ضاحک ẓāḥik A (part. act. of ضحک Heb. and Ch. and To laugh) 1. Satyrist, mock- er, ridiculer. 2. Name of a poet.

ضماير ẓamāʼịr A s. plur. of ضمير ẓamīr, q. v.

ضيغم ẓaig̠ẖam A part. Biting. s. m. A lion.

ضر ẓarr A (Heb. Strait, adversity, hostility) s. m. Loss, damage, injury, distress.

ضرورت ẓarūrat A s. f. 1. Force, violence, com- pulsion, constraint. 2. Want, indigence, ne- cessity, exigence. ضرورتًا ẓarūrataṉ, or ضرورتا ẓarūratā, adv. Necessarily, of or by necessity.

ضلل ẓalal A s. m. An errour.

ضمن ẓimn A s. m. 1. The cover of a letter. 2. The contents, any thing comprehended, contained or inserted, subject, an idea, conception. 3. Suretiship, an obligation. 4. Aid, favour.

ضحا ẓuḥā A (from ضحو To be exposed to the sun. Heb. To be white or shining) s. m. Break- fast-time, that part of the day, about half-way between sunrise and meridian (i. e. the brightest part of the day). عيد الضحا īﻌdu-ẓ-ẓuḥā, s. f. Name of a festival celebrated on the 10th of ẕī-ḥijja, when an animal is sacrificed in com- memoration of Abrahamʼs sacrifice of his son Ismaʼīﻌl, according to the Musalmāns.

ضماد ẓamād A (prop. ẓimād) s. f. 1. A bandage or fillet for binding the head or a wound. 2. A plaster, an embrocation, cataplasm.

ضمير ẓamīr A s. f. 1. The mind, heart, thought, reflection, sense, conscience, conception, idea, comprehension. 2. A personal pronoun.