عَذَبٌ

, (S, O, K,) [a coll. gen. n.] of which, in all its senses, the n. un. is darr; عَذَبَةٌ, (K, TA,) Motes, or particles of rubbish or the like, (S, O, K, TA,) floating upon water. (TA.) [In this sense, it is said in the S and O that عَذَبَةٌ is its singular or n. un.] One says مَاءٌ ذُو عَذَبٍ Water abounding with such motes or particles. (S, O. See also عَذِبٌ.) And ↓ عَذِبَةٌ has the same meaning as the n. un. of عَذَبٌ in this sense: (K:) and signifies likewise, as also ↓ عَذَبَةٌ and ↓ عَذْبَةٌ, (L, K,) this last mentioned by IAar, (L,) [the green substance called] طُحْلُب (L, K, TA) and عَرْمَض and the like, (L, TA,) or طُحْلُب and dung (دِمْن), floating upon water. (TA.)

And What comes forth next after the fœtus from the womb. (O, K.)

-A2- Also A sort of trees, (AHn, O, K,) of the shrub-kind: (AHn, O:) the same that is called عَذْبٌ. (TA.)

-A3- And The pieces of rag that women hold when wailing for the dead; as also مَعَاذِبُ, (O, K,) plural of ↓ مَعْذَبَةٌ [or probably مِعْذَبَةٌ, like its synonym مِيءْلَاةٌ, originally مِيءْلَوَةٌ], or , according to AA, an anomalous plural of [the n. un. of عَذَبٌ, i. e.] عَذَبَةٌ: (O:) one of such pieces of rag is also called مِعْوَزٌ, as well as عَذَبَةٌ. (TA.)

And Straps, or thongs: (S, O:) or the extremities thereof; as also ↓ عَذَبَاتٌ. (TA.) So in the saying of Dhu-r-Rummeh, (S, O, TA,) describing dogs of the chase, (O,)

غُضْفٌ مُهَرَّتَةُ الأَشْدَاقِ ضَارِيَةٌ

مِثْلُ السَّرَاحِينِ فِى أَعْنَاقِهَا العَذَبُ

[Having pendulous ears, wide in the sides of the mouth, habituated to the chase, resembling wolves, with straps, or thongs, or the extremities thereof, upon their necks]. (S, O, TA.)

Also, (K,) or ↓ عَذَبَةٌ, in this and other senses following, (S, O, Msb, &c.,) [the former evidently wrong, the latter (as is said in the K) being its n. un. in all its senses,] The string with which a balance, or pair of scales, is raised. (S, O, Msb, K.)

And The end, or extremity, of a whip; (Mgh in article ثمر, and Msb;) its tail; also called its ثَمَرَة: (Mgh ubi suprà:) or its عِلَاقَة, (TA in the present article,) which means the [suspensory] thong in the handle thereof: (TA in article علق:) or [it may have both of these significations, for it is said that it is] one of the عَذَبَتَانِ of a whip. (S, O.)

The end, or extremity of anything. (A, K.)

The extremity of the tongue; (S, O, Msb;) its [tip or] narrow extremity: (TA:) plural ↓ عَذَبَاتٌ. (Msb.) One says, أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ ↓ الحَقُّ عَلَى عَذَبَاتِ [Truth is on the tips of their tongues]. (A, TA.)

The extremity of the penis of a camel: (ISd, K, TA:) or the extremity of a camel's penis thin in the fore particle (TA.)

The part that hangs down of the [thong called] شِرَاك [q. v.] of a sandal. (O, TA. [See also ذُوءَابَةٌ.])

A piece of skin which is hung behind the hinder part (مُوءْخِرَة, O, K, or مُوءَخَّرَة, CK) of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل, (O, K,) from its upper portion; (O;) also termed ذُوءَابَةٌ. (TA in article ذأب.)

And عَذَبٌ [according to the TA, but correctly ↓ عَذَبَةٌ, (see 8,)] The portion [i. e. end] of a turban, that is made to hang down between the shoulders. (TA.)

And the same, [correctly ↓ عَذَبَةٌ, as is shown by what follows,] A piece of rag [or strip of linen or the like, called in French cravate,] that is bound upon the head of a spear. (TA.) One says, خَفَقَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ العَذَبُ (A, TA) i. e. خِرَقُ الأَلْوِيَةِ [The cravates fluttered over his head]. (A.)

And ↓ عَذَبَةٌ signifies also A branch of a tree; (S, O, Msb;) and so ↓ عَذِبَةٌ. (TA.)