Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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2 ذنّب ذ , (T, M, A,) inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ, (T, A,) said of the locust, It stuck its tail into the ground to lay its eggs: (A:) or, said of the [lizard called] ضبّ, (Lth, T, M,) and of the locust, (M,) and of the [locust in the stage in which it is termed] فَرَاش, (Lth, T, M,) and the like, (Lth, T,) it desired to copulate, (Lth, T, M,) or to lay eggs, and therefore stuck its tail into the ground: (M:) or, said of the ضَبّ, it signifies only it struck with its tail a hunter or serpent desiring to catch it: (T:) or, said of the ضَبّ, it signifies also it put forth its tail (M, A) from the nearest part of its hole, having its head within it, as it does in hot weather, (M,) or when an attempt was made to catch it: (A:) [or it put its tail foremost in coming forth from its hole; contr. of رَأَّسَ.] ― -b2- ذَنَّبَتِ البُسْرَةُ, (T, S, M, K,) or ذَنَّبَ البُسْرُ, (As, A, Mgh,) or الرُّطَبُ, (Msb,) inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ, (Msb, K,) (tropical:) [The full-grown unripe date or dates, or the ripening dates,] began to ripen, (Mgh, and so in a copy of the S,) or showed ripening, (Msb, and so in a copy of the S,) or became speckled by reason of ripening, (As, T, M, K,) or ripened, (A,) at the ذَنَب, (As, T, S, M, A, Mgh, K,) i. e. the part next the base and stalk. (Mgh.) The dates in this case are termed ↓ تَذْنُوبٌ (Fr, T, S, M, A, K) in the dial. of Benoo-Asad, (Fr, T,) and ↓ تُذْنُوبٌ (Fr, T, K) in the dial. of Temeem (Fr, T) and ↓ مُذَنِّبٌ ; (A, Mgh;) and a single date is termed ↓ تَذْنُوبَةٌ (T, M, * K) and ↓ مُذَنِّبَةٌ . (T, S.) -A2- ذنّب الضَّبَّ, [or, probably, ↓ ذَنَبَ , being similar to رَأَسَ and جَنَبَ and فَأَدَ &c., or perhaps both,] He seized the tail of the ضبّ; said of one endeavouring to catch it. (A.) ― -b2- ذنّب الأَفْعَى, said of a ضَبّ, It turned its tail towards the viper, or met the viper tail-foremost, in coming forth from its hole; contr. of رَأَّسَ الأَفْعَى. (TA in art. رأس.) ― -b3- ذنّب عِمَامَتَهُ (tropical:) [He made a tail to his turban;] (S, K, TA;) i. e. (tropical:) he made a portion of his turban to hang down like a tail: (S, TA:) you say of him who has done this, ↓ تَذَنَّبَ . (S, A, K, TA.) ― -b4- ذَنَّبْتُ كَلَامَهُ [and كِتَابَهُ (tropical:) I added an appendix to his discourse and his writing, or book; like ذَيَّلْتُهُ]. (A, TA.) [Hence, the inf. n. تَذْنِيبٌ is used to signify (assumed tropical:) An appendix; like تَذْيِيلٌ.] ― -b5- ذَنَّبُوا خُشْبَانَهُ (assumed tropical:) They made channels for water (which are termed مَذَانِب) in its rugged ground. (TA from a trad.)