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عذب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَذِبَةٌ ذ : see عَذَبٌ, fourth and last sentences. -A2- Also What is taken forth from طَعَام [i. e. wheat, or corn in general,] and thrown away; (Lh, K, TA;) being the worst thereof; also termed عَذِرَةٌ. (Lh, TA in art. عذر.) -A3- And Pasturage, or herbage: so in the phrase مَاآءٌ مَا بِهِ عَذِبَةٌ, (O,) or مَاآء لَا عَذِبَةَ فِيهِ [ Water where is no pasturage, or herbage ]. (TA.) ― -b2- It is also expl. in copies of the K as signifying, with the article, مَا أَحَاطَ مِنَ الدِّرَّةِ: but the right explanation is مَا أَحَاطَ بِالدَّبْرَةِ [app. meaning The ridge of earth that surrounds a sown piece of ground to retain the water for irrigation (see دَبْرٌ)], as in the M and L &c. (TA.)

Derived headwords

عَذِبَةٌ
  1. 1.
مَاآءٌ مَا بِهِ عَذِبَةٌ
مَاآء لَا عَذِبَةَ فِيهِ
مَا أَحَاطَ
مِنَ الدِّرَّةِ