ضرب

ضَرِيبَةٌ ذ A man, (K,) or anything, (T, S, * TA,) living or dead, (T, TA,) struck, or smitten, with the sword: (T, S, K, TA:) the ة is affixed, though the word has the meaning of a pass. part. n., because it becomes numbered with substs., like نَطِيحَةٌ and أَكِيلَةٌ. (S.) ― -b2- [And also] The place [or part ] upon which the blow, or stroke, falls, of the body that is beaten, or struck. (Ham p. 129.) ― -b3- And Wool, or [ goats' ] hair, separated, or plucked asunder, with the fingers, and then folded together, and bound with a thread, and spun: (S: [more fully expl. voce سَلِيلَةٌ:]) and wool that is beaten with a mallet: (TA:) or a portion of wool: (K:) or a portion of cotton, and of wool: (TA:) pl. ضَرَائِبُ. (S.) ― -b4- Also (tropical:) An impost that is levied, of the poll-tax or land-tax and the like, (S, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K, TA,) and of [ the tolls, or similar exactions, termed ] أَرْصَاد: (S, O, TA:) pl. as above. (S, A, Mgh, &c.) And (hence, TA) (tropical:) The غَلَّة [as meaning the income, or revenue, arising from the service ] of a slave; (S, K, TA;) i. e. ضَرِيبَةُ العَبْدِ means what the slave pays to his master, of the impost that is laid upon him: ضَرِيبَةٌ being of the measure فَعِيلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) A nature; or a natural, a native, or an innate, disposition or temper or the like: [as though signifying a particular cast of constitution, moulded by the Creator: ] syn. طَبِيعَةٌ, (S, A, K,) and سَجِيَّةٌ: (S:) pl. as above. (A, TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ كَرِيمُ الضَّرِيبَةِ [(tropical:) Such a one is generous in respect of nature ]; and لَئِيمُ الضَّرِيبَةِ [(tropical:) mean &c.]; (S;) and اـِنَّهُ لَكَرِيمُ الضَّرَائِبِ [(tropical:) Verily he is generous in respect of natural dispositions ]: and خُلِقَ النَّاسُ عَلَى ضَرَائِبَ شَتَّى [ Men are created of diverse natures &c.]. (TA.) ― -b6- See also مَضْرِبٌ.