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ضَرْبَةٌ ذ [inf. n. un. of ضَرَبَ; A single act of beating, striking, &c.: a blow, stroke, &c.]. ― -b2- See also ضَرْبٌ, fourth sentence. ― -b3- ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً means (assumed tropical:) At one time; once. (Mgh, Msb.) So in the saying, لَا آخُذُ مَالِى عَلَيْكَ إِِلَّا ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً (assumed tropical:) [I will not take what is due to me on thy part save at one time, or once]. (Mgh.) ― -b4- ضَرْبَةُ الغَائِصِ, which is forbidden, is (assumed tropical:) The saying of the diver for pearls, to the merchant, I will dive for thee once, and what I shall bring up shall be thine for such a price. (T, Mgh, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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