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5 تَدَبَّخَ see 2, in nine places. ― -b2- عَرَفَ الأَمْرَ تَدَبُّرًا means He knew the thing at the last, (M, Mgh,) after it had past. (Mgh.) Jereer says, (M,) “ وَلَا تَتَّقُونَ الشَّرَّ حَتَّىيُصِيبَكُمْ
وَلَا تَعْرِفُونَ الأَمْرَ إِِلَّا تَدَبُّرَا
” [And ye fear not evil until it befalleth you, and ye know not the thing save at the last, when it has past]. (M, Mgh. *) [See also 10.] And in like manner, تَدَبَّرَ الكَلَامَ [meaning He postponed the saying] is said of one who has sworn after doing a thing. (Mgh.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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