Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

ضَفَافَةٌ ذ , (O, K,) without teshdeed, (O,) like سَحَابَةٌ, (K,) Devoid of intellect, or intelligence. (O, K.)

ضَفْضَفَةٌ ذ : see ضَفَّةٌ.

مَاآءٌ مَضْفُوفٌ ذ A water that is thronged [ so that it has become little in quantity ]; (S, O, K;) like مَشْفُوهٌ; (S, O;) to which many men and cattle have come: (Lh, TA:) occurring in a verse cited voce مُدَارَةٌ, in art. دور: (S, O, TA:) in that verse, Aboo-' Amr Esh-Sheybánee, instead of المَضْفُوف, read المَظْفُوف; which means [the same, (K in art. ظف,) or] “ occupied. ” (IB, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَجُلٌ مَضْفُوفٌ, (tropical:) A man exhausted of what he possessed [ in consequence of much begging ]; like مَثْمُودٌ: (S, O, TA:) [see also مَشْفُوهٌ:] some say مَضْفُوفٌ عَلَيْهِ. (TA.)

Q. 1 ضَفْدَعَ ذ , said of water, It had in it ضَفَادِع [or frogs ]. (O, K.) -A2- And, said of a man, He shrank, or became contracted; syn. تَقَبَّضَ: or he voided his excrement, or ordure; or thin excrement; syn. سَلَحَ: or he emitted wind from the anus, with a sound. (TA.)

ضِفْدِعٌ ذ (S, O, Msb, K) and ضَفْدَعٌ and ضُفْدَعٌ (K) and ضِفْدَعٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) this last said by some, (S, O, Msb,) but most rare, or rejected, (K,) disallowed by Kh and a number of others, (Msb,) [for] accord. to Kh [and others] there are only four words of the measure فِعْلَلٌ in the language, which are دِرْهَمٌ and هِجْرَعٌ and هِبْلَعٌ and the proper name قِلْعَمٌ, (S, O,) [The frog; and app. also the water-toad; ] a certain reptile (دَابَّة) of the rivers, (K, TA,) generated in the river, (TA,) the flesh of which, cooked with oliveoil, is [ said to be ] an antidote to the poison of venomous creatures, (K, TA,) when put upon the place of the sting, or bite: (TA:) and [ a certain reptile ] of the land, (K, TA,) [app. the landtoad, ] that lives, or grows, in caverns and caves, (TA,) the fat of which is [ said to be ] wonderful for the extraction of teeth (K, TA) without fatigue, and of the skin of which, tanned, the skull-cap that renders invisible (طَاقِيَّةُ الاـِخْفَاآءِ [a vulgar term]) is made, as is said by the performers of legerdemain; and the flesh of this species is said to be poisonous: (TA;) the fem., (S, O, Msb,) or the n. un., (K,) is with ة: and the pl. is ضَفَادِعُ (S, O, Msb, K) [and ضَفَادٍ; in the Msb and K, ضَفَادِى; in the O, correctly, الضَّفَادِى is said to be a var. of الضَّفَادِعُ, like الثَّعَالِى and الأَرَانِى of الثَّعَالِبُ and الأَرَانِبُ]. ― -b2- نَقَّتْ ضَفَادِعُ بَطْنِهِ [lit. The frogs of his belly croaked ] means (assumed tropical:) he was, or became, hungry; (O, K;) like نَقَّتْ عَصَافِيرُ بَطْنِهِ. (O.) ― -b3- الضِّفْدِعُ الأَوَّلُ is a name of (assumed tropical:) The bright star [ α ] on the mouth of Piscis Australis; (Kzw, Descr. of Aquarius;) also called فَمُ الحُوتِ: (Idem, Descr. of Piscis Australis:) and الضِّفْدِعُ الثَّانِى is the name of (assumed tropical:) The star on the southern fork of the tail of Cetus. (Idem.) ― -b4- And الضِّفْدِعُ, (O, K,) thus only, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) A certain bone [or horny substance, which we, in like manner, call “ the frog, ”] in the interior of the horse's hoof, (O, K,) in the sole thereof. (O.) [See also نَسْرٌ.]

مُضَفْدِعَاتٌ ذ Waters abounding with ضَفَادِع [or frogs ]. (S, O.)

1 ضَفَرَ ذ , (A, Msb, K,) aor. ضَفِرَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (S, A, &c.,) He plaited, braided, or interwove, (S, A, Mgh, K,) hair, (S, Mgh, K,) &c., (S,) or the like, (TA,) or a [lock of hair, such as is called] ذُؤَابَة, and a [girth of thongs such as is called] نِسْع, (A,) in a wide form; (S, Mgh;) as also ↓ ضفّر, inf. n. تَضْفِيرٌ: (S, TA:) he made hair into ضَفَائِر, [pl. of ضَفِيرَةٌ,] each ضَفِيرَة consisting of three or more distinct portions. (Msb.) ― -b2- He twisted a rope or cord. (K.) ― -b3- ضَفَرَتْ شَعَرَهَا, (S, TA,) aor. ضَفِرَ , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) said of a woman, (S, TA.) She gathered together her hair. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- And ضَفَرَ, from the same verb in the first of the senses expl. above, (tropical:) He made, or constructed, a [dam of the kind called] ضَفِيرَة. (IAar, TA.) ― -b5- ضَفْرٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The building with stones without [ the cement called ] كِلْس and without clay. (K, * TA.) You say, ضَفَرَ الحِجَارَةَ حَوْلَ بَيْتِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ He built the stones around his house, or tent, without mortar or clay ]. (TA.) ― -b6- ضَفَرَ البَعِيرَ العلَفَ, (A,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He put the fodder into the mouth of the camel, (A, K, *) against his will. (A.) And ضَفَرَ الفَرَسَ لِجَامَهُ, (A,) or ضَفَرَ الدَّابَّةَ, aor. ضَفِرَ , inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He put the bit into the mouth of the horse, (A,) or of the beast. (TA.) -A2- Also ضَفَرَ, aor. ضَفِرَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَفْرٌ, (S, Msb,) He ran; syn. عَدَا and سَعَى: (S, Msb, K:) or he hastened, or went quickly: or he bounded, or sprang: (TA:) he leaped (As, K) in his running. (As, TA.)

2 ضَفَّرَ see the preceding paragraph, first sentence.

3 ضافرهُ ذ He aided him. (A, Msb.) [See also 6.]

6 تضافروا ذ They leagued together, and aided one another, (Ibn-Buzurj, S, * A, * Msb, * K, *) عَلَى الأَمْرِ to do the thing, (S, A, * K,) and عَلَى فُلَانٍ against such a one. (Ibn-Buzurj.)

7 انضفر الحَبْلَانِ ذ The two ropes became twisted together. (S.)

ضَفْرٌ ذ A camel's girth, of plaited [ goats' ] hair; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ ضَفَارٌ: (K:) the girth of a camel's saddle: (S:) a wide girth of a camel's saddle; as also ↓ ضَفِيرَةٌ: pl. [of mult.] (of the first, TA) ضُفُورٌ (K, TA) and [of pauc.] أَضْفَارٌ; (TA;) and (of the second, TA) ضُفُرٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- See also ضَفِيرَةٌ, in three places. ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A great quantity of sand that has become collected together: or a quantity of sand that has become accumulated, part upon part; (K;) and (K) so ↓ ضَفِرَةٌ: (S, K:) pl. [of the former] ضُفُورٌ; (K;) and [coll. gen. n.] of the latter ↓ ضَفِرٌ: (S:) or a long, broad, حِقْف [generally expl. as meaning a winding tract ] of sand; by some pronounced ↓ ضَفَرٌ: (Lth, TA:) [or] a حِقْف of sand is termed ↓ ضَفِيرَةٌ. (S.)

ضَفَرٌ ذ : see the last preceding sentence.

ضَفِرٌ ذ and [its n. un.] ضَفِرَةٌ: see ضَفْرٌ. -A2- كِنَانَةٌ ضَفِرَةٌ [in the TA ضفيرة, evidently a mistranscription,] i. q. مُمْتَلِئَةٌ [i. e. A full quiver ]. (S, O. [Freytag writes كِنانةُ ضَفِرَةٌ, and explains it as meaning “ Gens Cinanah impleta est: ” but in my copies of the S and in the O, it is كِنَانَةٌ.])

ضَفَارٌ ذ : see ضَفْرٌ, first sentence.

ضَفِيرٌ ذ A rope of [ goats' ] hair, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) twisted: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The shore, or side, of the sea or of a great river; (O, K, * TA;;) as also ↓ ضَفِيرَةٌ. (TA.)

ضَفَيرَةٌ ذ (As, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ ضَفْرٌ, (S, M, A, Mgh, K,) the latter an inf. n. used as a subst. [properly so termed], (Mgh,) A single lock of hair: (M, Msb, K:) and (Msb) a [ lock of hair such as is termed ] ذُؤَابَة, (Mgh, Msb,) or جَمِيرَة and غَدِيرَة, of a woman: (As, TA:) or a plaited, braided, or interwoven, ذؤابة: (A, TA;) or [ a plait of hair ] consisting of three, or more, distinct portions: (Msb:) or i. q. عَقِيصَةٌ [q. v.]: one says لَهَا ضَفِيرَتَانِ, and ↓ ضَفْرَانِ, meaning عَقِيصَتَانِ: (Yaakoob, S:) or the ضَفِيرَتَانِ pertain to a man, not to a woman; [though such is not the case accord. to modern usage;] and غَدَائِر, [pl. of غَدِيرَةٌ,] to women; and these are مَضْفُورَة [i. e. plaited]: (AZ, TA:) the pl. of ضَفِيرَةٌ is ضَفَائِرُ (A, Msb) and ضُفُرٌ; (Msb;) and the pl. of ↓ ضَفْرٌ is ضُفُورٌ. (A.) ― -b2- See also ضَفْرٌ, in two places. ― -b3- ضَفِيرَةٌ also signifies (tropical:) A dam, (IAar, S, A, Mgh, Msb,) extending in an oblong form upon the ground, having in it wood and stones. (IAar, TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A plain, or soft, tract of land, oblong, producing herbage or the like, extending [ to the distance of the journey of ] a day, or two days. (TA.) ― -b5- See also ضَفِيرٌ.

الضَّافِرُ فِى الحَجِّ ذ He who twists, or plaits, (يَعْقِصُ,) his hair during the performance of the pilgrimage. (TA.)

1 ضَفَا ذ , aor. يَضْفُو, (S, Msb,) inf. n. ضَفْوٌ (S, Msb, K) and ضَفُوٌّ, (Msb,) It (a thing, S, and a garment, S, Msb) was, or became, complete, full, ample, or without deficiency. (S, Msb, K. *) ― -b2- And It was, or became, much in quantity; (S, K, * TA;) said of property, or property consisting in cattle, (S, TA,) and of hair, and of wool. (TA.) [Hence,] one says, ضَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ, i. q. رَفَّتْ [i. e. Wealth became abundantly bestowed upon him ]. (M in art. رف.) And ضَفَا العَيْشُ, meaning اِتَّسَعَ [i. e. The means of subsistence became ample ]. (Msb.) ― -b3- And ضَفَا الحَوْضُ, (TA,) inf. n. ضَفْوٌ, (K, TA,) The watering-trough overflowed (K, * TA) by reason of its fulness. (TA.) -A2- ضَفِىَ He (a man) became poor: mentioned by Az in art. ضيق. (TA.)

ضَفًا ذ A side: and ضَفَوَاهُ his, or its, two sides. (K.) [ضَفَّةٌ and ضِفَّةٌ, also, have a similar meaning.]

ضَفْوٌ ذ [an inf. n. of 1, q. v.: and as a simple subst.,] Wealth, or prosperity, and ampleness [ of circumstances ]. (TA.) [See also what next follows.]

ضَفْوَةُ العَيْشِ ذ An easy and a plentiful state, or condition, of life. (K, TA.) One says, فُلَانٌ فِى ضَفْوَةٍ مِنْ عَيْشِهِ [ Such a one is in an easy and a plentiful state, or condition, in respect of his means of subsistence ]. (S.)

ثَوْبٌ ضَافٍ ذ A garment that is complete, full, ample, or without deficiency. (S, Msb, K. *) And فَرَسٌ ضَافِى السَّبِيب A horse full, or ample, in the سبيب [or hair of the forelock or of the mane or of the tail ]. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ ضَافِى الرَّأْسِ A man having much hair of the head. (S.) And دِيمّةٌ ضَافيَةٌ A lasting, or continuous, or continuous and still, rain, in consequence of which the land becomes abundant with herbage. (TA.) And هُوَ ضَافِى الفَضْلِ (tropical:) [ He is abundant in excellence ]. (TA.)

1 ضَلَلْتُ ذ , (S, Mgh, * O, Msb, * K,) third pers. ضَلَّ, (Mgh, Msb,) aor. ضَلِ3َ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. ضَلَالٌ and ضَلَالَةٌ; (S, * O, * Msb;) and ضَلِلْتُ, (S, Mgh, * O, Msb, * K,) third pers. as above; (Mgh;) the former of the dial. of Nejd, and the more chaste; the latter of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh, (S, Msb, TA,) and of El- Hijáz, and Kr has mentioned ضِلِلْتُ for ضَلِلْتُ as heard from the tribe of Temeem; (TA;) I erred, strayed, or went astray; (Mgh, Msb;) deviated from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missed, or lost, the right way; or lost my way; ضَلَالٌ and ضَلَالَةٌ signifying the contr. of رَشَادٌ, (S, O, TA,) and هُدًى. (K, TA.) [See ضَلَالٌ below.] Hence, in the Kur [xxxiv. 49], قُلْ اـِنْ ضَلَلْتُ فِاـِنَّمَا أَضِلُّ عَلَى نَفْسِى [ Say thou, If I err, I shall err only against myself, i. e., to my own hurt]. (O, Msb. [See also x. 108 and xvii. 16 of the Kur.]) One says also, ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ [app. His error became error indeed; a phrase similar to جَدَّ جِدُّهُ, q. v.: or his erring passed away; see 4, latter part]. (TA.) And ضَلَّ عَنِ القَصْدِ He deviated from the right way or course. (TA.) And the verb is trans. as well as intrans.: you say, ضَلَّ الطَّرِيقَ, and ضَلَّ عَنْهُ, aor. ضَلِ3َ and ضَلَ3َ , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. ns. as above, meaning He erred, strayed, or went astray, from the road, or way; (Msb;) he did not find the way to the road: (Mgh, Msb:) and of anything stationary, if you miss the place thereof, you say ضَلَلْتُهُ and ضَلِلْتُهُ: (Az, Msb:) or you say, ضَلِلْتُ الطَّرِيقَ, (K,) or ضَلِلْتُ المَسْجِدَ, and الدَّارَ, (ISk, S, O,) [ I missed, or lost, the right way to the road, or the mosque, and the house, ] when you know not the place thereof: (ISk, S, O:) and in like manner, anything stationary, to which one does not find the way: (ISk, S, O, K:) and AA says the like: but that one says of a thing that falls from his hand, and a thing that quits its place, ↓ أَضْلَلْتُهُ, (IB, TA,) which means I lost it, and knew not its place; meaning, for instance, a horse, or she-camel, or the like: (Az, Msb:) [thus] one says, أَضْلَلْتُ بِعِيرِى [ I lost my camel, and knew not his place, ] (AA, ISk, S, IB, O) when his shank has been tied up to his arm and one does not find the way to him, and when he has been left loose and has gone away whither one knows not: (AA, IB, TA:) but Yoo differs from others respecting this case; for, accord. to him, one says, اضلّ فُلَانٌ بَعِيرَهُ and also ضَلَّهُ, in the same sense; (O, TA;) and the like is said in the K: (TA:) and it is also said in the Bári' that when you seek an animal and miss its place and find not the way to it, it is regarded as in the category of stationary things, and therefore you say ضَلِلْتُهُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- ضَلَّ signifies also He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (Ibn-Es-Seed, TA.) ― -b3- Also, aor. ضَلِ3َ (S, O, K) and ضَلَ3َ , (K,) the pret. being like زَلَّ and مَلَّ, (TA,) inf. n. ضَلَال, It (a thing, S, O, TA) became lost; [as though it went astray;] it perished, came to nought, or passed away. (S, O, K, TA.) Thus in the phrase ضَلَّ عَنِّى كَذَا Such a thing became lost from me. (Mgh.) One says to him from whom pieces of money have dropped, قَدْ ضَلَّتْ عَنْكَ [ They have become lost from thee ]. (TA.) And to him who has done a deed from which no profit has resulted, you say, قَد ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ (tropical:) [ Thy labour has been lost ]: the like occurs in the Kur xviii. 104, meaning ضَاعَ. (TA, in two places.) ― -b4- And (tropical:) He (a man, TA) died, and became dust and bones. (K, TA.) In this sense the verb is used in the Kur xxxii. 9: but some there read, in the place of ضَلَلْنَا, صَلِلْنَا [q. v.], with ص: (TA:) or the verb in that instance has the meaning here next following. (S.) ― -b5- And (assumed tropical:) He, or it, (a man, S, TA, or a camel, Msb, and a thing, TA,) was, or became, unperceived or imperceptible, unapparent, latent, hidden or concealed, or absent, (S, Msb, K, TA.) Hence the phrase, ضَلَّ المَاآءُ فِى اللَّبَنِ (tropical:) [ The water became unperceived, or concealed, in the milk ]. (TA.) One says of a road to which he has not been able to find the way, ضَلَّ عَنِّى [ It has become hidden from me ]. (K, TA.) And hence also the saying of a man, as is related in a trad., (S, O, TA,) after his having charged his sons by saying to them, “ When I die, burn ye me; and when I shall have become ashes, pound me; then scatter me in the water: ” (O, TA:) لَعَلِّى أَضِلُّ ا@للّٰه (S, O, TA) i. e. (assumed tropical:) May-be, I shall be unperceived by God, or concealed from Him: (S:) or may-be, I shall be hidden, or absent, from God's punishment: (O, TA:) or, as El-'Otbee says, may-be, I shall escape God, and my place will be hidden from Him. (TA.) And ضَلَّ said of one forgetting means (assumed tropical:) His memory became absent from him. (O, Msb, TA.) أَنْ تَضِلَّ اـِحْدَاهُمَا, or اـِنْ تَضِلَّ, in the Kur [ii. 282], accord. to different readers, (TA,) in which instance أَنْ and اـِنْ are syn., (Mughnee, [see أَنْ, in p. 106, cols. 1 and 2,]) means If one of them twain [referring to women] be absent from her memory: or if the memory of one of them twain be absent from her: [or if one of them twain err in her memory: ] or, accord. to Zj, the meaning of the verb in this case is that which next follows. (TA.) ― -b6- ضَلِلْتُ الشَّىْءَ also signifies (assumed tropical:) I forgot the thing: whence one says of a woman, ضَلَّتْ أَيَّامَ حَيْضِهَا (assumed tropical:) [ She forgot the days of her menstruation ]; and so ↓ أَضَلَّتْهَا: (Mgh:) or ضَلَّ فُلَانًا (assumed tropical:) He was made, or caused, to forget such a one. (K. [In the CK, اُنْسِيْهِ is erroneously put for أُنْسِيَهُ.]) It is said that لَا يَضِلُّ رَبِّى, in the Kur xx. 54, means (assumed tropical:) My Lord will not be unmindful: or nothing will escape Him. (TA.) ― -b7- And one says, ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ, (Msb, K,) or ضَلَّنِى فُلَانٌ فَلَمْ [...]

2 ضلَلهُ ذ , (S, MA, O, K,) inf. n. تَضْلِيلٌ and تَضْلَالٌ, (K,) He, or it, made, or caused, him to pursue a course that led to error, or deviation from the right way: (K: [see also 4:]) he, or it, led him astray; seduced him: (MA:) [or] he attributed, or imputed, to him error, or deviation from the right way. (S, MA, O.) ضُلِّلَ سَعْيُهُمْ, a phrase used by a poet, means Error, or deviation from the right way, was attributed to their labour; because they did not reach their goal. (Ham p. 771.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, ضَلِّلْ مَالَكَ Send forth, or set free, thy cattle to pasture, or to pasture where they please, by themselves. (O.) ― -b3- See also the next paragraph.

4 اضلّهُ ذ , inf. n. اـِضْلَالٌ, He, or it, made him, or caused him, to err, stray, or go astray; to deviate from the right way or course, or from that which was right; to miss, or lose, the right way; or to lose his way. (Az, TA.) [See also 2, first sentence.] الاـِضْلَالُ is of two sorts: one of these is the consequence of erring, or straying; either as in the case in which one says أَضْلَلْتُ البَعِيرَ (expl. above, see 1, former half); or the decreeing that one shall err, or stray, &c., because he has done so already, and this is sometimes the case when the اـِضْلَال of a man is attributed to God: the other sort is the embellishing [or commending] to a man that which is false, or wrong, or vain, in order that he may err, or stray, &c.: and God's اـِضْلَال of a man is of two sorts; one of which has been expl. above; the other is God's so constituting man that when he observes [and pursues] a certain course, or way, [of acting or the like], whether it be such as is commended or such as is discommended, he habituates himself to it, and esteems it pleasant, and keeps to it, and finds it difficult to turn from it, wherefore it is said that custom is a second nature. (Er-Rághib, TA.) ― -b2- Also He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to perish, or become lost; syn. أَهْلَكَهُ, (S, TA,) and أَضَاعَهُ, (El-Fárábee, S, O, Msb,) or ضَيَّعَهُ; (TA;) [اضاعهُ and ضيّعهُ signifying the same; and so اضلّهُ and ↓ ضللّٰهُ; whence,] أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِى تَضْلِيلٍ, in the Kur cv. 2, means [ Did He not make their plot to be such as ended] in a causing to perish, or become lost, (فِى تَضْيِيعٍ,) and in annulment? (Ksh, Bd.) أَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ, in the Kur [xlvii. 1 and 9, which may be rendered (assumed tropical:) He will cause their works to be lost, or to be of no effect ], means, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, He will not recompense them for their good works; the phrase being similar to the saying قَدْ ضَلَّ سَعْيُكَ [expl. above]. (TA.) And أَضَلَّ ا@للّٰهُ ضَلَالَكَ (assumed tropical:) [ May God make thine erring to be no more, or to come to an end, ] is expl. by ISk as meaning may thine erring pass away from thee, so that thou shalt not err; and he adds that the saying مَلَّ مَلَالُكَ means ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ حَتَّى لَا تَمَلَّ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) He buried, and hid, or concealed, him, or it. (K, TA.) You say, أُضِلَّ المَيِّتُ (tropical:) The dead was buried. (S, O.) The phrase أَضَلَّتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ, meaning (tropical:) His mother buried him, in a verse cited by IAar, is extr., or anomalous. (TA.) ― -b4- And He found him to be erring, straying, going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missing, or losing, the right way; losing his way; not rightly directed, or not finding the way to the truth: like as one says أَحْمَدَهُ, and أَبْخَلَهُ. (TA.) ― -b5- And you say, أَضَلَّنِى كَذَا, meaning (assumed tropical:) Such a thing was, or became, beyond my power, or compass. (IAar, Msb, TA.) ― -b6- See also 1, near the end.

5 تظلّل ذ It went away: so in the saying, تضلّل المَاآءُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الحَجَرِ [ The water went away from beneath the stone ]. (O, TA.)

6 تضالّ ذ He feigned himself to be erring, straying, going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which was right; missing, or losing, the right way; or losing his way. (O, TA.)

10 استضلّ ضَلَالُهُ ذ His erring demanded that he should err [ the more ], so that he did err [ the more: like as erring is said to be a cause of one's being made to err: see 4: and see also ضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ, near the beginning of the art.]: so in the saying of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, رَاآهَا الفُؤَادُ فَا@سْتَضَلَّ ضَلَالُهُ [ The heart beheld her, and his erring demanded that he should err &c.]. (Skr, S, TA.)

ضَلٌّ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ.

ضُلٌّ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ. ― -b2- [Also, app. as meaning A lost state; a state of perishing, coming to nought, or passing away; ] a subst. from ضَلَّ signifying ضَاعَ and هَلَكَ. (S, TA.) ― -b3- And hence [its usage, in the manner of a proper name, in] the saying, هُوَ ضُلُّ بْنُ ضُلٍّ, (S,) which means, (S, O, K,) as also ↓ هُوَ ضِلُّ بْنُ ضِلٍّ, (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) He is the unknown, the son of the unknown; (S, Z, O, K;) and in like manner, بْنُ التَّلَالِ ↓ الضَّلَالُ; (S, O;) and قُلُّ بْنُ قُلٍّ: (TA:) or he is one in whom is no good: (K:) or he is one who persists in error. (M, K.) ― -b4- [Hence also, perhaps, it is said that] يَا ضُلَّ مَا تَجْرِى بِهِ العَصَا [in the CK ضَلَّ] means يَا فَقْدَهُ and يَا تَلَفَهُ [i. e., app., O the loss, or O the coming to nought, of that by reason of which the mare El-'Asà is running! ]: (K, TA:) a prov.; said by Kaseer Ibn-Saad to Jedheemeh El-Abrash, when he went with him to Ez-Zebbà; for when they were within her province, he repented, and Kaseer said to him, “ Mount this my horse, and escape upon him, for his dust will not be cloven [by the pursuer, ” i. e. he will not be overtaken]: (TA: [but the mare is thus made a male:]) or it was said by 'Amr Ibn-'Adee, when he saw El-'Asà, the mare of Jedheemeh, with Kaseer upon her: قَوْمُ is suppressed after يا; and ↓ ضُلَّ is of the forms [of verbs] denoting wonder, originally ضَلُلَ, with damm, like حُبَّ in the phrase حُبَّ بِفُلَانٍ, originally حَبُبَ; and the meaning of the prov. is, O people, what a case of perdition is that by reason of which El-'Asà is running! i. e., the death of Jedheemeh. (Meyd.) ― -b5- ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالٍ [in CK ضَلٌّ] means A vain, or futile, thing: (S, O, K:) [or a vain, misleading thing; تَضْلَالٌ being an inf. n. of ضَلَّلَ:] 'Amr Ibn-Shás El-Asadee says, تَذَكَّرْتُ لَيْلَى لَاتَ حِينَ ا@دِكَارِهَا وَقَدْ حُنِىَ الأَضْلَاعُ ضُلٌّ بِتَضْلَالِ [ I remembered Leylà when it was not a time for remembering her, the ribs having become bent by the bending of the back with age: it was a vain, misleading thing ]. (S, O.) ― -b6- ضُلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: see ضِلَّةٌ.

هُوَ ضِلُّ بْنُ ضِلٍّ ذ : see ضُلٌّ. ― -b2- ضِلُّ أَضْلَالٍ: see ضِلَّةٌ.

ضَلَّةٌ ذ Confusion, or perplexity, and inability to see the right course: (K:) [or error: for] one says, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ ضَلَّةً He did that in error (فِى ضَلَالَةٍ): and ذَهَبَ ضَلَّةً He went away not knowing whither he went: (TA:) and فُلَانٌ يَلُومُنِى ضَلَّةً Such a one blames me wrongly: (S, O:) [or, behind my back, or in my absence: for] ضَلَّةٌ signifies also speech respecting a person behind his back, or in his absence; relating to good and to evil. (M, K, TA.) -A2- [Freytag explains it as signifying also One in whom is no good, on the authority of Meyd.]

ضُلَّةٌ ذ Skill in guiding, or directing aright, in journeying. (Fr, K, * TA.)

ضِلَّةٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] هُوَ ا@بْنُهُ لِضِلَّةٍ (tropical:) He is his son unlawfully begotten, or not trueborn. (AZ, A, K, TA.) ― -b3- ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ ضِلَّةً (tropical:) His blood went unrevenged, or without retaliation. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ, (Th, O, K, TA,) with kesr to the ت and to the ض, (TA,) [in the CK, erroneously, تَبَعُ,] and تِبْعٌ ضِلَّةٌ, (K, TA,) thus related by IAar, (TA,) but the former only accord. to Th, (TA in art. تبع,) (assumed tropical:) He is a follower of women: (TA in that art.:) or he is one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good: (IAar, Th, TA:) or he is a very cunning man (دَاهِيَةٌ), one in whom is no good; (IAar, O, K, TA;) and so تِبْعُ صِلَّةٍ, (O, L, TA,) as some relate it; (L, TA;) and in like manner, أَضْلَالٍ ↓ ضِلُّ, (Lh, O, K, TA,) and أَضْلَالٍ ↓ ضُلُّ, (K, TA,) and صِلُّ أَصْلَالٍ, [q. v.,] which is with kesr only, (K, TA,) a phrase similar to ضِرُّ أَضْرَارٍ. (TA in art. ضر.)

ضَلَلٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ. ― -b2- Also Water (O, K) running (K) beneath a rock, which the sun does not reach: (O, K:) one says مَاآءٌ ضَلَلٌ: (O:) or running among trees. (K.) [See also ضَلَلٌ.]

ضَلَالٌ ذ [an inf. n. of 1: used as a simple subst.,] Error; contr. of رَشَادٌ, (S, O, TA,) and of هُدًى; (K, TA;) as also ↓ ضَلَالَةٌ, (S, O, K,) and ↓ ضَلٌّ, and ↓ ضُلٌّ, and ↓ ضِلَّةٌ, and ↓ ضَلَلٌ, and ↓ ضَلْضَلَةٌ, (K,) and ↓ ضُلَضِلَةٌ, (O, TA,) and ↓ أُضْلُولَةٌ, (K,) of which last the pl. is أَضَالِيلُ, (Lth, O, TA,) as in the saying تَمَادَى فِى أَضَالِيلِ الهَوَى [ He persevered in the errors of love ], (TA,) or أَضَالِيلُ, as some say, has no sing., or its sing. is supposed, or has been heard, and is أُضْلُولَةٌ or أُضْلُولٌ or اـِضْلِيلٌ or some other form: (MF, TA:) the primary signification of الضَّلَالُ is the going away from the right course, or direction: (Ham p. 357:) or it signifies, accord. to Ibn-El-Kemál, the loss, or missing, of that which brings, or conducts, to the object sought: or, as some say, the pursuing a way that will not bring, or conduct, to that object: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, the deviating from the right way: and it is said to be any deviation from that which is right, intentional or unintentional, little or much; because the right and approved way is very difficult; wherefore it may be used of him who commits any mistake whatever, and is imputed to prophets and to unbelievers, though between the ضلال of the former and that of the latter is a wide difference: and in another point of view, it is of two sorts; one is in the speculative departments of knowledge, as in acquaintance with the unity of God, and with the prophetic function or office, and the like, indicated in the Kur iv. 135; or it is in the practical departments of knowledge, as in acquaintance with the ordinances of the law, that is, religious services. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A state of perdition: so in the Kur liv. 24: (S, O:) [and in like manner ↓ ضَلَالَةٌ; for] ضَلَالَةُ العَمَلِ signifies The annulled and lost state of work. (TA.) ― -b3- And Absence, or a state of concealment. (Msb. [This is there said to be the primary signification.]) ― -b4- هُوَ الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ see expl. voce ضُلٌّ.

ضَلُولٌ ذ : see ضَالٌّ.

ضَلَالَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ, in the beginning, and near the end, of the paragraph. One says, هِىَ الضَّلَالَةُ وَالتَّلَالَةُ; (S, O;) in which the latter noun is an imitative sequent. (S and K in art. تل.)

ضِلِّيلٌ ذ A man (S, O) who errs, strays, goes astray, or deviates from the right way or course, much, or often: (S, O, K:) or (tropical:) who errs, &c., much, or often, in religion: (TA:) and ↓ مُضَلَّلٌ, (S, TA,) which in some of the copies of the S is written thus and also مُضَلِّل, (TA,) signifies the same; (S, TA;) or one who is not disposed, or directed, to good; in the K, الّذى لا يُوَفِّى بِخَيْرٍ, [or يُوفِى بخير, as in the CK,] but correctly الّذى لا يُوَفَّقُ لِخَيْرٍ; or, as some say, a committer of errors, and of false, wrong, or vain, actions: and ضِلِّيلٌ is also expl. as signifying one who will not desist from error. (TA.) Imra-el-Keys was called المَلِكُ الضِّلِّيلُ [ The much-erring king ], (S, O, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, الضَّلِيلُ,]) and ↓ الملك المُضَلَّلُ. (K.)

ضَالٌّ ذ Erring, straying, or going astray; deviating from the right way or course, or from that which is right; missing, or losing, the right way; or losing his way; (S, * Msb, TA;) and ↓ ضَلُولٌ is syn. therewith; (K;) [or rather with ضِلِّيلٌ, accord. to a general rule:] pl. of the former ضُلَّالٌ, [of which see an ex. in a verse cited voce رِسْلٌ,] and ضُالُّونَ: [in the Kur i. last verse,] some read وَلَا ا@لضَّأَلِّينَ, to avoid the concurrence of two quiescent letters. (TA.) You say ضَالٌّ تَالٌّ; (S, O;) in which the latter epithet is an imitative sequent. (S and K in art. تل.) ― -b2- [Also Becoming lost; &c. ― -b3- And Forgetting. It is said that] وَأَنَا مِنَ ا@لضَّالِّينَ [in the Kur xxvi. 19] means (assumed tropical:) I being of those that forgot. (K, TA.) And اِمرَأَةٌ ضَالَّةٌ means (assumed tropical:) A woman forgetting the days of her menstruation. (Mgh.)

ضَالَّةٌ ذ an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, (IAth, TA,) A stray; i. e. a beast that has strayed: (S, O, TA:) or a camel remaining in a place where it is lost, without an owner (K, TA) that is known: (TA:) or a lost animal (IAth, Msb, TA) or other thing, whatever it be: (IAth, TA:) applied to the male and to the female, (S, O, Msb, K,) and to two and to a pl. number: (TA;) and it has for its pl. ضَوَالُّ, (Msb, TA,) like دَوَابُّ pl. of دَابَّةٌ. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ حَرَقُ النَّارِ [expl. in art. حرق]. (TA.) And one says, الحِكْمَةُ ضَالَّةُ المُؤْمِنِ (assumed tropical:) [ Wisdom is the object of persevering quest of the believer ]; meaning that the believer ceases not to seek wisdom like as a man seeks his stray. (TA.)

ضَلَضِلٌ ذ and ↓ ضَلَضِلَةٌ, (As, S,) as though contracted from ضَلَاضِلٌ [and ضَلَاضِلَةٌ], (S,) or أَرْضٌ ↓ ضَلَضِلَةٌ and ضَلَضِلٌ [in the CK ضَلَضَلَةٌ and صَلَضَلٌ] and ↓ ضُلَضِلَةٌ and ↓ ضُلَضِلٌ (K) and ↓ ضُلَاضِلٌ (Lh, K) and ضُلْضُلَةٌ, (IDrd, K,) Rugged land or ground. (As, S, K.) And مَكَانٌ ضَلَضِلٌ, originally ضَلَاضِيلُ, A hard, stony place. (Fr, TA.) ― -b2- Also, (so in the K,) i. e. (TA) ضَلَضِلٌ and ↓ ضَلَضِلَةٌ, accord. to As, (O, TA,) or ↓ ضُلَضِلَةٌ, (S, O, TA,) [said to be] the only instance of its kind among reduplicate words, (S, O, TA, [in which last the same assertion is quoted from the T, app. in relation to the last, or last but one, of these words,]) and, as in the Jm, ↓ ضُلْضُلَةٌ, (O, TA,) A stone, (As, S, O,) or stones, (K,) such as a man can lift from the ground and carry: (As, S, O, K:) or, accord. to the T, ضلضلة [thus in the TA, app. ↓ ضَلَضِلَةٌ or ↓ ضُلَضِلَةٌ,] signifies any stone such as a man can lift from the ground and carry, or above that, smooth, found in the interiors of valleys. (TA.)

ضُلَضِلٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph. -A2- Also, (IAar, O, TA,) in the K, erroneously, صُلَضِلَةٌ, (TA.) and ↓ ضُلَاضِلٌ, A skilful guide of the way. (IAar, O, K, TA.)

ضَلْظَلَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ.

ضُلْضُلَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَضِلٌ, in two places. ― -b2- ضَلَاضِلُ المَاآءِ, (O, K,) and صَلَاصِلُهُ, (O,) [said in the O, in this art., to be pls. of which the sings. are ضُلَضِلَةٌ and صُلَصِلَةٌ, but the sings. are correctly ضُلْضُلَةٌ and صُلْصُلَةٌ, (see the latter of these two in its proper art.,)] The remains of water: (O, K:) so says Lh. (O.)

ضَلَضِلَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَضِلٌ, in four places.

ضُلَضِلَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ: ― -b2- and مَضَلَّةٌ: ― -b3- and ضَلَضِلٌ, in three places.

ضُلَاضِلٌ ذ : see ضَلَضِلٌ: -A2- and ضُلَضِلٌ.

أُضْلُولَةٌ ذ : see ضَلَالٌ.