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ضبا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the effects of heat and fire on something, causing it to change, scorch, or become burnt. It also extends to concepts of watching over something with the intent to seize it, and to terms for ashes and a type of bread.

Derived headwords

ضَبَطَverb
  1. 1.
    he preserved it with firmnessboth

    he preserved it with firmness

ضَبْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    scorching, burningclassical

    The effect of fire changing and scorching something.

المِضْبَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    bread baked in embersclassical

    A type of bread that is baked directly in the hot embers or ashes of a fire.

الضَّابِيnoun
  1. 1.
    ashesclassical

    The residue left after something has been burnt, typically fine powdery material.

أَضْبَيْتُverb
  1. 1.
    to watch over, to lie in waitclassical

    To watch over something with the intention of gaining control or possession of it.

Parallel reading

ضبته النار تضبوه ضبوا: غيرته وشوته.
The fire scorched it, changing and burning it.
والمضباة: خبزة الملة.
And al-miḍbāh is a bread baked in embers.
والضابي: الرماد.
And al-ḍābī is ashes.
أضبيت على الشئ: أشرفت عليه أن أظفر به.
I watched over the thing: I supervised it with the aim of obtaining it.