'A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations' [‎112r] (228/1826)

there is most fuel. Prices for vitiated virginity. Marriage por
tions. IfJcar, (iv of jHz) Astonishing, confounding, striking with
amazement. Possessing many fields or estates.
A ifJcakj (iv of^J^r ^akka) Making (water) bitter. Rot-
ting (as a palm-tree for want of pruning).
A i^k(il y (iv of Jib) Discovering one to be wise. Hav
ing the shadow shortened, or perpendicular at mid-day.
A i^Jcaniy (iv of j*ib) Rendering (the womb) barren.
A (ifJaiby (pi. ot ^ukab) (Three) eagles.
a <Lib! a^ikkaty (pi. of ^aklk) Arrows shot in the air.
A (ijJcady Having an impediment in the speech. Knotty,
as the tails of animals. A dog of a particular species, with a
knotty tail. A wolf with a twisted tail. A^kud, (pi. of Jib
uikd) Villages, manors.
a ^^aibl aJcas, (A goat) having the horns bent back towards
the ear. (A man) having the fingers or front-teeth distorted
and crossing each other.
A Jib^ a^kal, More or most wise or prudent. Bow-legged.
A liwl itded, (ivof^£c) Dying. Being thick, bunchy (that
part of the upper garment which is wrapped round the middle).
AjI£c! ifdedr, (iv oi'jLz) Making any thing dirty, turbid, im
pure. Soiling, bedaubing. Having a large troop of camels.
Being thick, dark, cloudy (night). Being fat (camel’s bunch).
A lIj ifdcdk, (iv of ^akka) Changing the colour of
the hair (as a camel does after conception).
a Jl£^ a^dedl, (pi. ot j£c ^ikl) Inglorious, mean, vile, ab
ject, cowardly, avaricious, sordid. I t kdl, (iv of j£c) Being
contused, doubtful, perplexed. Deserving censure.
A a^dedm, (pi. of dkm) The halves of loads, single
trusses or packages, such as beasts of burthen carry upon each
side. Coffers, purses, repositories, caskets (for jewels). I-Jcdm,
(i\ of j^J) Assisting in fastening loads on beasts of burthen.
a andean, (pi. of ^uknaf) Wrinkles on the belly
(from fatness).
A Ufdeush, Name of a place in Irak.
a Ofdca', I hick on both sides. Bunchy (part of a gar
ment which in Arabia is wrapped round the middle). (A horse)
having the root of his tail strong and thick. Dead.
a Jxl Name of an idol.
A Ujdd (for a^la’’'), Higher, most high, sublime, ex
cellent, superior, supreme. Excellently, very well, bravely.
lidd, (iv ofjhc) Exalting, elevating. Being in the upper part
or above (any thing). Arriving in that part of Upper Arabia
which is called ^dliyat. Making a title or inscription of a
book. Dismounting (from horseback), p U To elevate.
AdJUl a^lds, Fixed, unsorted, jumbled together (applied in
general to a kind of tree called markh in Arabia, some parts
of which, when rubbed together, emit sparks of flame, and are
made use ot to kindle fires : these are carefully sorted from the
others which have not that quality, and laid up for future ser
vice ; when piled therefore in indiscriminate heaps, they are
called acids'). I^ldis, (iv of Taking wood from
the markh tree, without knowing whether it will emit fire or not.
A a t lFl ^ (P 1 * of ^ t il d) F oreigners who become prose
lytes to the Arabians, especially in religious matters. Asses,
wild or tame (especially when inclining to corpulency). Cakes
of a particular kind, thick towards the edges. Stewards.
A LiUl a<J,dd, (pi. of Ujt ^ulut), (Camels) without bridles.
Marks on the neck (made on cattle to distinguish them). Tall
(camels). Short (asses). (iv of Ui) Denying, rejecting,
disapproving. Displeasure. Having no confidence (in another).
A i— Utddf, (pi. of t—fl-lc ^alaf) Grasses, and every species
of fodder with which cattle are fed. I^df, (iv of £_L) Begin
ning to appear (the fruit of a thorn when the flowers drop off).
A a^ldk, Terror. The application of leeches to suck the
blood from any place, (pi. of dlk) More or most excel
lent (wines). I^ldk, (iv of ^1^) Fastening (one rope to ano
ther). Fixing the claws, nails, talons, into any thing. Catching
and suspending (game or prey) in a noose. Fastening any thing
to the horns of a bow by which it may be hung up or slung.
Raising up (the uvula of a child).
A azdal, (pi. of jLs jdlul, pi. of filial') Pains, sick
nesses. Izddl, (iv of Jx ^ullu') Making (camels) drink a second
time, after the first draught. Driving (them) from the water
before they have quenched their thirst. Debilitating, afflicting
with a distemper.
A addim, (pi. of ^alam) Flags, standards, ensigns,
colours, banderols, streamers, pennants. Mile-stones or direc
tion-posts upon a road. Borders of cloth of different colours
from the rest. Fissures in the upper lip, or at either corner of
the mouth. Proper names, Professors of colleo-es
learned men. p jld. Victorious standards.
A I dam, (iv of J-i) Announcing, proclaiming, indicating, teach
ing, certifying. Information, signification, advice. Marking cloth
(as weavers, fullers, bleachers, &c.). Distinguishing or making
remarkable in battle (as a horseman does his charger, by orna
menting him with trappings of different colours). Distinguishing
one’s self (by bravery), p To give information.
p <uli J-Ll iddm-ndmah, A proclamation, a manifesto.
A i^ldn, (iv of ,^b) Publishing, divulging, manifesting.
A a^litat, (pi. of Lie ^ildt) Ropes or chains about the
necks (of camels). Traverse marks, made by burning, on the
sides of (camels’) necks. The extreme parts of a pigeon’s neck
streaked with black. Mischiefs, disputes, strifes.
A adam. More or most learned. Having a fissure in the
upper lip. Allah adam, God knows, or God knows best.
A IjU ifdimbd, (in of q) Rising up, or putting one’s
self in a threatening attitude. Bristling up the hair or feathers
(as dogs, cocks, &c. when irritated).
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