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دِبْرَةٌ دبر دبره دبرة The direction, or point, towards which one turns his back; contr. of قِبْلَةٌ. (S, K.) One says, مَا لَهُ قِبْلَةٌ وَلَا دِبْرَةٌ, meaning (tropical:) He has no way of applying himself rightly to his affair. (S, K, TA.) And لَيْسَ لِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ قِبْلَةٌ وَلَا دِبْرَةٌ (tropical:) The right way of executing this affair is not known. (S, A.) ― -b2- See also إِِدْبَارَةٌ. -A2- And see دَبْرٌ, near the end.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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