ض ب ب

Probably all derived from the lizard-name, from the idea that the lizard cleaves to the ground, thus a stream that hangs in its bed, a lock latch, and a fog because it locks up sight.

ض ب ب • (ḍ-b-b)

1. related to cleaving to the ground

• Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to cleave to, to hold to firmly”)
  • Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb)
  • Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
  • Passive participle: مَضْبُوب (maḍbūb)
• Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to have a gently or scanty flow, to stream, to discharge sluggishly”)
  • Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb), ضُبُوب (ḍubūb), ضَبِيب (ḍabīb)
  • Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
• Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to be affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)”)
  • Verbal noun: ضَبَب (ḍabab)
  • Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
• Form I: ضَبَّ (ḍabba, “to milk with five fingers”)
  • Verbal noun: ضَبّ (ḍabb)
  • Active participle: ضَابّ (ḍābb)
  • Passive participle: مَضْبُوب (maḍbūb)
• Form II: ضَبَّبَ (ḍabbaba, “to clamp or strengthen, to hold or keep by putting a ضَبَّة (ḍabba) around”)
  • Verbal noun: تَضْبِيب (taḍbīb)
  • Active participle: مُضَبِّب (muḍabbib)
  • Passive participle: مُضَبَّب (muḍabbab)
• Form IV: أَضَبَّ (ʔaḍabba, “to keep to, to cleave to; to grasp, to take possession of; to be or become abundant, to be copiose; to abound with lizards; to be foggy; to make flow; to speak, to express, to exclaim; to be silent, to abstain from talking; to hide, to conceal, to abscond; to cover”)
  • Verbal noun: إِضْبَاب (ʔiḍbāb)
  • Active participle: مُضِبّ (muḍibb)
  • Passive participle: مُضَبّ (muḍabb)
• Form V: تَضَبَّبَ (taḍabbaba, “to be or become so fat that the armpits are chapped and the neck is short”)
  • Verbal noun: تَضَبُّب (taḍabbub)
  • Active participle: مُتَضَبِّب (mutaḍabbib)
• Form VII: اِنْضَبَّ (inḍabba, “to be packed together thightly”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْضِبَاب (inḍibāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْضَبّ (munḍabb)
• Form X: اِسْتَضَبَّ (istaḍabba)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِضْبَاب (istiḍbāb)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَضِبّ (mustaḍibb)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَضَبّ (mustaḍabb)

• ضَبّ (ḍabb, “spiny-tailed lizard”); f. ضَبَّة (ḍabba)
• ضَبّ (ḍabb, “the spadix of a palm-tree before it cleaves open”)
• ضَبّ (ḍabb, “a disease in the lips, in consequence of which blood flows from it; tumor in the extremity of the foot of a camel; chapping or cracking in the armpit of a child or camel”)
• ضَبَّة (ḍabba, “ferrule; bolt-lock”)
• ضَبَاب (ḍabāb, “fog, mist”)
• مَضَبَّة (maḍabba, “land abounding with spiny-tailed lizards”)
• ضُبَاضِب (ḍubāḍib, “hardy”)
• ضِبْضِب (ḍibḍib, “fat”)
• ضَبُوب (ḍabūb, “beast staling while running”)
• أَضَبّ (ʔaḍabb, “affected by the disease termed ضَبّ (ḍabb)”)
• ضَبِيب (ḍabīb, “point or edge of a sword”)
• ضَبِيبَة (ḍabība, “clarified butter”)

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