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ذنب
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaذُنَابَى ذ : see ذَنَبٌ, in three places. ― -b2- It is also applied to Four [ feathers ] in the wing of a bird, after what are called الخَوَفِى. (S.) ― -b3- It is said in a trad., مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذُنَابَى طَرِيقٍ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ, meaning [(assumed tropical:) Whosoever dies ] purposing to pursue a way leading to some particular end, [ he is to be reckoned as one of the people thereof. ] (TA.) -A2- Accord. to Fr and the S, it signifies also A fluid like mucus that falls from the noses of camels: but this is a mistake: the right word, as stated by IB and others, is ذُنَانَى. (L, MF, TA.)
Derived headwords
ذُنَابَى
- 1.
مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى ذُنَابَى طَرِيقٍ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ