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أ1 بَدَأَ بِهِ, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. ـَ (Mgh, K,) inf. n. بَدْءٌ, (T, S, M, Msb,) i. q. به ↓ ابتدأ; (S, Msb, K;) [He began with it;] he made it to have precedence, or to be first; gave precedence to it; syn. قَدَّمَهُ: (Mgh, Msb:) in the dial. of the Ansár, بَدِئَ به is used in this sense of قدّمه; (M;) or بَدِىَ به [without ء]; (IKtt, TA; [see بَدةءٌ;]) [and بَدَى به; see art. بدى;] and به ↓ ابدأ signifies the same. (Msb.) [So in the Kur xii. 76, فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَآءِ أَخِيهِ And he began with their bags, before the bags of his brother. and بَدَأَهُ is sometimes used in the sense of بَدَأَ بِهِ; whence, in the Kur ix. 13, وَهُمْ بَدَؤُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

And they, it was, began with you the first time; i. e., as Bd says, by acting with hostility, and fighting.] You say also, بَدَّا ثُمَّ عَادَ He began, or did a first time, or the first time: then repeated, or did a second time. (Az, TA in art. عود.) and بَدَأَ فِىِ الأَمْرِ [He began, or made a beginning, in the affair.] (M.) b2: بَدَأَ also signifies It (a thing) began; began to be; originated; or came into existence. (Msb.) [See also 5.]

A2: بَدَأَ الشَّيْءَ, (S, M, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) [He began the thing; commenced it; set about it; as also ↓ ابتدأهُ: accord. to the Mgh, the latter has this meaning, or, agreeably with the authority of the M and K, the meaning which here next follows:] he did the thing first, for the first time, by way of beginning, or originally; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ ابدأهُ and ↓ ابتدأهُ; (M, K;) i. e., not after the example of anything preceding. (TA. [But this addition seems rather to belong to another explanation to be mentioned below.]) One does not say, زَيْدًا ↓ ابتدأ nor بَدَأَهُ, because these two verbs [signifying as last explained above] do not have for their objects corporeal things. (Mgh.) [El-Mutanakhkhil El-Hudhalee uses the phrase سَأَبْدُؤُهُمْ بِمَشْمَعِةٍ I will begin with them (meaning his guests) by sporting and jesting; like the phrase in the Kur ix. 13 cited above: but different from these is the saying in the Kur xxxii. 6, وَبَدَأَ خَلْقِ الْإِنْسَانِ مِنْ طِينٍ And He began the creation of man from clay.] The saying, ↓ فَإِنْ كَانَ السَّبُعُ ابْتَدَأَهُ means ابتدأ أَخْذَهُ

أَوْ عَضَّهُ [But if the beast, or bird, of prey has begun the seizing of him, or the biting of him]; the noun that is prefixed [to the pronoun] being suppressed. (Mgh.) You say also, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى

الأَمْرِ ↓ ابْتِدَآءِ That was in the beginning, or first, of the affair. (Msb.) [See also بَدْءٌ, below.] b2: He originated the thing; brought it into being or existence; made it, or produced it, for the first time, it not having been before; (Mgh;) [and] so ↓ ابدأهُ, said [of God, and] of a man, as the agent; (Msb;) and ↓ ابتدأهُ. (Mgh in art. بدع.) [Hence,] بَدَأَ اللّٰهُ الخَلْقَ, and ↓ أَبْدَأَهُمْ, God created, or brought into existence, mankind, or the created beings: (M, Msb, K:) both signify the same. (S.) البَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ ↓ مَا يُبْدِئُ [in the Kur xxxiv. 48, means What doth that which is false, or the Devil, originate, or produce in the first instance? and what doth it, or he, reproduce after it hath perished?]: Zj says that مَا, here, is in the place of an accus., meaning in each Instance أَىَّ شَىْءٍ: or it may be a negative; and الباطل here is Iblees; i. e., Iblees createth not, nor raiseth to life after death. (M.) You say also, وَمَا يُعِيدُ ↓ مَا يُبْدِئُ, meaning وَلَا ↓ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ عَائِدَةٍ, (S, K,) i. e. He does not say anything for the first time, nor anything for the second time; or anything original, nor anything in the way of repetition; الكَلَامِ ↓ بَادِئَةُ signifying what is said for the first time; and عَائِدَةُ الكَلَامِ, what is said for the second time, afterwards: (TA:) or he says not anything: (A in art. عود:) and he has no art, artifice, or cunning. (IAar, TA in art. عود; and A in the present art.) b3: بَدَأَ البِئْرَ He dug the well [for the first time: see بَدِىْءٌ]. (Msb.) A3: بَدَأَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ, (T,) or مِنْ أَرْضِهِ, (K,) He went forth from a land to a land, or from his land; as also ↓ ابدأ. (T, K.) A4: بُدِئَ, (inf. n. as above, S, M, K,) He (a man, S, M) had the small-pox: (Az, As, T, S, M, K:) or the حَصْبَة [i. e. measles, or spotted fever]: (S, M, K:) or, as Az says, and the حصبة: (T:) or, as Lh says, there came forth upon him pustules resembling the small-pox: but he adds, some say, the small-pox itself: (M:) the epithet applied to a person affected therewith is ↓ مَبْدُوْءٌ. (Az, As, Lh, T, S, M.) b2: Also He fell sick. (IAth, TA.) In a trad. of ' Áïsheh occur the words, فِى اليَوْمِ الَّذِى بُدِئَ فِيهِ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ [meaning In the day in which the Apostle of God fell sick]: and IAth says, مَتَى بُدِئَ فُلَانٌ meaning When did such a one fall sick? is a phrase used in inquiring respecting the living [who has been attacked by illness] and respecting the dead. (TA.) 4 ابدأ: see 1, in seven places. b2: Also He did a new thing; a thing unknown before; or a strange, or wonderful, thing. (S, * TA.) b3: and He voided excrement, or ordure; or broke wind; syn. نَجَا; [as also أَبْدَى;] said of a man. (M.) b4: And He put forth his second teeth; said of a child; (M;) and of a colt. (TA voce أَحْفَرَ, q. v.) 5 تبدّأ He, or it, began, or made a beginning. (KL.) [See also 1. Golius mentions, but without giving the authority, and without the vowel-signs, the saying, هَاتِ القِصَّةَ مِنْ ذِى تُبُدِّئَتْ; but writing the last word تبديت, stating only that it is in the passive form; as meaning Relate thou the story, or history, from the beginning.]8 إِبْتَدَاَ see 1, in seven places. b2: ابتدأهُ بِوَعْدٍ He made him a promise in anticipation; without his asking it of him. (M in art. انف.) بَدءٌ inf.n. of 1; (T, S, M, Msb;) [The act of beginning;] or the doing a thing first. (M.) Yousay, لَكَ البَدْءُ, (M, K,) and ↓ البُدْءُ, (As, TA,) and ↓ البَدْأَةُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) and ↓ البُدْأَةُ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ البِدْأَةُ, (L,) and ↓ البَدَآءَةُ, (M, K,) and ↓ البُدَآءَةُ, (S, M, K,) and البُدَاهَةُ, with ه substituted for ء, (M, Mtr,) and ↓ البِدَآءَةُ, (Mtr, TA,) and, accord. to IKtt, البِدَايَةُ, but see what follows, (TA,) and ↓ البَدِئَةُ, (M, K,) and ↓ البُدَّآءَةُ, (Az, TA,) It is for thee to begin, (S, M, Msb, K,) before any other, in shooting or casting, &c.: (S:) as to البِدَايَةُ, mentioned above, accord. to Mtr [and Fei], (TA,) it is a vulgar word, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) as IB and several others have stated, (Msb, TA, *) a corruption of ↓ البِدَآءَةُ, (Mgh, Msb,) signifying the first; as also ↓ البُدَآءَةُ; and ↓ البَدْأَةُ: (Msb:) but IKtt says that it is a word of the dial. of the Ansár; بَدَأْتُ بِالشَّىْءِ and بَدِيتُ بِهِ signifying قَدَّمْتُهُ: [see 1:] and he cites the following verse of Ibn-Rawáhah: وَلَوْ عَبَدْنَا غَيْرَهُ شَقِينَا بِاسْمِ الْإِلَاهِ وَ بِهِ بَدِينَا [In the name of God, and with it we begin; and if we worshipped any other than Him, we should be miserable]: see art. بدى. (TA. [This verse is also cited in the S in art. بدو, where, in one copy I find it as above; in another, with بَدَيْنَا instead of بَدِيْنَا.]) And you say, فَعَلَهُ عَوْذَا وَبَدْءًا, (T, S,) and عَوْدَهُ عَلَي بَدْئِهِ, (M,) and فِى عَوْدِهِ وَبَدْئِهِ, and ↓ فِى عَوْدَتِهِ وَبَدْأَتِهِ, (S, M,) [He did it returning and beginning again; or returning to his beginning; i. e. he did it again from the beginning; he recommenced it: or you say this] meaning like as is meant by the saying next following. (TA.) رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ, (S, K,) and عَوْدًا عَلَى بَدْءٍ, in both of which [and in the last following] the verb may be trans., and the noun following therefore in the accus. case, (TA,) and فِى عَوْدِهِ وَبَدْئِهِ, and ↓ فِى عَوْدَتِهِ وَبَدْأَتِهِ, [in both of which, if correct, the verb must be intrans.,] and عَوْدًا وَبَدْءًا, [as though meaning عَائِدًا وَبَادِئًا, used as a phrase denotative of state,] (K,) [but in this last, and the two next preceding, accord. to the TA, the verb should be فَعَلَهُ, as in the next preceding sentence, instead of رَجَعَ, and this is confirmed by what is said in the K in art. عود,] He returned in the way whence he had come: (S, K:) [accord. to the TA, the literal meaning of the first and second may be he made his returning to revert to his beginning, and he made a returning to revert to a beginning:] or the meaning of the first, (Sb, TA in art. عود, and K in that art.,) and of the second, (K in that art.,) is, he returned without stopping after he had gone away: (Sb, K:) and sometimes it signifies the stopping in one's coming and then returning: (Sb:) [and it returned to its first state; it recommenced:] and you say, رَجَعْتُ عَوْدِى عَلَى

بَدْئِى, meaning I returned like as I had come. (Sb ubi suprà.) b2: Also First, or former; preceding all others, or preceding another; as also ↓ البَدْءُ بَدِىْءٌ; and البَدِىءُ being syn. with الأَوَّلُ. (S, K.) Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْهُ بَادِى بَدْءٍ, and ↓ بَادِى بَدِىْءٍ, meaning Do thou it the first thing, or the first of everything; [accord. to different copies of the S;] the ى in بادى being quiescent, in the place of the accus. case, accord. to usage; and sometimes they omit the [altogether], on account of frequent use [of the phrase], as will be stated in art. بدو, (S in the present art.,) saying بَادِى بَدٍ, and بَادِىبَدِى (S in art. بدو.) You say also, اِفْعَلْهُ بَدْءًا, and أَوَّلَ بَدْءٍ, (Th, M, K,) and بَدْءَ بَدْءٍ, (CK,) and بَدَا بَدْءٍ, (M, K,) and بَدْءٍ ↓ بَادِئَ, (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, K,) and بَادِىَ بَدٍ, (K,) and بَادِىْ بَدًا, (M, K, [in the CK بَادِىْ بَدٍ,]) and بَادِىْ بَدًا, (M,) and بَدِىْءٍ ↓ بَادَئَ, (K,) and بَادِىْ بَدَا, (M, K,) and ↓ بَدِىْءٍ ↓ بَادِئَ, (A'Obeyd, T, S, M, CK,) and بَدِىٍّ ↓ بَادِئَ, which is anomalous, (M,) or بَادِىَ بَدِّىِ, (K,) and بَادِىْ بَدِيٍّ, (Fr, A'Obeyd, T, S, M,) and ↓ بَدِئٍ ↓ بَادِئَ, (S, CK,) or ↓ بَادِىَ بَدِئٍ, (K, TA,) and بَادِىْ

↓ بَدْأَةَ, (M, K, TA,) the former word being the act. part. n. of بَدِىَ, which is of the dial. of the Ansár, as mentioned above, and the latter being indecl., with fet-h for its termination, (TA, [in the CK the latter word is written بَدْءَة,]) and بَدْءٍ ↓ بَدْأَةَ, (CK,) and ↓ بَدْأَةَ بَدْأَةَ, (M, K,) and ↓ بَدِىْءٍ ↓ بَدْأَةَ, (S,) and بَدْءٍ ↓ بَدِىْءَ, (S, CK,) and بَدْءَ ذِى بَدْءٍ, (Fr, T,) and ذِى بَدْءٍ ↓ بَدْأَةَ, (Fr, T, S, K,) and ↓ بَدْأَةَ ذِى بَدْأَةٍ, and ↓ ذِى بَدِىْءٍ ↓ بَدْأَةَ, (S, K,) and ↓ ذِي بَدَآءَةَ ↓ بَدَأَةَ, (K, TA,) not بداءة [as in the CK], (TA,) and ↓ بَدِىْءَ ذِى بَدِىْءٍ, (S, K, TA, [in the CK the last word is written بَدْءٍ,]) and ↓ ذِى بَدِىْءٍ ↓ بَدَآءَةِ, (K,) meaning Do thou it the first thing; (Fr, T, K;) so in a correct copy [of the K, and so I find in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK]: accord. to another copy, the first of everything: (TA:) or the first of first; (S;) thus in the L: (TA:) the words here put in the accus. case [literally or virtually] are so put [in some instances] as adverbial nouns; or, accord. to MF, they may be [in some instances] denotatives of state, with respect to the agent; the meaning being اِفْعَلْهُ حَالَةَ كَوْنِكَ بَادِئًا, i. e. مُبْتَدِئَا بِهِ [lit. do thou it in the state of thy being beginning it]. (TA.) [In like manner,] you also say, بَدْءَ الرَّأْىِ, and [more commonly] الرَّأْىِ ↓ بَادِئَ, At first thought; or on the first opinion: (Lh, M:) [بَدْءُ الرَّأْىِ and] الرَّأْىِ ↓ بَادِئُ signifying the first, and beginning, of the idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; or what is perceived before considering well or thoroughly: (M:) [and بَدْءٌ alone signifying a first idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; as is implied in the A, voce صَيُّورٌ, q. v.:] hence, الرَّأْيِ ↓ فَعَلَهُ فِى بَادِئِ [He did it at first thought, &c.]: (M:) and الرَّأْىِ تُرِيدُ ↓ أَنْتَ بَادِئَ ظُلْمَنَا, and الرأى ↓ مُبْتَدَأَ, i.e. Thou at first thought, &c., desirest to wrong us: and one says also, بَادِىَ الرأى, without; meaning on the occasion of what appeared of opinion; i. e. at the first of what appeared thereof; [or at the first opinion's presenting itself;;] in which case, the phrase does not belong to this art. [but to art. بدو]: it occurs in the Kur xi. 29: (M:) AA alone there read بَادِئَ, with; all the other readers pronounced it without ء (TA.) b3: Also A chief, or lord, (S, M, Msb, K,) who occupies the first place in chieftainship or lordship: (S:) or, as some say, a youth, or young man, whose judgment, or opinion, is deemed good, and who is consulted: (M:) or it signifies also an intelligent youth or young man: (K:) pl. بُدُوْءٌ. (M.) A poet (namely, Ows Ibn-Maghrà Es-Saadee, TA) says, ثُنْيَانُنَا إِنْ أَتَاهُمْ كَانَ بَدْأَهُمُ وَبَدْؤُهُمْ إِنْ أَتَانَا كِانَ ثُنْيَانَا [Our second chief, if he came to them, would be their first chief; and their first chief, if he came to us, would be a second chief]. (S.) b4: Also, and ↓ بَدْأَةٌ, A share, or portion, of a slaughtered camel: (S, K:) or the best share or portion thereof: (T:) or the former word has the latter signification; and the latter word, the former signification: and the former signifies also a bone with the meat, or flesh, that is on it: (M:) and a joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ; (AA, T, M;) and so بَدًا q.v.: (AA, T:) the pl. [of pauc.] of بَدْءٌ is أَبْدَآءٌ (S, M, K) and [of mult.] بُدُوْءٌ; (S, K;) the former of which is the more common: (TA:) or this is pl. of بَدًا. (AA, T.) The shares abovementioned [as commonly divided for the game called المَيْسِر q. v.] are ten; namely, the two haunches, the two thighs properly so called, the two thighs commonly so called (i. e. the tibiæ), the two shoulders, and the two arms; which last are the worst, because of the many veins [therein]. (TA.) b5: See also بَدِىْءٌ.

بُدءٌ: see بَدْءٌ; second sentence.

بَدِئٌ: see بَادِئَ بَدِئٍ, or بَادِىَ بَدِئٍ, voce بَدءٌ.

بَدْأَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ, in thirteen places. b2: Also The beginning, or outward course, of a military expedition; opposed to رَجْعَةٌ, meaning the returning, or homeward course, thereof: occurring in a trad., in which it is said that the Prophet gave, in the case of the former, a fourth [of the spoil], and in the case of the latter, a third; i.e., when a troop went forth from the main body of the army and attacked a party of the enemy, they were to have a fourth of the spoil that they took, and the rest of the army was to share with them the remaining three fourths; and if a troop did so in returning, they were to have a third of all the spoil that they took, because of the greater difficulty and danger attending this case. (T, Mgh.) b3: كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى بَدْأَتِنَا, and ↓ بُدْأَتِنَا, and ↓ بِدْأَتِنَا, (K,) and ↓ بَدَآءَتِنَا, (Lh, M, TA,) and ↓ بُدَآءَتِنَا, and ↓ بِدَآءَتِنَا, (TA,) and ↓ بَدَأَتِنَا, (Lh, M, K,) but [ISd says,] I know not how that is, (M,) and ↓ مُبْدَئِنَا, and ↓ مُبْدَئِنَا, (K,) and ↓ مَبْدَأَتِنَا, (Lh, M, and so in some copies of the K,) or مَبْدَاتِنَا, (so in other copies of the K,) thus in the بَاهِر of Ibn-'Odeys [in the CK Ibn-'Adebbes], (K,) which is said to indicate that we should hesitate respecting them [before admitting them to be of classical authority], are phrases meaning That was in the first of our state, and in our adolescence. (TA.) A2: Also, (so in a copy of the M, there written بَدْأَة,) or ↓ بُدْأَةٌ, with damm, (K,) A certain plant; (M;) a black thing, resembling a truffle (كَمْء), of which no use is made: so says AHn. (M.) بُدْأَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ; second sentence: and see بَدْأَةٌ, in two places.

بِدْأَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ; second sentence: and see بَدْأَةٌ بَدَأَةٌ: see بَدْأَةٌ.

بَدَآءٌ, with medd; [Excrement from the anus; as also بَدَّا;] a subst. from أَبْدَأَ, as meaning نَجَا. (M.) بَدِىْءٌ: see بَدْءٌ, as signifying First, or former; in eight places. b2: Also, applied to a thing, or an affair, i. q بَدِيعٌ, (S, and so in a copy of the K,) or مُبْدَعٌ: (so in other copies of the K:) [thus it signifies] Originated; brought into being or existence; made, or produced, for the first time, not having been before, or not after the similitude of any former thing: (TA:) and created: (M, K:) and wonderful: (M, Msb, TA:) and strange, or extraordinary, as not being after the similitude of any former thing. (TA.) b3: [Hence, as is implied in the Mgh,] بِئْرٌ بَدِىْءٌ A well newly dug; (T, Mgh, Msb;) i. q. بَدِيعٌ; (M;) or dug since the era of ElIslám (S, K;) not ancient; (S, Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ بَدْءٌ: (S:) the former epithet [in this sense] is generally pronounced [بَدِىٌّ] without ء: (T:) the well thus called is one dug in a waste land that has no owner: (TA:) AO says, (TA,) this epithet, and بَدِيع, are applied to a well when thou hast dug it; but if thou findest it to have been dug before thee, it is termed خَفِيَّة; and thus the well of Zemzem is termed خفيّة, because it was Ismá'eel's, and was filled up or covered over [after his time]: (T, TA:) the term قَلِيب is [said to be] applied to an ancient well of which neither the owner nor the digger is known: (TA:) it is said in a trad., that the حَرِيم of a well such as is termed بدىء [i. e. the space surrounding it and belonging to it] is five-and-twenty cubits: (T, S: [but see حَرِيمٌ:]) the pl. is بُدُوْءٌ: (M:) and AO says that بُودَانٌ is pl. of بَدِىْءٌ applied to a well, and is syn. with قُلْبَانٌ [a pl. of قَلِيبٌ which I have not found elsewhere] and رَكَايَا, being formed by transposition of letters from بُدْيَانٌ [which is for بُدْآنٌ, as بَدِىٌّ is for بَدِىْءٌ; the د and ى being transposed, the word becomes بُيْدَانٌ, and this, by a rule of permutation, becomes بُودَانٌ]. (TA.) بَدَآءَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ, in three places: and see بَدْأَةٌ: and بَدِئَةٌ, in two places.

بُدَآءَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ, in two places: and see بَدْأَةٌ: and for the former, see also بَدِئَْةٌ.

بِدَآءَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ, in two places: and see بَدْأَةٌ: and for the former, see also بَدِئَةٌ.

بَدِيْئَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ; second sentence. b2: Also, (M, K,) and ↓ بَدَآءَةٌ, (K,) or ↓ بُدَآءَةٌ, (M,) i. q. بَدِيهَةٌ, (K,) and بَدَاهَةٌ, (TA,) or بُدَاهَةٌ, i. e. The first occurrence of a thing, that happens to one unexpectedly: (M:) [or the first of anything: and an occurrence thereof by which one is taken unawares: accord. to explanations in the K in art. بده:] pl. of the first, بَدَايَا. (TA.) b3: [And all app. signify The faculty of extemporizing; like بَدِيهَةٌ (q. v.) &c.] You say, جَيِّدَةٍ ↓ فُلَانٌ ذُو بَدَآءَةٍ, i. e. بَدِيهَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ, [meaning] Such a one has a good faculty of extemporizing; or of uttering, or relating, things by means of the promptness of his intelligence. (TA.) بُدَّآءَةٌ: see بَدْءٌ; second sentence.

بَادِئٌ [act. part. n. of 1]: see بَدْءٌ, in nine places.

بَادِئَةٌ: see 1, in two places.

مَبْدَأٌ [originally noun of place and of time from 1; A place, and a time, of beginning, &c. b2: ] See بَدْأَةٌ. b3: [Also A principle, or first rule, of a science &c.: pl. مَبَادِئُ. b4: And The primary import of a word; opposed in this sense to غَايَةٌ.]

مُبْدَأٌ: see بَدْأَةٌ.

المُبْدِئُ, applied to God, The Creator, or Originator, of the things [that exist], who hath produced them at the beginning, not after the similitude of anything pre-existing. (Nh.) and المُبْدِئُ المُعِيدُ, so applied, He who createth mankind, and who returneth them after life to death in the present world and after death to life on the day of resurrection. (TA in art. عود.) b2: مُبْدِئُ مُعِيدٌ A man who has gone on warring, or warring and plundering, expeditions, time after time, and is experienced in affairs: (A 'Obeyd, and K in art. عود:) and a horse upon which the owner has gone time after time on warring, or warring and plundering, expeditions; (TA in that art.;) or well trained and exercised, (K and TA in that art.) so as to be obedient to his rider. (TA in that art.) b3: [For other significations of مُبْدِئٌ, see its verb (4); and see أَحْفَرَ.]

مَبْدَأَةٌ: see بَدْأَةٌ مَبْدُوْءٌ [pass. part. n. of 1; Begun, &c.

A2: ] See بُدِئَ.

مُبْتَدَأٌ: see بَدْءٌ. b2: [In grammar, as correlative of خَبَرٌ, An inchoative.]

در

1 دَرَّ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. ـِ and دَرُّ, [the latter anomalous,] inf. n. دَرٌّ (Msb, K, TA) and دُرُورٌ, (TA,) It (milk) was, or became, copious, or abundant, (Msb, K, TA,) and flowed, or streamed; it flowed, or streamed, copiously, or abundantly; and so (assumed tropical:) the water of the eye, or tears, and the like, (TA,) &c.; (Msb;) as also ↓ استدرّ: (K, TA:) and, said of milk, it ran, or flowed: and it collected [or became excerned] in the udder from the ducts and other parts of the body. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] said of sweat, (assumed tropical:) It flowed (K) like as milk flows. (TA.) b3: And of the tax called خَرَاج, (assumed tropical:) Its produce became abundant. (K.) b4: And [in like manner] one says, لَاَدَرَّ دَرُّهُ: see دَرٌّ, below. b5: And [hence,] دَرَّ also signifies (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, consecutive. (K in art. دهدر.) And (assumed tropical:) It continued; as in the phrase, دَرَّ لَهُ الشَّىْءٌ (assumed tropical:) [The thing continued to him]. (Sh, TA in art. جرى.) b6: And, said of a horse, aor. ـِ inf. n. دَرِيرٌ (K) and دَرَّةٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He ran vehemently: or ran easily (K, TA) and without interruption. (TA.) b7: And of herbage, (K,) inf. n. دَرٌّ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) It became tangled, or luxuriant, (K, * TA,) by reason of its abundance. (TA.) b8: One says also, of a she-camel, دَرَّتْ, (TA,) and دَرَّتْ بِلَبَنِهَا, (K,) aor. ـُ and دَرِّ, [the former anomalous,] inf. n. دُرُورٌ and دَرٌّ; (TA;) and ↓ ادرّت, alone, (S, K,) and ↓ ادرّت بِلَبَنِهَا; (K;) She yielded her milk, or made it to flow, copiously, or abundantly. (K, TA.) and دَرَّالضَّرْعُ بِاللَّبَنِ, aor. ـُ (S,) or ـِ (TA,) inf. n. دُرُورٌ, (S,) or دَرٌّ, (TA,) [The udder abounded with milk: or yielded milk copiously, or abundantly: and اللَّبَنَ ↓ ادرّ signifies the same; or it yielded, or emitted, the milk.] b9: And [hence,] دَرَّتْ حَلُوبَةُ المُسْلِمِينَ, (S, A,) and لِقْحَتُهُمْ, (TA,) [lit. The milch-camel of the Muslims yielded milk copiously,] meaning (tropical:) the tribute, or taxes, pertaining to the Muslims poured in abundantly. (S, * A, TA.) b10: And دَرَّتِ السَّمَآءُ بِالمَطَرِ, (K,) aor. ـُ (S,) inf. n. دَرٌّ and دُرُورٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) The sky poured down rain (K, TA) abundantly. (TA.) b11: and دَرَّبِمَا عِنْدَهُ (tropical:) He produced, or gave forth, what he had. (A.) b12: And دَرَّتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى أَهْلِهَا (tropical:) The world was bountiful to its inhabitants. (A.) b13: And دَرَّتِ السُّوقُ, (S in art. غر, and K,) inf. n. دِرَّةٌ, (S ubi suprà,) (tropical:) The market became brisk, its goods selling much; (S ubi suprà, K, TA;) contr. of غَارَّت. (S ubi suprà.) b14: And دَرَّتِ العُرُوقُ The ducts, or veins, became filled with milk, (TA,) or (tropical:) with blood. (A, TA.) b15: And دَرَّ العِرْقُ, inf. n. دُرُورٌ, (assumed tropical:) The vein pulsated uninterruptedly. (TA.) b16: And دَرًّ السَّهْمُ, (AHn, K,) aor. ـِ (TA,) inf. n. دُرُورٌ, (assumed tropical:) The arrow turned round well upon the nail (AHn, K *) of the left thumb, [app. so as to produce a sound, (see حَنَّانٌ,)] being turned with the thumb and fore finger of the right hand [for the purpose of testing its sonorific quality]: the arrow does not thus turn, nor does it produce the kind of sound termed حَنِين, unless in consequence of the hardness of its wood, and its goodly straightness, and its compact make. (AHn.) A2: دَرَّ also signifies It (a thing) was, or became, soft, tender, or supple. (IAar, K.) A3: And It (a lamp) gave light, shone, or shone brightly. (K.) b2: And, aor. ـَ which is extr., (K,) or, as some say, the pret. is originally دَرِرَ, [the sec. Pers\. being دَرِرْتَ,] and, if so, the aor. is not extr., (MF,) It (a man's face) became goodly after disease. (K.) 4 ادرّ [He made milk to flow, or to flow copiously, or abundantly:] he drew forth milk. (Msb.) See also 1, in three places. b2: [Hence,] أَدَرُّوا الخَرَاجَ (assumed tropical:) They (the collectors) made the produce of the tax called خراج to come in abundantly. (TA.) b3: [And ادرّ البَوْلَ (assumed tropical:) It (a medicine, &c.,) caused the urine to flow plentifully; acted as a diuretic; (see the act. part. n. below;) as also ↓ استدرهُ.] b4: ادرّ أُمَّهُ He (a young camel) sucked, or drew the milk of, his mother. (TA.) And ادرّها He stroked her (a camel's) dugs, to draw her milk: he milked her; (TA;) as also ↓ استدرها, referring to a ewe or she-goat: (Msb: and the latter, he stroked her dugs with his hand, causing the milk to flow, or to flow copiously: and the same verb, he sought, or desired, her milk, or the flowing of her milk. (TA.) b5: [Hence,] أَدِرُوا لِقْحَةَ المُسْلِمِينَ (tropical:) [Make ye. the tribute, or taxes, pertaining to the Muslims to pour in abundantly: lit., make ye the milchcamel of the Muslims to yield milk abundantly]: said by 'Omar to the collector of the taxes. (TA.) b6: [Hence, also,] one says to a man, when he seeks a thing, and begs for it importunately, أَدِرَّهَا وَ إِنْ أَبَتْ, meaning, [lit.,] Ply her, though she refuse, until she yield her milk abundantly. (TA.) b7: And أَدَرَّ اللّٰهُ لَهُ أَخْلَافَ الرِّزْقِ (tropical:) [God milked for him the dugs of sustenance; i. e. provided for him the means of subsistence]: and نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ بِالشُّكْرِ ↓ استدّر (tropical:) [He drew the favour, or blessing, of God, by thankfulness]. (A.) b8: الرِّيحُ تُدِرُّ السَّحَابَ, (S, L, K,) and ↓ تَسْتَدِرُّهُ, (S, L,) (assumed tropical:) The wind draws forth a shower of fine rain from the clouds: (S, L, K: in some copies of the last, we find, as the explanation of أَدَرَّتِ الرِّيحُ السَّحَابَ, instead of حَلَبَتْهُ, [agreeably with the above explanation,] جَلَبَتْهُ, with ج: the explanation in the [S and] L is تَسْتَحْلِبُهُ: TA:) and السَّحَابَ ↓ نَسْتَدِرُّ (assumed tropical:) [We desire, or look for, a shower of rain from the clouds]. (TA in art. حلب.) b9: And بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ عِرْقٌ يُدِرُّهُ الغَضَبُ (said in a trad., TA) (tropical:) Between his eyes was a vein which anger caused to flow; (S; *) or to fill with blood; (A;) or to become thick and full: (TA:) or which anger put in motion: (S:) for (TA) أَدَرَّ الشَّىْءَ signifies he put the thing in motion. (K, TA.) b10: ادرّت المِغْزَلَ (tropical:) She twisted the spindle vehemently, (A, K,) so that it seemed to be still in consequence of its vehement twirling. (K, * TA.) b11: And ادرّ السَّهْمَ (assumed tropical:) He made the arrow to turn round well upon the nail (AHn, K *) of his left thumb, turning it with the thumb and fore finger of his right hand. (AHn. [See 1, latter part.]) b12: And أَدْرَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ الضَّرْبُ (tropical:) I inflicted upon him an uninterrupted beating. (A.) 10 إِسْتَدْرَ3َ see 1, first sentence: b2: and see دِرَّةٌ.

A2: See also 4, in five places. b2: استدرّت (assumed tropical:) She (a goat) desired the ram: (El-Umawee, S, K:) and one says also اِسْتَذْرَتْ. (El-Umawee, S. [See art. ذرو.]) b3: And استدرّ (assumed tropical:) He spoke, or talked, much. (TA in art. غلت.) R. Q. 1 دَرْدَرَ, (inf. n. دَرْدَرَةٌ, TK,) He (a child, S) chewed, or mumbled, an unripe date (S, K) with his toothless gums. (TA.) Hence the saying of a certain Arab, to whom El-Asma'ee had come, أَتَيْتَنِى وَ أَنَا أُدَرْدِرُ [Thou camest to me when I was a child mumbling with toothless gums: or it may mean thou hast come to me when I am old, mumbling &c.: see دُرْدُرٌ]. (TA.) b2: Also He (a man) lost his teeth, and their sockets became apparent. (TA.) R. Q. 2 تَدَرْدَرَ It (a thing) was, or became, in a state of motion or commotion, or it moved about. (T in art. دل.) And تَدَرْدَرَتِ اللَّحْمَةُ The piece of flesh quivered. (K.) [Hence,] one says of a woman, تَدَرْدَرُ, [for تَتَدَرْدَرُ,] meaning She quivers in her buttocks, by reason of their largeness, when she walks. (TA.) دَرٌّ an inf. n. used as a subst., (Msb,) Milk; (S, A, Msb, K;) as also ↓ دِرَّةٌ. (K.) Hence, ذَوَاتُ الدَّرِّ, and الدَّرُّ alone, Milch-animals. (TA.) And أُمَّهَاتُ الدَّرِّ The teats of a camel or clovenfooted animal. (TA.) b2: Hence also the saying, لِلّٰهِ دَرُّكَ (tropical:) To God be attributed the good that hath proceeded from thee! or thy good deed! (TA:) or thy deed: (A:) or thy gift! and what is received from thee! [and thy flow of eloquence! and the like: when said to an eloquent speaker or poet, it may be rendered divinely art thou gifted!] a man's gift [or the like] was originally thus likened to the milk of a camel; and then this phrase became so common as to be used as expressive of admiration of anything: (Aboo-Bekr, TA:) it was first said by a man who saw another milking camels, and wondered at the abundance of their milk: (ISd, TA:) the thing alluded to therein is attributed to God to indicate that none other could be its author. (TA.) You say also, لِلّٰهِ دَرُّهُ (tropical:) To God be attributed his deed! (S, K:) or his knowledge! or his good! or bounty! or beneficence! (Har p. 418:) [&c.:] meaning praise. (S.) Accord. to IAar, دَرٌّ signifies (tropical:) A deed, whether good or evil. (TA.) Ibn-Ahmar says, لِلّٰهِ دَرِّى [To God be attributed what hath brought me to this state!] wondering at himself. (TA.) One also says, لِلّٰهِ دَرُّكَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ, which is likewise an expression of praise, (S,) meaning (tropical:) To God be attributed the goodness, or good action, of thee, as a man! [i. e., of such a man as thou!] (TA.) And لِلّٰهِ دَرُّهُ فَارِسًا (tropical:) [To God be attributed his excellence as a horseman!]. (Msb.) And, in dispraise, (S,) دَرُّهُ ↓ لَا دَرَّ May his good, or wealth, not be, or become, much, or abundant! (S, A, TA:) or may his work not thrive! (K.) El-Mutanakhkhil says, لَا دَرَّ دَرِّىَ إِنْ أَطْعَمْتُ نَازِلَهُمْ قِرْفَ الحَتِّىِ وَعِنْدِى البُرُّ مَكْنُوزُ [May my wealth not become abundant, or may my work not thrive, if I feed him among them who is a guest with the rind of حَتِىّ (q. v.) when I have wheat stored up]: this verse is cited by Fr, who also mentions the phrase, دَرَّ دَرُّ فُلَانٍ

[May the wealth of such a one become abundant! or may his work thrive!]. (TA.) A2: Also The soul; syn. نَفْسٌ. (K.) One says رَجُلٌ سَرِىٌّ الدَّرِّ A man of generous and manly soul. (TK.) and دَفَعَ اللّٰهُ عَنْ دَرِّهِ May God defend his soul. (Lh.) دُرٌّ and دُرَرٌ (S, Msb, K) and دُرَّاتٌ (K) pls., (S, Msb, K,) or rather the first is a coll. gen. n., and the second and third are pls., (MF,) of ↓ دُرَّهٌ, (S, Msb, K,) which last signifies A pearl: (S:) or a large pearl. (Msb, K.) دَرَّةٌ: see دِرَّةٌ.

دُرَّةٌ: see دُرٌّ.

دِرَّةٌ: see دَرٌّ, first sentence. b2: Also Copious, or abundant, flowing milk; milk flowing copiously, or abundantly: (TA:) and a flow, or stream, or a flowing or streaming, of milk; (S, K;) and its abundance or abounding: (S, Msb, K:) as also ↓ دَرَّةٌ: (L:) or this latter signifies a single flow, or stream, of milk. (Msb.) Hence the prov., لَا آتِيكَ مَااخْتَلَفَتِ الدِّرَّةُ وَالجِرَّةُ I will not come to thee as long as the flow of milk and the cud go [the former] downwards and [the latter] upwards. (TA. [See also جِرَّةُ.]) b3: [Hence also the phrase,] لِلسَّحَابِ دِرَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) The clouds have a pouring forth: pl. دِرَرٌ. (S.) En-Nemir Ibn-Towlab says, وَرَحْمَتُهُ وَسَمَآءٌ دِرَرْ سَلَامُ الإِلَاهِ وَرَيْحَانُهُ meaning ذَاتُ دِرَرٍ [i. e. The peace, or security, &c., of God, and his bounty, and his mercy, and a sky pouring forth showers]. (S.) Some say that دِرَرٌ signifies ↓ دَارٌّ [flowing, or streaming; or flowing, or streaming, copiously, or abundantly]; like as قِيَمًا in the Kur vi. 162 signifies قَائِمًا. (TA.) In like manner one says also دِيَمٌ دِرَرٌ [Lasting and still rains pouring down]. (TA.) b4: and لِلسُّوقِ دِرَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) The market has a brisk traffic going on in it, its goods selling much. (Az, S.) b5: and لِلسَّاقِ دِرَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) The thigh, or shank, [of the horse or the like] has a continuous movement for running; syn. لِلْجَرْىِ ↓ اِسْتِدْرَارٌ. (Az, S.) You say also, مَرَّ الفَرَسُ عَلَى دِرَّتِهِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) The horse passed along without being turned aside by anything. (TA. [See also مُسْتَدِرٌّ.]) b6: دِرَّةٌ also signifies (tropical:) Blood [as being likened to milk]. (K.) A poet cited by Th likens war and the blood thereof to a [raging] she-camel and her دِرَّة. (TA.) b7: and (assumed tropical:) The means of subsistence [as being likened to milk]. (TA in art. غر. [See an ex. voce غِرَّةٌ.]) b8: And A mode, or manner, of flowing, or streaming, of milk. (Msb.) A2: Also A certain thing with which one beats, or flogs; (Kr, S, A, K, TA;) i. e. the دِرَّة of the Sultán: (TA:) a whip: (Msb:) [app. a whip for flogging criminals; as seems to be implied in the TA: I have not found any Arab who can describe it in the present day: it seems to have been a kind of whip, or scourge, of twisted cords or thongs, used for punishment and in sport, such as is now called فِرْقِلَّة: or a whip made of a strip, or broad strip, (see 1 in art. خفق,) of thick and tough hide, or the like: it is described by Golius and Freytag (by the latter as from the S and K, in neither of which is any such explanation found,) as “ strophium ex fune aliave re contortum, aut nervus taurinus, similisve res, quibus percuti solet: ”] an Arabic word, well known: (TA:) [or an arabicized word, from the Pers\. دُرَّهْ:] pl. دِرَرٌ. (A, Msb.) دَرَرٌ The right course or direction of a road: (S, K:) its beaten track: its hard and elevated part. (TA.) You say, نَحْنُ عَلَى دَرَرِ الطَّرِيقِ We are upon the right course [&c.] of the road. (S.) And هُمَا عَلَى دَرَرٍ وَاحِدٍ They two are following one direct course. (S.) b2: دَرَرُ بَيْتٍ The direction, point, place, or tract, which is in front of, or opposite to, a house. (K.) You say, دَارِى

بِدَرَرِ دَارِكَ My house is in front of, or opposite to, thy house. (TA.) b3: دَرَرُ الرِّيحِ The direction, or point, from which the wind blows. (S, K.) دَرُورٌ: see دَارٌّ, in two places.

دَرِيرٌ A horse (S, K) or similar beast (K, TA) that is swift: (S, K:) or swift in running, and compact in make: (TA:) or compact and firm in make. (K, TA.) [See also دَرِّىٌّ and مُسْتَدِرٌّ.]

A2: See also دَارٌّ.

دَرَّآءُ: see دَارٌّ.

فَرَسٌ دَرِّىٌّ (TA) or دَرِّيَّةٌ (A) A horse, or mare, that runs much. (A, TA.) [See also دَرِيرٌ and مُسْتَدِرٌّ.]

A2: كَوْكَبٌ دَرِّىٌّ: see the next paragraph.

A3: الفَارِسِيَّةٌ الدَّرِّيَّةُ The chaste dialect of Persian: (Mgh:) or the most chaste dialect thereof: (TA:) so called in relation to دَرْ, (Mgh, TA,) as the name of a district of Sheeráz, (TA,) or as meaning “ a door ” or “ gate. ” (Mgh, TA.) كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّىٌّ and ↓ دِرِّىٌّ (S, A, K) and ↓ دَرِّىٌّ (K, TA) A shining, or brightly-shining, star: (K:) or a star that shines, glistens, or gleams, very brightly: (S, A:) called دُرِّىٌّ in relation to دُرّ [i. e. pearls, or large pearls], (Fr, Zj, S, A,) because of its whiteness (Zj, S, A) and clearness, and beauty: (Zj:) pl. دَرَارِىُّ. (A.) It is also termed دُرِّىْءٌ and دِرِّىْءٌ and دَرِّىْءٌ. (TA. [See art. درأ.]) b2: دُرِّىٌّ also signifies The glistening, or shining, of a sword: (K:) a rel. n. from دُرٌّ; because of its clearness: or likened to the star so termed: it occurs in poetry; but some read ذَرِّىٌّ, with ذ [and fet-h]. (TA.) دِرِّىٌّ: see the next preceding paragraph.

دُهْ دُرَّيْنِ, (S,) or دُهْدُرَّيْنِ: (K:) see art. دهدر.

دَرَّارَةٌ A spindle (K, TA) with which the pastor spins wool, or with which a woman spins cotton or wool; as also ↓ مِدَرَّةٌ. (TA.) دُرْدُرٌ The part of the gums where the teeth grow: (TA:) or the part where the teeth grow of a child: (S, K, TA:) or the part where the teeth grow both before they grow and after they have fallen out: (K, TA:) pl. دَرَادِرُ. (S.) Hence the prov., أَعْيَيْتِنِى بِأُشُرٍ فَكَيْفَ بِدُرْدُرٍ, (S, K,) or فَكَيْفَ أَرْجُوكَ بِدُرْدُرٍ, (TA,) i. e. Thou [weariedst me, and] didst not accept good advice when thou wast a young woman and when thy teeth were serrated and sharp in their extremities; then how should I hope for any good in thee now when thou hast grown old, and the places of the growth of thy teeth have become apparent by reason of age? (K, * TA.) In the K we read لَمْ تَقْبِلَ النُّصْحَ شَابًّا: but it should be لَمْ تَقْبَلِى النُّصْحَ شَابَّةً. (TA.) دُرْدُرٌ is also said to signify The extremity, or tip, of the tongue: or, as some say, its root: but the signification commonly known is that first given above. (TA.) دَرْدَرَةٌ inf. n. of R. Q. 1. (TK.) b2: Also an onomatopœia meaning The sound of water rushing along in the beds of valleys. (TA.) دَرْدَارٌ A certain kind of tree, (T, S, K,) well known; (T;) also called شَجَرَةُ البَقِّ: [both of these names are now applied to the elm-tree; and so both are applied by Golius:] there come forth from it various أَقْمَاع [app. excrescences of the nature of gall-nuts], like pomegranates, in which is a humour that becomes بَقّ [i. e. bugs or gnats, for both are signified by this word]; and when they burst open, the بقّ come forth: its leaves are eaten, in their fresh state, like herbs, or leguminous plants: so in the “ Minháj edDukkán. ” (TA.) A2: Also The sound of the drum. (K.) دُرْدُورٌ A whirlpool, in which shipwreck is feared; (S;) a place in the midst of the sea, where the water is in a state of violent commotion, (T, K,) and from which a ship scarcely ever escapes. (T, TA.) دَارٌّ: see دِرَّةٌ. b2: Also, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ دَرُورٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دَرَّآءُ (A) and ↓ مُدِرٌّ, (S,) A she-camel, (S, A, K,) or ewe, or she-goat, (Msb,) abounding with milk; having much milk: (S, A, Msb, K:) pl. (of the first, S, Msb) دُرَّآرٌ; (S, Msb, K;) and one says also إِبِلٌ دُرُرٌ (a pl. of دَرُورٌ [in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K ابل دَرُورٌ]) and إِبِلٌ دُرَّرٌ (also a pl. of دَرُورٌ [in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K ابل دَرَرٌ]): (K, accord. to the TA:) and ↓ دَرورٌ applied to an udder signifies the same: (TA:) [and ↓ مِدْرَارٌ also app. signifies the same; for you say] b3: ↓ سَمَآءٌ مِدْرَارٌ (tropical:) A sky pouring down abundance of rain: (S, K:) and ↓ سَحَابَةٌ مِدْرَارٌ a cloud pouring down much rain. (A, TA.) b4: رِزْقٌ دَارٌّ (tropical:) Continual, uninterrupted, sustenance, or means of subsistence. (TA.) A2: دَارٌّ and ↓ دَرِيرٌ A lamp giving light, shining, or shining brightly. (K.) تَدِرَّةٌ A copious flowing, or streaming, of milk. (K.) مُدِرٌّ: see دَارٌّ. b2: مُدِرٌّ لِلْبَوْلِ [and لَهُ ↓ مُسْتَدِرٌّ, and simply مُدِرٌّ and ↓ مُسْتَدِرٌّ, A diuretic medicine &c.]. (TA in art. جزر, &c.) And مُدِّرٌ لِلطِّمْثِ [Emmenagogue]. (K in art. اشن, &c.) b3: مُدِرَّةٌ and مُدِرٌّ A woman twirling her spindle vehemently, so that it seems to be still in consequence of its vehement twirling. (K, * TA.) مِدَرَّةٌ: see دَرَّارَةٌ.

مِدْرَارٌ: see دَارٌّ, in three places.

مُسْتَدِرٌّ: see مُدِرٌّ, in two places. b2: Also (tropical:) A number of arrows in their flight resembling the streaming of milk, by reason of the vehemence with which they are impelled; occurring in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb. (TA.) b3: فَرَسٌ مُسْتَدِرٌّ فِى عَدْوِهِ (tropical:) [A horse that runs far without being turned aside by anything]. (A.) [See دِرَّةٌ, and see also دَرِّىٌّ and دَرِيرٌ.]

زم

1 زَمَّهُ, (K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. زَمٌّ, (TA,) He tied, or bound, it: fastened it; or made it fast. (K.) b2: زَمَّ البَعِيرَ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Msb, TA,) He attached, (ISk,) or put, (Mgh,) or tied, or fastened, (Msb,) to the camel, (ISk, Mgh, Msb,) the زِمَام [q. v.], (ISk, Mgh,) or his زِمَام; (Msb;) he put in the camel's بُرَة, or his خِزَام, [each meaning a nose-ring,] or his خِشَاشَة, [or خِشَاش, a wooden thing fixed in the bone of the nose,] the زِمَام, and tied it, or fastened it, in order to restrain him thereby; (Har p. 329;) i. q. خَطَمَهُ: (S, K:) and ↓ زَمَّمَ الجِمَالَ [He attached أَزِمَّة (pl. of زِمَام) to the camels], (TA,) or الجِمَالُ ↓ زُمِّمَ [The camels had أَزِمّة attached to them]; (S) with teshdeed because relating to several objects. (S, TA.) b3: Hence, زَمَّ نَفْسَهُ (assumed tropical:) He restrained, or withheld, himself. (Mgh.) And زُمَّتِ الأَلْسِنَةُ (assumed tropical:) The tongues were restrained, or withheld. (Har p. 329.) and مَا أَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ حَتَّى أَخْطِمَهَا وَأَزُمَّهَا (assumed tropical:) [I say not a saying until I qualify it to be used with cogency or efficiency]. (TA.) b4: Hence also, (Mgh,) زَمَّ النَّعْلَ, (S, Mgh, TA,) [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He attached a زِمَام [q. v.] to the sandal; (S, Mgh, TA;) as also النعل ↓ ازمّ. (Mgh, TA.) b5: [Hence likewise,] زَمَّ بِأَنْفِهِ, said of a camel, (assumed tropical:) He raised [his nose, and consequently] his head, by reason of a pain in it. (K.) And the same phrase, (S, K,) said of a man, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He elevated his nose, from pride; (K;) or he magnified, or exalted, himself; or was proud; (S, K; *) as also ↓ اِزْدَمَّ; (K;) and ↓ زامّ, inf. n. مُزَامَّةٌ. (TA.) b6: And زَمَّ بِرَأْسِهِ (tropical:) He raised his head; (K, TA;) inf. n. as above: (TA:) [and so زَمَّ رَأْسَهُ: for] you say, أَخَذَ الذِّئْبُ سَخْلَةً

رَأْسَهُ ↓ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا زَامًّا, i. e. (assumed tropical:) [The wolf took a newborn lamb or kid, and went away with it] raising [his head], (S, TA,) or ↓ زَمًّا i. e. raising with it his head: (TA:) and you say of the wolf, زَمَّهَا and ↓ اِزْدَمَّهَا, both meaning the same, (S, K,) i. e. He took it, namely, the new-born lamb or kid, raising his head, or its head, (accord. to different copies of the K,) with it. (TA.) b7: زَمَّ القِرْبَةَ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He filled the water-skin. (K, TA.) A2: زَمَّتِ القِرْبَةُ, [aor., accord. to rule, زَمِّ,] inf. n. زُمُومٌ, (tropical:) The water-skin became full: thus the verb is intrans. as well as trans. (K, TA.) b2: And زَمَّ said of a camel's tush, (assumed tropical:) It rose. (TA.) b3: And (assumed tropical:) He went forward, or onward; or before, or ahead; (S, K, TA;) as some say, (TA,) in journeying: (S, K, TA:) in this sense, the inf. n. is زَمٌّ. (TA.) A3: Also, (inf. n. زَمٌّ, A'Obeyd, TA,) He spoke, or talked. (A'Obeyd, K, TA.) b2: One says also of the sparrow, يزمّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ ضَعِيفٍ [app. يَزِمُّ, as it is intrans., meaning The sparrow chirps with a feeble voice peculiar to it]: and thus do large hornets. (TA.) 2 زَمَّّ see 1, second sentence, in two places.3 زَاْمَّ see 1.

A2: You say also, خَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ أُزَامُّهُ, and أُخَازِمُهُ, i. e. أُعَارِضُهُ [meaning (assumed tropical:) I went forth with him taking a different way from his until we both met in one place: see خَازَمَهُ]. (TA.) 4 أَزْمَ3َ see 1, in the former half of the paragraph.7 انزمّ It was, or became, tied, or bound; fastened; or made fast. (K.) 8 إِزْتَمَ3َ see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph, in two places. b2: One says also, ازدمّ الشَّىْءَ إِلَيْهِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) He stretched forth the thing to him. (TA.) R. Q. 1 زَمْزَمَةٌ [as inf. n. of زَمْزَمَ, and also as a simple subst.,] A distant sounding or sound, such as is confused and continued. (K.) Yousay, of a thing, زَمْزَمَ, meaning It made a distant sound, confused and continued: and سَمِعْتُ زَمْزَمَةً

I heard a distant sound, confused and continued. (TK.) b2: The sounding, or sound, of thunder: (Az, S:) or the consecutive reiteration of the sound of thunder; which is the best kind of sounding thereof, and the surest symptom of rain. (M, K.) One says, الرَّعْدُ يُزَمْزِمُ The thunder sounds with consecutive reiteration. (TK.) Accord. to AHn, the زَمْزَمَة of thunder is [The sounding thereof] when it is not loud and clear. (TA.) b3: The speaking, or speech, of the Magians, on the occasion of their eating, (S, IAth,) with a low voice: (IAth:) or the gibbering, or uttering gibberish or jargon, one to another, of the Persians, or other foreigners, (تَرَاطُنُ العُلُوجِ,) over their eating, while they are [in a manner] speechless, not making use of tongue nor of lip [so as to articulate]; it being a sound which they roll in their noses and their fauces, but such that they understand one another: (K:) or زَمْزَمَ, said of a Magian, means He affected, or constrained himself, to speak, on the occasion of eating, while closing his mouth: whence the saying, وَانْهَوْهُمْ عَنِ الزَّمْزَمَةِ [And forbid ye them from the affecting, &c.]. (Mgh.) b4: The crying [or roaring], or the cry [or roar], of the lion. (K.) You say of him, زَمْزَمَ [He cried, or roared]. (TA.) b5: It is also [The uttering, or utterance, of a sound, or of the voice,] from the chest, when it is not clear. (TA.) b6: Also The crying [or whinnying or neighing], or the cry [or neigh], of the horse: [see مُزَمْزِمٌ:] so in the saying, حَوْلَ الصِّلِّيَانِ الزَّمْزَمَةُ [Around the صلّيان (a kind of plant, or herbage,) is whinnying or neighing]: (Meyd:) this is a prov., applied to a man who hovers round about a thing, and does not make apparent his desire: (Meyd, TA:) or to a man who is served for the sake of his wealth: (Meyd:) the صلّيان is one of the most excellent kinds of pasture: and the prov. means that the cries and clamour that one hears are for the desire of what is to be eaten and enjoyed: Z says, (TA,) the صلّيان is cut for the horses that do not quit the tribe; (Meyd, TA;) and they neigh, or whinny, (تُزَمْزِمُ, and تُحَمْحِمُ,) around it: (TA:) some relate it otherwise, saying حَوْلَ الصُّلْبَانِ [around the crosses], pl. of صَلِيبٌ; and الزَّمْزَمَةُ [they say] means the crying, or cry, of the worshipper thereof. (Meyd.) A2: زَمْزَمَ also signifies He kept, guarded, or took care of, a thing. (TA.) b2: And زَمْزَمْتُ المَالَ, inf. n. زَمْزَمَةٌ, I collected together the cattle, or property, and drove back, or put back, the outer ones, or outer portions, of what had become scattered thereof. (TA.) R. Q. 2 تَزَمْزَمَ, said of a camel, He brayed; syn. هَدَرَ. (K. [See also R. Q. 1, which has nearly the same meaning.]) b2: تَزَمْزَمَتْ بِهِ شَفَتَاهُ His lips moved with it. (TA.) زَمٌّ [an inf. n. used in the sense of an act. part. n.]: see زَامٌّ: b2: and see also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

زَمَم is thought by ISd to be used only as an adv. n.: (TA:) [but see what follows.] وَجْهِى زَمَمَ بَيْتِهِ means My face is towards his house. (K.) An Arab of the desert said, لَا وَالَّذِى وَجْهِى زَمَمَ بَيْتِهِ مَا كَانَ كَذَا وَكَذَا, meaning [No, by Him] towards whose house [is my face, it was not thus and thus, or such and such things did not happen]. (S.) b2: One says also, دَارِى مِنْ دَارِهِ زَمَمٌ, (S,) or دَارِى زَمَمَ دَارِهِ, (K, TA, in the CK زَمَمُ,) (tropical:) My house is near to his house. (S, K, TA.) b3: and أَمْرُهُمْ زَمَمٌ (assumed tropical:) Their affair, or case, is conformable to the just mean; like أَمَمٌ: (S, K:) or easy, not exceeding the due measure, bound, or limit. (Lh, TA.) زِمَامٌ A thing with which one ties or binds, fastens, or makes fast: (K:) meaning [the noserein of a camel; i. e.] the cord that is tied to the بُرَة [or خِزَام, each meaning nose-ring of a camel], or to the خِشَاش [or wooden thing fixed in the bone of the nose], and to which, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) i. e. to the end of which, (S, TA,) is tied the مِقْوَد [or leading-rope]: (S, Mgh, Msb, TA:) and (afterwards, Msb) also applied to the مِقَوْد (S, Msb, TA) itself: (Msb:) pl. أَزِمَّةٌ. (Msb, K.) [See also خِطَامٌ.] It is said in a trad., لَا زِمَامَ وَلَا خِزَامَ فِى الإِسْلَامِ [There shall be no nose-rein nor nosering by which to lead a man in El-Islám]: meaning a practice of the devotees of the Children of Israel, who used to attach rings and reins to the noses, like as is done to the she-camel in order that she may be led thereby. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] زِمَامُ الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) That by means of which the thing, or affair, subsists, and is conducted, or managed, and ordered. (TA.) And أَلْقَى فِى يَدِهِ زِمَامَ أَمْرِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He put in his hand, or power, the means of conducting his affair, or the conduct of his affair]: and يُصَّرِفُ أَزِمَّةَ الأُمُورِ (assumed tropical:) [He disposes as he pleases the various means of conducting the affairs]. (TA.) And هُوَ عَلَى زِمَامٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ (assumed tropical:) He is on the point of accomplishing his affair. (TA.) and النَّاقَةُ زِمَامُ الإِبِلِ (assumed tropical:) [The she-camel is the leader of the other camels]: said when she goes before them. (TA.) And هُوَ زِمَامُ قَوْمِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He is the leader of his people, or party]: and هُمْ أَزِمَّةٌ قَوْمِهِمْ (assumed tropical:) [They are the leaders of their people, or party]. (TA.) [See also De Sacy's Chrest. Arabe, sec. ed., i. 261 and 503; and see Quatremère's Hist. des Sultans Mamlouks, vol. i., sec. part, pp. 65 and 66.] b3: زِمَامُ النَّعْلِ (assumed tropical:) [The زمام of the sandal] is the thing to which the شِسْع is attached, or tied: (S:) or the thong that is between the middle toe and that next to it, to which the شِسْع is attached, or tied: [but for the latter of these explanations, it seems that we should read the thong that is between the middle toe and that next to it: or the thong to which the شِسْع is attached, or tied: the شِسْع being the thong that passes through the sole, and between two of the toes, and to which the شِرَاك is attached: for it appears that the term زِمَام is applied by some to the thong called by others the شِرَاك, extending between the leg and the toes: and by some, to what is called by others the شِسْع, or قِبَال: to the latter as being likened to the cord that is tied to the camel's nose-ring; and to the former as being likened to the leading-rope which is tied to that cord: it being] a metaphorical term, from the زِمَام of the camel: (Mgh:) it is [said to be] the thong lies upon the back [meaning upper side] of the foot, [extending] from, or [consisting] of, the fore part of the شِرَاك, lengthwise: [for the term شِرَاك (q. v.) is sometimes used in a larger sense than that above assigned to it:] or it is like the قِبَال, [which is expl. in the same manner as the شِسْع, i. e., as] being between the middle toe and that next to it: (Har p. 539:) [and thus it is expl. by J and Mtr and F in another art.;] the قِبَال of the sandal is its زِمَام, (S, and Mgh and K in art. قبل,) i. e. its thong which is (Mgh in that art.) between the middle toe and next to it. (S and Mgh and K in that art.) زَمَّمٌ or زَمَّمُ: see زَمْزَمٌ.

زُمَّامٌ Tall herbs, (K,) rising above such as are termed لُعَاع. (TA.) زَمْزَمٌ Copious, or abundant, water; as also ↓ زُمَازِمٌ: (K:) [or] the latter, (Kz, TA,) [and app. the former also,] and ↓ زُمَزِمٌ, (IKh, TA,) and ↓ زَمْزَامٌ, (Kz, TA,) brackish water; i. e. such as is between salt and sweet. (IKh, Kz, TA.) b2: Also, (accord. to some copies of the S and K,) or زَمْزَمُ, (accord. to other copies of the same, and accord. to the Msb,) imperfectly decl., because of the fem. gender and a proper name, (Msb,) the name of The well of Mekkeh, (so in a copy of the S and in the Msb,) or a certain [celebrated] well in Mekkeh, (so in another copy of the S,) [i. e.] a certain well adjacent to the Kaabeh; (K;) so called [because its water is somewhat brackish, or] because of the copiousness of its water; (JM;) as also ↓ زُمَزِم [i. e. زُمَزِمٌ or زُمَزِمُ], (IAar, TA,) and ↓ زُمَازِمٌ [or زُمَازِمُ], and ↓ زَمَّمٌ or زَمَّمُ, (accord. to different copies of the K,) the last (زَمَّم) on the authority of IAar. (TA.) The names of this well, collected from trads. and lexicons, have been found to amount to more than sixty. (TA.) b3: زَمْزَم [with or without tenween] is also the name of A celebrated well at El-Medeeneh, which is regarded as a means of obtaining a blessing, and the water of which is drunk and transported [like that of the more celebrated well of the same name at Mekkeh]. (TA.) A2: زَمْزَمٌ or زَمْزَمُ (accord. to different copies of the S, [used by a poet with tenween, but probably by poetic license, for it is app. a fem. proper name, and therefore imperfectly decl.,]) is also A name of, or for, a she-camel, like عَيْطَل. (S.) زِمْزِمٌ: see زِمْزِمَةٌ, in two places.

زُمَزِمٌ or زُمَزِمُ: see زَمْزَمٌ, in two places.

زَمْزَمَةٌ [inf. n. of R. Q. 1 (q. v. passim); and also used as a simple subst., of which the pl. is زَمَازِمُ]. You say رَعْدٌ ذُو زَمَازِمَ and هَدَاهِدَ [Thunder having confused and continued, or murmuring, sounds, heard from a distance]. (TA.) And زَمَازِمُ النَّارِ The sounds of the blazing of fire. (TA.) زِمْزِمَةٌ A company, or collection, (S, K,) of men, (S, TA,) whatever it be: (TA:) or any collection; as also زمزوم [i. e. ↓ زُمْزُومٌ]: (Ham p. 233:) or fifty, (K,) and thereabout, (TA,) of camels, and of men; (As, K;) as also ضِمْضِمَةٌ; (As, TA;) neither of which words is formed by substitution from the other: (TA:) pl. زمازم [i. e.

زَمَازِمُ], (Ham ubi suprà,) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ زِمْزِمٌ, (S, * TA,) occurring in the saying of a rájiz, (S,) Aboo-Mohammad El-Fak'asee, (TA,) إِذَا تَدَانِى زِمْزِمٌ مِنْ زِمْزِمِ [When companies draw near to companies]. (S, TA.) Also A distinct number of jinn, or genii: or of beasts of prey. (K.) And A herd of camels among which are no young ones, or little ones; and so ↓ زِمْزِيمٌ: (K:) or, accord. to EshSheybánee, ↓ زِمْزِمٌ and ↓ زِمْزِيمٌ signify large, big, or bulky, camels. (S.) سَحَابٌ زَمْزَامٌ Clouds thundering, but not loudly and clearly. (AHn, TA.) [Accord. to one passage in the TA, زَمْزَامٌ seems to be expl. by IKh as meaning Thundering much: but the passage appears to be incorrectly transcribed.] b2: See also زَمْزَمٌ.

زُمْزُومٌ The best, or excellent, or choice, of camels: or a hundred thereof. (K.) And The best of a people; (K, TA;) the choice, best, or most excellent, portion thereof: in one copy of the K, [and so in the CK,] شَرُّهُمْ is put in the place of سِرُّهُمْ. (TA.) b2: See also زِمْزِمَةٌ.

زِمْزِيمٌ: see زِمْزِمَةٌ, last sentence, in two places.

زُمَازِمٌ or زُمَازِمُ: see زَمْزَمٌ, in two places.

زَامٌّ [act. part. n. of زَمَّ]. زَأَمَّهَا [meaning Attaching a زِمَام to her] occurs used by poetic license for زَامَّهَا, because of the concurrence of two quiescent letters; like اِسْوَأَدَّتْ for اِسْوَادَّتْ. (S.) b2: (assumed tropical:) Magnifying, or exalting, himself; or elevating his nose, from pride: (S, TA:) [and in like manner ↓ زَمٌّ:] one says, زَأَيْتُهُ زَمًّا (assumed tropical:) I saw him magnifying, or exalting, himself, &c., not speaking: (TA:) pl. of the former زُمَّمٌ. (S, TA.) b3: See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph. b4: Also, accord. to El-Harbee, applied to a man, (assumed tropical:) Fearing, or afraid; syn. فَزِعٌ. (TA.) زِيزَمٌ: see what next follows.

زِيزِيمٌ a word imitative of The low, or faint, sound of the jinn, or genii, that is heard by night in the deserts; (TA in this art. and in art. زيم;) and so ↓ زِيزَمٌ: (IAar, K * and TA in art. زيم:) Ru-beh says, تَسْمَعُ لِلْجِنِّ بِهِ زِيزِيمَا [Thou hearest therein a low, or faint, sound of the jinn by night]. (TA.) الإِزْمِيمُ One of the nights called لَيَالِى المُحَاقِ [meaning the last three nights of the lunar month]. (K.) b2: And The decrescent moon in the last part of the [lunar] month, (K,) when it becomes slender and bow-shaped: Dhu-r-Rummeh uses it in this sense without the article ال: and Th says that إِزْمِيمٌ is one of the names of the [moon when it is termed] هِلَال. (TA.) إِبِلٌ مُزَمَّمَةٌ: see what next follows.

بَعِيرٌ مَزْمُومٌ A camel having a زِمَام attached to him; syn. مَخْطُومٌ: and ↓ إِبِلٌ مُزَمَّمَةٌ camels having أَزِمَّة attached to them; syn. مُخَطَّمَةٌ. (TA.) فَرَسٌ مُزَمْزِمٌ فِى صَوْتِهِ A horse quavering, or trilling, his voice, [or whinnying or neighing,] and prolonging it. (A'Obeyd, TA.)

بابِلُ:
بكسر الباء: اسم ناحية منها الكوفة والحلّة، ينسب إليها السحر والخمر، قال الأخفش: لا ينصرف لتأنيثه، وذلك أن اسم كل شيء مؤنث إذا كان علما وكان على أكثر من ثلاثة أحرف فإنه لا ينصرف في المعرفة، وقد ذكرت فيما يأتي في ترجمة بابليون معنى بابل عند أهل الكتاب، وقال المفسرون في قوله تعالى: وما أنزل على الملكين ببابل هاروت وماروت، قيل بابل العراق، وقيل بابل دنباوند، وقال أبو الحسن: بابل الكوفة، وقال أبو معشر: الكلدانيون هم الذين كانوا ينزلون بابل في الزمن الأول، ويقال: إن أول من سكنها نوح، عليه السلام، وهو أول من عمرها، وكان قد نزلها بعقب الطوفان، فسار هو ومن خرج معه من السفينة إليها لطلب الدّفء، فأقاموا بها وتناسلوا فيها وكثروا من بعد نوح، وملّكوا عليهم ملوكا، وابتنوا بها المدائن، واتصلت مساكنهم بدجلة والفرات، إلى أن بلغوا من دجلة إلى أسفل كسكر، ومن الفرات إلى ما وراء الكوفة، وموضعهم هو الذي يقال له السواد، وكانت ملوكهم تنزل بابل، وكان الكلدانيون جنودهم، فلم تزل مملكتهم قائمة إلى أن قتل دارا آخر ملوكهم، ثم قتل منهم خلق كثير فذلوا وانقطع ملكهم، وقال يزدجرد بن مهبندار: تقول العجم: إن الضحاك الملك الذي كان له بزعمهم ثلاثة أفواه وستّ أعين، بنى مدينة بابل العظيمة، وكان ملكه ألف سنة إلا يوما واحدا
ونصفا، وهو الذي أسره أفريدون الملك وصيّره في جبل دنباوند، واليوم الذي أسره فيه يعده المجوس عيدا، وهو المهرجان، قال: فأما الملوك الأوائل أعني ملوك النبط وفرعون إبراهيم فإنهم كانوا نزلا ببابل، وكذلك بخت نصّر، الذي يزعم أهل السير أنه ممّن ملك الأرض بأسرها، انصرف بعد ما أحدث ببني إسرائيل ما أحدث إلى بابل فسكنها، قال أبو المنذر هشام بن محمد: إن مدينة بابل كانت اثني عشر فرسخا في مثل ذلك، وكان بابها مما يلي الكوفة، وكان الفرات يجري ببابل حتى صرفه بخت نصّر إلى موضعه الآن مخافة أن يهدم عليه سور المدينة، لأنه كان يجري معه، قال: ومدينة بابل بناها بيوراسب الجبار واشتق اسمها من اسم المشتري، لأن بابل باللسان البابلي الأول اسم للمشتري، ولما استتمّ بناؤها جمع إليها كل من قدر عليه من العلماء وبنى لهم اثني عشر قصرا، على عدد البروج، وسماها بأسمائهم، فلم تزل عامرة حتى كان الإسكندر، وهو الذي خرّبها. وحدث أبو بكر أحمد بن مروان المالكي الدينوري في كتاب المجالس من تصنيفه: حدثنا إسماعيل بن يونس ومحمد بن مهران، قالا: حدثنا عمرو بن ناجية حدثنا نعيم بن سالم بن قنبر مولى علي ابن أبي طالب عن أنس بن مالك، قال: لما حشر الله الخلائق إلى بابل، بعث إليهم ريحا شرقية وغربية وقبلية وبحرية، فجمعهم إلى بابل، فاجتمعوا يومئذ ينظرون لما حشروا له، إذ نادى مناد: من جعل المغرب عن يمينه والمشرق عن يساره فاقتصد البيت الحرام بوجهه فله كلام أهل السماء، فقام يعرب ابن قحطان [1] فقيل له: يا يعرب بن قحطان بن هود أنت هو، فكان أول من تكلم بالعربية، ولم يزل المنادي ينادي: من فعل كذا وكذا فله كذا وكذا، حتى افترقوا على اثنين وسبعين لسانا، وانقطع الصوت وتبلبلت الألسن، فسميت بابل، وكان اللسان يومئذ بابليّا، وهبطت ملائكة الخير والشر وملائكة الحياء والإيمان وملائكة الصحة والشقاء وملائكة الغنى وملائكة الشرف وملائكة المروءة وملائكة الجفاء وملائكة الجهل وملائكة السيف وملائكة البأس، حتى انتهوا إلى العراق، فقال بعضهم لبعض: افترقوا، فقال ملك الإيمان: أنا أسكن المدينة ومكة، فقال ملك الحياء: وأنا معك، فاجتمعت الأمة على أن الإيمان والحياء ببلد رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقال ملك الشقاء: أنا أسكن البادية، فقال ملك الصحة: وأنا معك، فاجتمعت الأمة على أن الشقاء والصحة في الأعراب، وقال ملك الجفاء: أنا أسكن المغرب، فقال ملك الجهل: وأنا معك، فاجتمعت الأمة على أن الجفاء والجهل في البربر، وقال ملك السيف: أنا أسكن الشام، فقال ملك البأس: وأنا معك، وقال ملك الغنى: أنا أقيم ههنا، فقال ملك المروءة: وأنا معك، وقال ملك الشرف: وأنا معكما، فاجتمع ملك الغنى والمروءة والشرف بالعراق. قلت: هذا خبر نقلته على ما وجدته، والله المستعان عليه.
وقد روي أن عمر بن الخطاب، رضي الله عنه، سأل دهقان الفلّوجة عن عجائب بلادهم، فقال:
كانت بابل سبع مدن، في كل مدينة أعجوبة ليست في الأخرى، فكان في المدينة التي نزلها الملك بيت فيه صورة الأرض كلها برساتيقها وقراها وأنهارها، فمتى التوى أحد بحمل الخراج من جميع البلدان، خرق أنهارهم فغرّقهم وأتلف زروعهم وجميع ما في بلدهم حتى يرجعوا عما هم به، فيسد بإصبعه تلك الأنهار [1] هكذا في الأصل.
فيستدّ في بلدهم. وفي المدينة الثانية حوض عظيم، فإذا جمعهم الملك لحضور مائدته حمل كل رجل ممن يحضره من منزله شرابا يختاره، ثم صبه في ذلك الحوض، فإذا جلسوا للشراب شرب كل واحد شرابه الذي حمله من منزله. وفي المدينة الثالثة طبل معلق على بابها، فإذا غاب من أهلها إنسان وخفي أمره على أهله وأحبوا أن يعلموا أحي صاحبهم أم ميت، ضربوا ذلك الطبل، فإن سمعوا له صوتا فإن الرجل حيّ، وإن لم يسمعوا له صوتا فإن الرجل قد مات.
وفي المدينة الرابعة مرآة من حديد، فإذا غاب الرجل عن أهله وأحبوا أن يعرفوا خبره على صحته، أتوا تلك المرآة فنظروا فيها فرأوه على الحال التي هو فيها. وفي المدينة الخامسة أوزّة من نحاس على عمود من نحاس منصوب على باب المدينة، فإذا دخلها جاسوس صوّتت الأوزّة بصوت سمعه جميع أهل المدينة، فيعلمون أنه قد دخلها جاسوس. وفي المدينة السادسة قاضيان جالسان على الماء، فإذا تقدّم إليهما الخصمان وجلسا بين أيديهما غاص المبطل منهما في الماء. وفي المدينة السابعة شجرة من نحاس ضخمة كثيرة الغصون لا تظلّ ساقها، فإن جلس تحتها واحد أظلّته إلى ألف نفس، فإن زادوا على الألف، ولو بواحد، صاروا كلّهم في الشمس. قلت وهذه الــحكاية كما ترى خارقة للعادات، بعيدة من المعهودات، ولو لم أجدها في كتب العلماء لما ذكرتها. وجميع أخبار الأمم القديمة مثله، والله أعلم.