Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ دبغ

دَبَغَ الإِهَابَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or الجِلْدَ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb,) aor. ـُ {يَدْبُغُ} and ـَ {يَدْبَغُ}, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and دَبْغٌ, (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. دَبْغٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and دِبَاغٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ) and دِبَاغَةٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or the last is a subst. sometimes used as an inf. n., (Mṣb,) He tanned the hide, or skin; i. e., prepared it, or made it fit for use, and softened it, or made it pliable, with قَرَظ [q. v.] and the like. (TA.) It is said in a trad., دِبَاغُهَا طَهُورُهَا [The tanning thereof is the means of purification thereof]. (Ṣ, TA.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

7. ⇒ اندبغ

اندبغ It (a hide, or skin,) was, or became, tanned; i. e., prepared,, &c., with قَرَظ and the like; (TA;) quasi-pass. of 1. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA.) جِلْدُ الخِنْزِيرِ لَا يَنْدَبِغُ [The skin of the pig will not become tanned] is a prov., said of him whom good advice will not profit. (TA.)


دِبْغٌ

دِبْغٌ: see دِبَاغٌ.


دَبْغَةٌ

دَبْغَةٌ [in one of my copies of the Ṣ written دَبْغ] A single act of tanning. (Ṣ,* TA.)


دِبْغَةٌ

دِبْغَةٌ: see what next follows.


دِبَاغٌ

دِبَاغٌ Tan; [tanning-liquor, or ooze;] that with which one tans, (Ṣ,* Mgh,* Mṣb,* Ḳ,* TA,) i. e., prepares, or makes fit for use, and softens, or makes pliable, a hide, or skin, consisting of قَرَظ [q. v.] and the like; (TA;) as alsoدِبْغٌ↓ (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) andدِبْغَةٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andدِبَاغَةٌ↓. (AḤn, TA.) One says, الجِلْدُ فِى الدِّبَاغِ [The skin is in the tan, or tanning-liquor]. (Ṣ.) And نَقَعَهُ فِى الدِّبَاغِ [He soaked it in the tanning-liquor]. (Ḳ in art. منأ.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: دِبَاغٌ Signification: A2

[Hence,] دِبَاغٌ لِلْمَعِدَةِ [app. A stomachic]. (Lth and M and Mṣb voce طُرْثُوثٌ, q. v.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: دِبَاغٌ Dissociation: B

Also an inf. n. of 1. (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ.)


دَبُوغٌ

دَبُوغٌRain that puts the earth into a good state, and softens it, (يَدْبُغُ↓ الأَرْضَ,) by its water. (IDrd, Ḳ, TA.)


دَبِيغٌ

دَبِيغٌ, applied to a hide, i. q.مَدْبُوغٌ↓ [i. e. Tanned]. (Ḳ.)


دِبَاغَةٌ

دِبَاغَةٌ The craft of the دَبَّاغ [or tanner]. (Mṣb, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: دِبَاغَةٌ Signification: A2

Also an inf. n. of 1, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or a subst, sometimes used as an inf. n. of 1. (Mṣb.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: دِبَاغَةٌ Dissociation: B

دَبَّاغٌ

دَبَّاغٌ A tanner. (Mṣb,* Ḳ,* TA.)


دَابُوغٌ

دَابُوغٌ Anguria, or water-melon; in Pers. هِنْدُوَانَهْ (KL.)


مَدْبَغَةٌ

مَدْبَغَةٌ and مَدْبُغَةٌ A place where hides, or skins, are tanned. (T,* Mṣb,* Ḳ,* TA.) [Hence,] one says, هٰذَا البَلَدُ مَدْبَغَةُ الرِّجَالِ[This country is the place where men are tanned by the sun]. (TA.)

Root: دبغ - Entry: مَدْبَغَةٌ Signification: A2

Also, the former, Skins put into the دِبَاغ [or tanning-liquor]: (Ṣgh, Ḳ:) or of which the tanning has been commenced: (Az, TA:) as though made a pl., (Ṣgh, TA,) like مَشْيَخَةٌ as syn. with مَشَائِخُ. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)


مُدَّبَغَةٌ

أُدُمٌ مُدَّبَغَةٌ [app. Hides, or skins, much tanned]. (TA.)


مَدْبُوغٌ

مَدْبُوغٌ: see دَبِيغٌ.

Root: دبغ - Entry: مَدْبُوغٌ Signification: A2

[Hence,] هٰذَا كَلَامٌ غَيْرُ مَدْبُوغٍThis is speech in which nothing is meant. (TA.)


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