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ذبن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the drying or withering of the lips due to thirst. It is presented as a less common or potentially variant form of a related concept.

Derived headwords

الذَّنَبَة، بالضمnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness of lips from thirstclassical

    The condition of the lips becoming dry and withered as a result of severe thirst.

ذَبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to witherboth

    To become dry, shriveled, or weakened, often due to lack of moisture or vitality.

ذُبُولnoun
  1. 1.
    witheringboth

    The state or process of withering; dryness and loss of freshness.

الذَّبْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness of lipsclassical

    A term referring to the dryness or withering of the lips, particularly from thirst.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو ذبول الشفتين من العطش.
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the withering of the lips from thirst.
قيل: لغة في الذبلة، باللام،
It was said: It is a dialectal variant of 'al-dhablah', with a 'lam'.
وقيل: مقلوب منه، قاله الأزهري.
And it was said: It is an inversion of it, said Al-Azhari.
ومما يستدرك عليه:
And among what is to be added to it: