Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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ضِرْسٌ ذ A tooth: (S, K:) pl. أَضْرَاسٌ, and (sometimes, S, Msb) ضُرُوسٌ (S, Msb, K) and أَضْرُسٌ [which is a pl. of pauc., as is also, properly, the first of the pls. here mentioned]; and quasi-pl. n. ضرس [written in the TA without any syll. signs, so that it may be ضَرْسٌ, or ضِرْسٌ (like the sing.), or ضَرَسٌ]; so in the M [of which I am unable to consult the portion containing this art.]: (TA:) or [a lateral tooth; for] the اضراس are the teeth, except the central incisors: (Mgh:) or [this explanation, which I find only in the Mgh, is incomplete, and the word sometimes means the teeth absolutely, but properly] the molar teeth, or grinders, which are twenty in number, [including the bicuspids,] next behind the canine teeth: (Zj, in his “ Khalk el-Insán: ”) or i. q. أَرْحَآءٌ: (S and Msb and K, art. رحى: [see سِنٌّ: and see also رَبَاعِيَةٌ:] ضِرْسٌ is masc.; (Mgh, K;) and sometimes fem.: (Mgh:) or what is thus called is masc. when thus called; (S, Msb;) but if called سِنٌّ, it is fem.: (Msb:) or it is properly masc.; and if found in poetry made fem., سِنٌّ is meant thereby: (Zj, Msb:) but As denies its being made fem.; (Msb, TA;) and as to the saying ascribed to Dukeyn, “ فَفُقِئَتْ عَيْنٌ وَطَنَّتْ ضِرْسُ
” [And an eye was put out, and a tooth, or grinder, sounded], he says that the right reading is وَطَنَّ الضِّرْسُ [and the tooth, or grinder, sounded], and that he who heard these words understood them not. (TA.) What are called أَضْرَاسُ العَقْلِ and أَضْرَاسُ الحُلُم [The wisdom-teeth, and the teeth of puberty] are four: they come forth after the [other] teeth have become strong. (TA. [See نَاجِذٌ.]) ― -b2- [Hence,] sing. of ضُرُوسٌ (K) which signifies (assumed tropical:) The stones with which a well is cased. (S, O, K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) A فِنْد [app. as meaning a peak, or the like,] in a mountain. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) A rough [hill, or eminence, or elevated place, such as is termed] أَكَمَة (T, O, K, TA) and [such as is termed] أَخْشَب: (T, TA:) or rough ground; written by Sgh ↓ ضَرْسٌ : (IAar, TA:) or a portion of a [tract such as is termed] قُفّ, somewhat elevated, very rugged, rough to the tread, consisting of a single piece of stone [or rock], unmixed with clay, or soil, and not giving growth to anything: pl. ضُرُوسٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- Also (tropical:) Light rain: (IAar, TA:) or a rain little in quantity: (S, O:) or a light rain: pl. ضُرُوسٌ: (K:) or ضُرُوسٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ means scattered rains: (As, TA:) or scattered showers of rain: (S, O:) and some say, i. q. جُدُر [app. a mistranscription, probably for خَدَرٌ, which signifies rain; or clouds, or mist, and rain]: and [it is. said that] ضِرْسٌ signifies also a raining cloud that has not [much] width. (TA.) -A2- See also مُضَرَّسٌ, last sentence.