Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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ضِلَعٌ ذ and ↓ ضِلْعٌ , (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) the former of the dial. of El-Hijáz and the latter of the dial. of Temeem, (Msb, TA,) and ↓ ضَلْعٌ , which is the only form, or almost the only one, that is used by the vulgar, is said by MF to be mentioned by some one or more of the commentators, but not known in the lexicons, (TA;) [A rib;] a certain appertenance of an animal, (Msb,) well known; (K;) the curved thing of the side; (TA;) a single bone of the bones of the side: (Mgh, Msb:) of the fem. gender, (Msb, K, TA,) accord. to common repute; or, as some say, masc.; or, accord. to some, whose opinion in this case is preferred by Ibn-Málik and others, of both genders: (TA:) pl. [of mult.] ضُلُوعٌ and [of pauc.] أَضْلَاعٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and أَضْلُعٌ, (O, Msb, K,) and أَضَالِعُ also is a pl. of ضِلَعٌ, or, as some say, of [its pl.] أَضْلُعٌ. (TA.) ضِلَعُ الخَلْفِ [and الخِلْفِ] is [The rib] in the lowest part of the side [of a man, i. e. the lowest rib; and the hindmost rib in a beast]: (TA:) and signifies also A burn in the part behind what is thus termed. (O, K, TA.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) A piece of stick or wood; syn. عُودٌ; [erroneously supposed by Golius and Freytag to mean here the musical instrument thus called;] (IAar, O, K;) so in a saying of the Prophet to a woman, respecting a blood-stain on a garment, حُتِّيهِ بِضِلَعٍ (assumed tropical:) [Scrape thou it off with a piece of stick]: (IAar, O:) or (assumed tropical:) such as is wide and curved; as being likened to the ضِلَع (O, K) of an animal. (K.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) An oblong piece of a melon; (O, * K, TA;) as being likened to the ضِلَع [properly thus called]. (O, TA.) ― -b4- And (tropical:) A trap for birds; because of its gibbous shape: so in the saying, نَصَبَ ضِلَعًا لِلطَّيْرِ [He set up a trap for the birds]. (A, TA.) ― -b5- And The base, or lower part, of a raceme of a palm-tree. (TA in art. عهن.) ― -b6- And (assumed tropical:) A line that is made on the ground, after which another line is made, and then the space between these two is sown. (TA.) ― -b7- And (assumed tropical:) A small mountain apart from others: (S, O, K:) or a small mountain, such as is not long: (TA:) or a low and narrow mountain, (Aboo-Nasr, S, O, K, TA,) long and extended: or, accord. to As, a small mountain, extending lengthwise upon the earth, not high. (TA.) And [the pl.] ضُلُوعٌ signifies (tropical:) Curved tracts of ground: or tracks (طَرَائِق) of a [piece of stony ground such as is termed] حَرَّة. (O, K, TA.) ― -b8- Also (assumed tropical:) An island in the sea; pl. أَضْلَاعٌ: or, as some say, it is the name of a particular island. (TA.) ― -b9- [In geometry, (assumed tropical:) A side of a rectilinear triangle or square or polygon. ― -b10- And (assumed tropical:) A square root; called in arithmetic جَذْرٌ: see شَىْءٌ, near the end of the paragraph.] ― -b11- One says also, هُمْ عَلَىَّ ضِلَعٌ جَائِرَةٌ, (S, A, O, K, in the last of which, between هم and علىّ is inserted كَذَا,) and ↓ ضِلْعٌ is allowable, (S, TA,) meaning (tropical:) They are assembled against me with hostility: (A, TA:) the origin of which is the saying of AZ, one says, هُمْ عَلَىٌّ إِِلْبٌ وَاحِدٌ [or أَلْبٌ وَاحِدٌ] and صَدْعٌ وَاحِدٌ and ضِلَعٌ وَاحِدٌ, meaning as above. (TA.)