ضرب

ضَرَبَ

to beat, discipline, or train an animal for a purpose

Especially used of beating or training a dog for the chase.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to cast, throw, or fling something onto the ground; euphemistically, to void excrement

The object may be a person, thing, or bodily waste.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to play a lute or other wind instrument

Used of striking the strings of a lute and, by extension, playing it; the term also applies to playing a reed, trumpet, or similar instrument by means of breath.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17667

ضَرَبَ

to make firm by striking; to pitch or set up a tent

Includes striking a tent peg into the ground and setting up a tent by driving in its pegs.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17653
• Lane · entry 17661

ضَرَبَ

to coin or mint money

Used of striking a dirham or other piece of money, including coining it in someone's name.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to seal or stamp writing; to erase written material

Used with عَلَى and a written object or inscription.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to apply or stick one material upon another, especially plaster upon a wall

The construction describes applying mud or another substance as a coating.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to impose a tax, levy, obligation, or fixed payment upon someone

Includes an impost such as poll-tax or land-tax and an obligation appointed or laid upon a person.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17654

ضَرَبَ

to cast a net or snare over something

Used of throwing a net or trap over a bird or other prey.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17657

ضَرَبَ

to cast the folds of darkness over a place; of night, to come or become dark

A figurative use in which night is treated as spreading a covering over the earth.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17656

ضَرَبَ

of a scorpion, to sting

A figurative extension of striking applied to the scorpion's sting.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to be smitten and damaged by cold, wind, hoarfrost, or rime

Used of herbage, land, or other vegetation affected by severe cold or frost.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17641
• Lane · entry 17649

ضَرَبَ

of rain, to fall upon a road or tract

Used in describing whether rain has fallen on a particular road.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

of a male animal, to mate with or cover a female

Used especially of a stallion leaping or covering a she-camel; the related noun ضِرَاب can denote the mating or its hire.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to mix or intermingle one thing with another

Used of mixing substances, especially milk of different consistencies or milk collected from different animals.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرَبَ

to implant or engender a quality, strain, or hereditary disposition

Used figuratively of a person or woman introducing a dubious or bad strain into a family or people.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to shuffle or cast gaming arrows, practise sortilege, or participate in the arrow game

The construction may also mean obtaining a share in the slaughtered animal or assigning a share of property.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرِيبٌ

a share or portion allotted or obtained

A specialized nominal extension from the idea of an assigned portion in gaming or property.

• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرَبَ

to move the arms about or to swim

The phrase ضرب في الماء may omit the understood reference to moving the hands in the water.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17656

ضَرَبَ

to gesture, point, extend a hand toward something, or apply oneself to an action

The hand may be extended to indicate, take, or undertake something; the verb can also occur without an expressed object for making a sign.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to ratify a bargain or sale by striking or clasping another's hand

A conventional expression based on the customary hand gesture used to conclude an agreement.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to restrain, prohibit, prevent, or place someone under legal restriction

Especially used of withholding a person from an action or restricting the disposal of property.

• Lane · entry 17638
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ضَرَبَ

to corrupt, spoil, mar, or disorder an affair or state

A figurative use applied to a matter, case, or condition.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to remain, stay, or abide in a place

Used with a place, tent, house, or other location, often with the sense of settling there and not leaving.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17668

ضَرَبَ

to show cowardice, fear, shame, or bashfulness by clinging to the ground

The expression includes lowering or pressing the chin to the ground.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to seek or pursue something throughout the land, especially livelihood or glory

The object may be a desired gain, sustenance, or distinction; the sense emphasizes energetic pursuit.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17656

ضَرَبَ

to make, fashion, mould, or form an object; hence to give a natural disposition

The nominal ضَرِيبَة can denote a nature or innate disposition conceived as a moulded constitution.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17654

ضَرَبَ

to specify or appoint a term or period

Used with an object such as a deadline or duration assigned to a person or matter.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to multiply one number by another

A technical mathematical use of the verbal noun ضَرْبٌ.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to move, stir, pulse, or be in a state of commotion

An intransitive use describing movement, agitation, or disturbance; the derived form اضطرب intensifies the sense of disorder or tumult.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17644
• Lane · entry 17671

ضَرَبَ

of a vein, wound, or tooth, to throb or cause violent pain

The noun ضَرَبَانٌ may denote the pulsation or accompanying pain.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

of a she-camel, to raise its tail and strike its vulva with it

A specialized description of the camel's movement after mating or during pregnancy.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17656

ضَرَبَ

of a camel, to take fright and run away at random

The expression describes continued galloping until the camel throws off its load or furniture.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

of time or fortune, to pass, produce events, or separate people

The expression can describe part of time passing, events coming to pass, or time creating distance between people.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَبَ

to become long, especially of the night

Used of a night that has lengthened for those experiencing it.

• Lane · entry 17638
• Lane · entry 17656

ضَرَبَ

to incline toward a color or quality

Used with إِلَى to describe tending toward blackness, redness, or another quality.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرَّبَ

to excite, incite, urge, or instigate people toward strife or action

Form II may denote stirring discord among people or rousing a courageous person to ardor in battle.

• Lane · entry 17639

ضَرَّبَ

to quilt or sew padding into a garment, cover, or spread

The passive participle مُضَرَّبٌ and noun مُضَرَّبَةٌ refer to quilted material or a quilt.

• Lane · entry 17639
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ضَرَّبَ

to expose oneself to snow or hoarfrost

A specialized Form II use.

• Lane · entry 17639

ضَرَبٌ

thick, white, or wild honey; also honey in the comb

The related derived forms may describe honey becoming thick or white, or milk or honey so characterized.

• Lane · entry 17639
• Lane · entry 17648
• Lane · entry 17653
• Lane · entry 17645

ضَارَبَ

to contend or exchange blows with someone; to fight against him

Form III emphasizes reciprocal or competitive striking and may include overcoming an opponent.

• Lane · entry 17640

ضَارَبَ

to engage in profit-sharing trade with property

Form III denotes the commercial partnership in which one party supplies property and the gain is shared.

• Lane · entry 17640
• Lane · entry 17669

أَضْرَبَ

to cause a stallion to cover a she-camel

Form IV is causative in this specialized animal-breeding construction.

• Lane · entry 17641

أَضْرَبَ

to dispose, accommodate, or subject oneself to an affair

Used with the self as being prepared or made ready for an undertaking.

• Lane · entry 17641

أَضْرَبَ

of hot wind, to cause the earth to absorb or dry up water

A specialized environmental use.

• Lane · entry 17641

أَضْرَبَ

to become silent, refrain from speaking, or lower the eyes

The latter sense is synonymous with looking down or remaining silent.

• Lane · entry 17641

أَضْرَبَ

of bread baked in ashes, to become thoroughly baked and ready to be beaten clean

A specialized intransitive use.

• Lane · entry 17641

تَضَرَّبَ

to beat or strike oneself repeatedly or violently

The reflexive Form V conveys repeated or intensive self-directed striking.

• Lane · entry 17642

تَضَارَبَ

to strike or fight one another

Used reciprocally of people exchanging blows, including blows with swords or sticks.

• Lane · entry 17643

اِضْطَرَبَ

to be loose, lax, shaky, or incongruous in physical make

Used of a person or body whose structure is tall but weak, flabby, or uncompact.

• Lane · entry 17644
• Lane · entry 17671

اِضْطَرَبَ

to become confused, discordant, unsettled, or unsound

May describe speech, opinions, affairs, or relations that conflict, vary, or become disordered.

• Lane · entry 17644

مُضْرِبٌ

still or motionless

Applied especially to a serpent that remains still.

• Lane · entry 17662

ضَرِيبٌ

bad or broken pieces of a plant

A specialized nominal use applied to a kind of plant or to plant material broken into pieces.

• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرِيبٌ

the head

A figurative naming associated with agitation or movement of the head.

• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرِيبٌ

big-bellied

An adjectival description applied to people and other beings.

• Lane · entry 17653

ضَرِيبَةٌ

the place or part of a body upon which a blow falls

A nominal specialization referring to the target of striking rather than the blow itself.

• Lane · entry 17654

ضَرِيبَةٌ

a portion of wool, hair, or cotton prepared by beating, separating, or spinning

Includes wool or hair separated and folded for spinning and wool beaten with a mallet.

• Lane · entry 17654

ضَرِيبَةٌ

a nature, innate disposition, or temperament

A figurative nominal use for a person's natural character or constitution.

• Lane · entry 17654

ضَارِبٌ

of a she-camel, to resist or strike away the milker

Applied to a camel that becomes difficult to milk, especially after conception.

• Lane · entry 17656

ضَارِبٌ

a depressed or elongated place or valley containing trees

A geographical noun for a hollow or tract extending through level ground.

• Lane · entry 17656

ضَارُوبٌ

a snare for catching birds

An instrumental noun.

• Lane · entry 17657

مَضْرِبٌ

a place or time of striking or journeying

The noun may denote the locus or time associated with striking, travel, or related activity.

• Lane · entry 17660
• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

a distance, space, or tract to be traversed

A figurative place noun for an extent separating two points.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

a line or elongated mark on an animal's face

A specialized anatomical or descriptive use.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

origin, ancestry, parentage, or source of descent

The euphemistic expression مَضْرِبُ عَسَلَةٍ can refer to a person's source or lineage.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

the time at which a she-camel is covered by a stallion

A place noun used temporally by analogy with the place of the act.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

a bone from which marrow is extracted or sought

Used of a broken bone, especially in expressions concerning an emaciated animal.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبٌ

the striking part, edge, or lower section of a sword

The noun can also be used for the sword itself in some usage.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضْرِبُ مَثَلٍ

the case or object to which a parable or proverb is applied

The secondary idea or situation represented by the parable.

• Lane · entry 17661

مَضَارِبٌ

stratagems or tactics in war

A plural specialized use.

• Lane · entry 17661

مِضْرَبٌ

an instrument used for beating, striking, or hitting

Includes a wooden implement used in separating cotton by striking a bowstring.

• Lane · entry 17663

مِضْرَبٌ

a person who strikes vehemently or often

An adjectival use describing the intensity or frequency of striking.

• Lane · entry 17663

مِضْرَبٌ

a large tent or pavilion

Includes a qubba or the great tent of a king.

• Lane · entry 17663

مِضْرَابٌ

a plectrum used to play a lute

An instrumental noun.

• Lane · entry 17667

مُضْطَرِبٌ

unsound or weak in the chain of transmission

A technical description of a tradition whose supporting authorities are defective or unreliable.

• Lane · entry 17671

مُضْطَرَبٌ

a place of agitation or of seeking the means of subsistence

A noun of place derived from movement or restless pursuit of livelihood.

• Lane · entry 17670

مُضْطَرِبٌ

discomfited, put to flight, or left alone

Used in the expression describing someone arriving with a quivering rein.

• Lane · entry 17671

ضَرُبَ

to be excellent or skillful in striking

Said of a hand or arm as an idiomatic commendation of its ability in beating, striking, smiting, or hitting.

• Lane · entry 17638

ضَرْبٌ

a sort, kind, or species

A nominal classification of a thing as belonging to a particular type; its plural is ضُرُوبٌ.

• Lane · entry 17646

ضَرْبٌ

a likeness or like of a thing or person

May refer to resemblance generally or specifically to likeness in stature and make; it also occurs in expressions meaning “the like of his saying.”

• Lane · entry 17646

ضَرْبٌ

a vigorous, effective, active, lean, or slender man

Describes a person who is penetrating and capable in accomplishing an affair and is light or lean in flesh, not flaccid or flabby.

• Lane · entry 17646

ضَرْبٌ

the last foot of a verse

A technical prosodic term; its plurals include أَضْرُبٌ and ضُرُوبٌ.

• Lane · entry 17646

ضَرْبَةٌ

once; at one time

In the expression ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً, the single-blow noun is used adverbially to specify a single occasion or payment.

• Lane · entry 17650

ضَرْبَةُ الغَائِصِ

a contract for one dive for pearls

A diver agrees to dive once for a merchant at a specified price, with what he brings up belonging to the merchant; the expression is reported as a prohibited transaction.

• Lane · entry 17650