, M, K) signify the same; (T, S, M, &c.;) i. e. The tail; syn. ذَيْلٌ: (TA: [in the CK, الذِّنْبِىُّ is erroneously put for الذِّنْبِىَّ:]) but accord. to Fr, one uses the first of these words in relation to the horse, and the second in relation to the bird: (T:) or the first is used in relation to the horse (S, A) and the ass [and the like] (S) more commonly than the second; (S, A; *) and the second is used in relation to a bird (S, M, A, Msb) more commonly than the first, (S, M, *) or more chastely: (M, * Msb:) or the second is [properly] of a winged creature; and the first is of any other; but the second is sometimes, metaphorically, of the horse: (Er-Riyáshee, TA:) or, as some say, the second signifies the place of growth of the ذَنَب [or tail ]: (M:) the pl. of ذَنَبٌ is أَذْنَابٌ. (S, M, A, Msb, K.) [Hence the following phrases &c.] ― -b2- رَكِبَ ذَنَبَ البَعِيرِ [lit. He rode on the tail of the camel, meaning] (tropical:) he was content with a deficient lot. (T, A, K.) ― -b3- ضَرَبَ بِذَنِبِهِ [lit. He smote the earth with his tail, الأَرْضَ being understood, meaning] (assumed tropical:) he (a man) stayed, or abode, and remained fixed. (K.) [See also another explanation of this phrase below.] And أَقَامَ بِأَرْضِنَا وَ غَرَزَ ذَنَبَهُ, meaning (tropical:) [ He stayed, or abode, in our land, and remained fixed, or] did not quit it; [lit., and stuck his tail into the ground; ] originally said of the locust. (A, TA. [See art. غرز.]) ― -b4- بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَهُ ذَنبُ الضَّبِّ [lit. Between me and him is the tail of the ضبّ,] means (tropical:) between me and him is opposition or competition [ as when two persons are endeavouring to seize the tail of the ضبّ]. (A, TA.) ― -b5- اِسْتَرْخَى ذنَبُ الشَّيْخِ (tropical:) The old man's شَىْء became lax, or languid. (Á, TA.) ― -b6- رَكِبَ ذَنَبَ الرِّيحِ [lit. He rode upon the tail of the wind, ] means (tropical:) he outwent, or outstripped, and was not reached, or overtaken. (T, A, K.) ― -b7- وَلَّى خَمْسِينَ ذَنَبا Original text has missing initial characters in the last word: the ذَنَ have been added. [lit. He turned his tail upon the fifty, ] means (tropical:) he passed the [ age of ] fifty [ years ]: (M, TA:) and so وَلَتْهُ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا [lit. the fifty turned their tail upon him ]: (A, TA:) the former accord. to Yaakoob: accord. to IAar, El-Kilábee, being asked his age, said, قَدْ وَلَّتْ لِىَ الخَمْسُونَ ذَنَبَهَا [lit. The fifty have turned their tail to me ]. (M, TA.) ― -b8- اِتَّبَعَ ذَنَبَ أَمْرٍ مُدْبِرٍ [lit. He followed the tail of an event retreating, ] means (tropical:) he regretted an event that had passed. (T, A, * TA. *) ― -b9- [The ذَنَب of a man is (assumed tropical:) The part corresponding to the tail: and hence,] رَجُلٌ وَقَاحُ الذَّنَبِ (assumed tropical:) [ A man hard in the caudal extremity; ] meaning (assumed tropical:) a man very patient in enduring riding. (IAar, M, and K in art. وقح.) ― -b10- [And of a garment, The skirt: ] you say, تَعَلَّقْتُ بِأَذْنَابِهِ (tropical:) [ I clung to his skirts ]. (A.) ― -b11- The ذَنَبَ of a ship or boat is (assumed tropical:) The rudder. (Lth and S * and L in art. سكن. [See also خَيْزُرَانٌ.]) ― -b12- ذَنَبٌ also signifies [(assumed tropical:) Anything resembling a tail. ― -b13- Hence,] (assumed tropical:) The extremity of a whip. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b14- And, of an unripe date, (M, Mgh,) and of any date, (M,) (assumed tropical:) The kinder part; (M;) the part next the base and stalk. (Mgh.) ― -b15- (tropical:) And (tropical:) The outer extremity of the eye, next the temple; as also ↓ ذِنَابٌ and ↓ ذِنَابَةٌ (M, A) and ↓ ذُنَابَةٌ (A) [and ↓ ذُنَابَى, as used in the K voce اِزْدَجَّ, in art. زج]. ― -b16- See also ذَنُوبٌ, third sentence. ― -b17- Also (assumed tropical:) The end; or last, or latter, part; of anything: pl. ذِنَابٌ (T) [and أَذْنَابٌ]: and ↓ ذِنَابٌ [as a sing.], (K,) or ↓ ذُنَابٌ, (so in the TT as from the M,) has this meaning. (M, K.) You say, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى ذَنَبِ الدَّهْرِ (assumed tropical:) That was in the end of the time [ past ]. (M.) And ذَنَبُ الوَادِى and ↓ الذُنَابَةُ: both signify the same [i. e. (assumed tropical:) The end of the valley ]: (A 'Obeyd, M, TA:) or ↓ ذُنَابَةٌ and ↓ ذِنَابَةٌ and ↓ ذَنَبَةٌ signify the (tropical:) last, or latter, parts, (K, TA,) in some copies of the K, the last, or latter, part, (TA, [and so in the TT as from the M, and this meaning seems to be indicated in the A,]) of a valley, (A, K, TA,) and of a river, (A, TA,) and of time; (K, TA;) [and ↓ ذِنَابٌ app. has the former of these two significations in relation to a valley, accord. to Az; for he says,] it seems that ذِنَابٌ and ↓ ذِنَابَةٌ in relation to a valley are pls. of ذَنَبٌ, like as جِمَالٌ and جِمَالَةٌ are pls. of جَمَلٌ: (T:) or ↓ ذِنَابَةٌ and ↓ ذَنَبَةٌ, (S, Msb,) the former of which is more common than the latter, (Th, S, Msb,) signify (assumed tropical:) the place to which finally comes the torrent of a valley: (S, Msb:) the pl. of ↓ ذِنَابَةٌ is ذَنَائِبُ: (T:) the ذَنَب of a valley and its ↓ مِذْنَبَ are the same; [i. e. (assumed tropical:) the lowest, or lower, part thereof;] (T;) [for the pls.] أَذْنَابٌ (T, TA) and مَذَانِبُ (TA) signify (assumed tropical:) the lowest, or lower, parts of valleys: (T, TA:) and أَذْنَابٌ signifies [in like manner] (assumed tropical:) the last, or latter, parts, of [water-courses such as are termed] تِلَاع. (T, TA. See also مِذْنَبٌ.) It is said in a trad, لَا يَمْنَعُ فُلَانٌ ذَنَبَ تَلْعَةٍ [(assumed tropical:) Such a one will not impede the last part of a water-course ]; applied to the abject, weak, and contemptible. (T.) And أَذْنَابُ أُمُورٍ means (tropical:) The last, or latter, parts of affairs or events. (M.) You say also, حَدِيثٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ (tropical:) [ A long-tailed story; ] a story that hardly, or never, comes to an end. (M.) And يَوْمٌ طَوِيلُ الذَّنَبِ (assumed tropical:) A day of which [...]