ضء

ضِئْضِئٌ ذ (S, O, K) and ↓ ضِئْضِىْءٌ and ↓ ضُؤْضُؤٌ and ↓ ضُوْضُوْءٌ (O, K) and accord. to ISd ↓ ضِئْضَأٌ, which is of an extr. measure, (TA,) Origin, root, race, or stock; syn. أَصْلٌ: (S, O, K:) and the place in which a thing originates; syn. مَعْدِنٌ: (K:) hence, in a خُطْبَة of Aboo-Tálib, الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِى جَعَلَنَا مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ اـِبْرَاهِيمَ وَزَرْعِ اـِسْمَاعِيلَ 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 and صِدْقٍ ↓ ضُؤْضُؤُ [ 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; (K, TA;) whence the ضِئْضِئ of sheep. (TA.)