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دبغ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process of tanning animal hides to make them durable and usable. It extends to the materials used for tanning and the act of tanning itself, as well as the resulting tanned hide.

Derived headwords

دَبَغَverb
  1. 1.
    he tanned the hideboth

    he tanned the hide

يَدْبَغُverb
  1. 1.
    he tansboth

    Present tense form of the verb 'to tan', referring to the ongoing action of tanning a hide.

دَبْغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    he tanned the hideboth

    he tanned the hide

دِبَاغَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tanningboth

    The craft or process of tanning hides.

دِبَاغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    tanning agentboth

    The material or substance used for tanning hides.

  2. 2.
    tanned hideclassical

    A hide that has undergone the tanning process.

الدِّبَاغُnoun
  1. 1.
    what is used for tanningboth

    what is used for tanning

الدِّبْغَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a single tanningboth

    The act of tanning performed once.

الدَّبْغَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a single tanningboth

    The act of tanning performed once.

اندَبَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to be tannedboth

    To undergo the process of tanning, becoming tanned.

Parallel reading

دبغ فلان إهابه يدبغه ويدبغه دبغا ودباغة ودباغا
So-and-so tanned his hide, tanning it with tanning, tanning, and tanning.
وفي الحديث: " دباغها طهورها "
And in the Hadith: 'Its tanning is its purification.'
والدباغ أيضا: ما يدبغ به
And the tanning agent is also: what is used for tanning.
يقال: الجلد في الدباغ
It is said: the hide is in the tanning agent.
وكذلك الدبغ والدبغة بالكسر والدبغة بالفتح: المرة الواحدة
And likewise, the tanning, the single tanning (with kasra), and the single tanning (with fatha) are: the single instance.
وتقول: دبغت الجلد فاندبغ
And you say: I tanned the hide, and it became tanned.