ذَبَّ عَنْهُ

, (T, S, M, &c.,) aorist ذَبُ3َ , (T, M, Msb,) verbal noun ذَبٌّ, (T, S, M, Msb,) He repelled from him: he defended him. (T, S, M, Msb, K.) You say, يَذُبُّ عَنْ حَرِيمِهِ He repels from, or defends, his wife, or wives, or the like. (T, Msb.) [See also R. Q. 1.]

And ذَبٌّ signifies also The act of driving away. (T, TA.) You say, ذَبَّ الذُّبَابَ, and ↓ ذبّبهُ, He drove away the fly, or flies. (M, TA.) And الوَحْشُ تَذُبُّ البَقَّ بِأَذْنَابِهَا [The wild animals drive away the gnats with their tails]. (A.)

And [hence,] أَتَاهُمْ خَاطِبٌ فَذَبُّوهُ (tropical:) One demanding a woman in marriage came to them, and they rejected him, or turned him back. (A, TA.)

-A2- ذُبَّ (assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) was, or became, possessed; or mad, or insane. (K, TA.)

-A3- ذَبَّ, (M, K,) aorist ذَبُ3َ , [irreg., (the verb being intrans.,) unless the first pers. be ذَبُبْتُ, like لَبُبْتُ &c.,] verbal noun ذَبٌّ, (M,) He (a man, K) went hither and thither, not remaining in one place. (M, K. *)

-A4- ذَبَّ, [aorist ذَبِ3َ ,] It dried; dried up; or became dry. (T.) You say, ذَبَّتْ شَفَتُهُ, (S, M, K,) aorist ذَبِ3َ , verbal noun ذَبٌّ and ذَبَبٌ and ذُبُوبٌ, (M, K,) His lip became dry, (M, K,) or lost its moisture, (S,) by reason of thirst, (S, K,) or by reason of vehement thirst, (M,) &c.; (M, K;) as also ↓ ذَبَّبَتْ. (M, K.) And ذَبَّ لِسَانُهُ (S, M) in like manner [His tongue became dry &c.]. (M.) And ذَبَّ said of a plant, It withered, or lost its moisture. (S, K.) And said of a pool of water left by a torrent, It dried up in the end of the hot season. (IAar, M, K.) And ذَبَّ جِسْمُهُ His body became lean, or emaciated, (S, K, TA,) and lost its moisture. (TA.) And ذَبَّ, (T, K,) aorist ذَبِ3َ , verbal noun ذَبٌّ, (T,) His colour, or complexion, became altered, by reason of emaciation or hunger or travel &c. (T, K.)

See also 2.