Q. 1
ضَفْدَعَ , said of water,
It had in it
ضَفَادِع [or
frogs]. (O, K.) -A2- And, said
of a man,
He shrank, or
became contracted;
syn.
تَقَبَّضَ: or
he voided his excrement, or
ordure; or
thin excrement; syn.
سَلَحَ: or
he emitted wind from the anus, with a
sound. (TA.)
ضِفْدِعٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and
ضَفْدَعٌ and
ضُفْدَعٌ (K) and
ضِفْدَعٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) this last said by some,
(S, O, Msb,) but most rare, or rejected, (K,) disallowed
by Kh and a number of others, (Msb,) [for] accord. to Kh
[and others] there are only four words of the measure
فِعْلَلٌ in the language, which are
دِرْهَمٌ and
هِجْرَعٌ and
هِبْلَعٌ and the proper name
قِلْعَمٌ, (S, O,) [The
frog; and app. also
the
water-toad;]
a certain reptile (
دَابَّة)
of the rivers, (K, TA,)
generated in the
river, (TA,)
the flesh of which, cooked with
oliveoil, is [
said to be]
an antidote to
the poison of venomous creatures, (K, TA,)
when
put upon the place of the sting, or
bite:
(TA:) and [
a certain reptile]
of the land,
(K, TA,) [app. the
landtoad,]
that lives,
or
grows, in caverns and caves, (TA,)
the fat
of which is [
said to be]
wonderful for the
extraction of teeth (K, TA)
without fatigue, and
of the skin of which, tanned, the skull-cap that renders
invisible (
طَاقِيَّةُ
الإِِخْفَآءِ [a vulgar term])
is made, as is said
by the performers of legerdemain; and the flesh of this
species is said to be poisonous: (TA;) the fem., (S,
O, Msb,) or the n. un., (K,) is with
ة: and the pl. is
ضَفَادِعُ (S, O, Msb, K) [and
ضَفَادٍ; in the Msb and K,
ضَفَادِى; in the O, correctly,
الضَّفَادِى is said to be a var. of
الضَّفَادِعُ, like
الثَّعَالِى and
الأَرَانِى of
الثَّعَالِبُ and
الأَرَانِبُ]. ― -b2-
نَقَّتْ
ضَفَادِعُ
بَطْنِهِ [lit.
The frogs of his belly croaked]
means (assumed tropical:)
he was, or
became,
hungry; (O, K;) like
نَقَّتْ
عَصَافِيرُ
بَطْنِهِ. (O.) ― -b3-
الضِّفْدِعُ
الأَوَّلُ is a name of (assumed tropical:)
The
bright star [
α ]
on the mouth of Piscis
Australis; (Kzw, Descr. of Aquarius;)
also called
فَمُ
الحُوتِ: (Idem, Descr. of Piscis Australis:) and
الضِّفْدِعُ
الثَّانِى is the name of (assumed tropical:)
The
star on the southern fork of the tail of Cetus.
(Idem.) ― -b4- And
الضِّفْدِعُ, (O, K,) thus only, (TA,) (assumed
tropical:)
A certain bone [or
horny substance,
which we, in like manner, call “
the frog, ”]
in the interior of the horse's hoof, (O, K,)
in
the sole thereof. (O.) [See also
نَسْرٌ.]
مُضَفْدِعَاتٌ Waters
abounding with
ضَفَادِع [or
frogs]. (S, O.) Credit:
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