ضرب

مَضْرِبٌ ذ [and ↓ مَضْرَبٌ, q. v.,] A place, or time, [the latter, as is said in the explanation of a phrase mentioned in what follows,] of beating, striking, smiting, or hitting: ― -b2- and also, (assumed tropical:) a place, or time, of journeying. (KL.) ― -b3- مَضْرِبُ الظَّرِبَانِ means (assumed tropical:) The line, or long mark, upon the face of the animal called ظربان [as though it were a place upon which it had been struck]. (TA in art. ظرب, q. v.) ― -b4- And مَضْرِبٌ, (assumed tropical:) A place where a tent is pitched, or set up. (Msb.) ― -b5- See also مِضْرَبٌ. ― -b6- Also, (thus in the TA in art. سوف, as from the A,) or ↓ مَضْرَبٌ, (thus in a copy of the A in the present art.,) (tropical:) i. q. مَسَافَةٌ [meaning A space, or tract, or an extent, over which one journeys; as being a place of beating the ground]: so in the saying, بَعِيدٌ ↓ بَيْنَهُمْ مَضْرَبٌ [or مَضْرِبٌ, i. e. (tropical:) Between them is a far-extending space to be traversed ]. (A.) ― -b7- [مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ is a euphemism for (assumed tropical:) The place of injection of sperma: and hence it means (assumed tropical:) the source from which one springs; origin, ancestry, or parentage; &c.] One says, مَا أَعْرِفُ لَهُ مَضْرِبَ عَسَلَةٍ (S, A) meaning أَعْرَاقَهُ [i. e. (tropical:) I know not the sources (or the source ) from which he has sprung; or his ancestry, or parentage ]: (S:) or مَا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ (tropical:) No source or origin [or parentage ], nor people, nor ancestor or father, nor nobility, pertaining to him, is know. (M, K, TA.) And مَا لِفُلَانٍ مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ (S, A, in the latter لِزَيْدٍ,) i. e. (tropical:) [ Such a one has no source ] of kindred (نَسَب), nor of cattle or property (مَال). (S.) And اـِنَّهُ لَكَرِيمُ المَضْرِبِ (tropical:) [ Verily he is generous in respect of origin ]. (A, TA.) [See also ضَرِيبَةٌ.] ― -b8- One says also, أَتَتِ النَّاقَةُ عَلَى مَضْرِبِهَا, meaning (assumed tropical:) The she-camel arrived at the time [ of year ] of her being leaped by the stallion; making the time to be like the place. (S.) ― -b9- مَضْرِبٌ, (S, A, O, and so in the M in art. رم,) or ↓ مَضْرَبٌ, (K, * TA,) with fet-h to the م, (K, TA,) and to the ر also, (TA,) [but this is app. a mistake, as the weight of authority is in favour of the former,] (assumed tropical:) A bone in which is marrow: (S, O, K:) or a bone that is broken and from which marrow is extracted [or sought to be extracted ]. (M in art. رم.) One says, of a sheep or goat, (S, A,) that is emaciated, (S,) مَا يُرِمُّ مِنْهَا مَضْرِبٌ (tropical:) [ Not a bone of her that is broken for its marrow contains any marrow ]; i. e. when a bone of her is broken, no marrow will be found in it. (S, A.) ― -b10- And مَضْرِبٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ مَضْرَبٌ (Msb, K) and ↓ مَضْرِبَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ مَضْرَبَةٌ (Msb, K) and ↓ مَضْرُبَةٌ (Sb, TA) signify The part of a sword, with which one strikes: (Msb, and Ham p. 129:) or [the part ] about a span from the extremity: (S, TA:) or the part exclusive of, or below, the ظُبَة [q. v.] (دُونَ الطُّبَةِ): (TA:) or the edge (حَدّ) thereof; (K, TA;) thus expl. by several of the leading lexicologists: (TA:) and so ↓ ضَرِيبَةٌ: which last also signifies a sword: (K:) [i. e.] a sword itself is sometimes thus called, as ISd says: (TA:) the pl. of مَضْرِبٌ is مَضَارِبُ. (Ham ubi suprà.) ― -b11- [مَضْرِبُ مَثَلٍ means (assumed tropical:) The secondary idea, or thing, signified by a parable or proverb, and compared to the primary idea, or thing; the thing, or case, to which a parable or proverb is applied: correlative of مَوْرِدُ مَثَلٍ: pl. مَضَارِبُ.] ― -b12- And [the pl.] مَضَارِبُ signifies (assumed tropical:) Stratagems in war. (IAar, TA.)