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ذبن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific physical condition, particularly concerning the lips and dryness, possibly due to thirst. It also touches upon linguistic phenomena like letter transposition.

Derived headwords

الذَّبْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness of lips from thirstclassical

    A condition characterized by the dryness and shriveling of the lips, caused by intense thirst.

الذَّبْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shriveled lipclassical

    A shriveled or dried-out lip, often a symptom of thirst or dehydration.

Parallel reading

الذَّبْنَة ذُبُول الشَّفَتَيْن مِنَ الْعَطَشِ
The dhabnah is the shriveling of the lips from thirst.
وَالْأَصْلُ الذَّبْلَةُ فَقُلِبَتِ اللَّامُ نُونًا
And the origin is al-dhablah, so the lam was transposed into a noon.