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ضيب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a creature, possibly a sea animal, and secondarily relates to the contents of a shell, specifically pearls resembling teardrops.

Derived headwords

الضَّيْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Creatureclassical

    A creature of the land, resembling a dog in form.

  2. 2.
    Sea creatureclassical

    A creature of the sea, though this is not a certain attribution.

ضَيْب الثَّعْثَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Pearl contentsclassical

    What is inside a shell, specifically referring to pearls that resemble teardrops.

Parallel reading

الضَّيْب: شيء من دواب البر على خلقة الكلب.
The ḍayb: a creature of the land, in the form of a dog.
بلغني أن الضَّيْب شيء من دواب البحر
It has reached me that the ḍayb is a creature of the sea.
يجري على الخد كضيب الثَّعْثَع
It flows on the cheek like the ḍayb of the thaʿthʿa.
الثَّعْثَع الصدفة.
The thaʿthʿa is the shell.
وضيبه: ما في جوفه من حب اللؤلؤ، شبه قطرات الدمع به.
And its ḍayb: what is in its interior of pearl seeds, likening teardrops to it.