tan, dye

, (S, K,) or الجِلْدَ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. and (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and دَبْغٌ, (Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَبْغٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and دِبَاغٌ (S, Mgh, K) and دِبَاغَةٌ, (S, K,) or the last is a subst. sometimes used as an inf. n., (Msb,) He tanned the hide, or skin; i. e., prepared it, or made it fit for use, and softened it, or made it pliable, with قَرَظ [q. v.] and the like. (TA.) It is said in a trad., دِبَاغُهَا طَهُورُهَا [The tanning thereof is the means of purification thereof]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- See also دَبُوغٌ.

It (a hide, or skin,) was, or became, tanned; i. e., prepared, &c., with قَرَظ and the like; (TA;) quasi-pass. of 1. (S, Msb, K, TA.) جِلْدُ الخِنْزِيرِ لَا يَنْدَبِغُ [The skin of the pig will not become tanned] is a prov., said of him whom good advice will not profit. (TA.)

: see دِبَاغٌ.

[in one of my copies of the S written دَبْغ] A single act of tanning. (S, * TA.)

: see what next follows.

Tan; [tanning-liquor, or ooze;] that with which one tans, (S, * Mgh, * Msb, * K, * TA,) i. e., prepares, or makes fit for use, and softens, or makes pliable, a hide, or skin, consisting of قَرَظ [q. v.] and the like; (TA;) as also ↓ دِبْغٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ دِبْغَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ دِبَاغَةٌ. (AHn, TA.) One says, الجِلْدُ فِى الدِّبَاغِ [The skin is in the tan, or tanning-liquor]. (S.) And نَقَعَهُ فِى الدِّبَاغِ [He soaked it in the tanning-liquor]. (K in art. منأ.) ― -b2- [Hence,] دِبَاغٌ لِلْمَعِدَةِ [app. A stomachic]. (Lth and M and Msb voce طُرْثُوثٌ, q. v.) -A2- Also an inf. n. of 1. (S, Mgh, K.)

(tropical:) Rain that puts the earth into a good state, and softens it, (الأَرْضَ ↓ يَدْبُغُ,) by its water. (IDrd, K, TA.)

, applied to a hide, i. q. ↓ مَدْبُوغٌ [i. e. Tanned]. (K.)

The craft of the دَبَّاغ [or tanner]. (Msb, K, TA.) ― -b2- Also an inf. n. of 1, (S, K,) or a subst. sometimes used as an inf. n. of 1. (Msb.) -A2- See also دِبَاغٌ.

A tanner. (Msb, * K, * TA.)

Anguria, or water-melon; in Pers. هِنْدُوَانَهْ (KL.)

and مَدْبُغَةٌ A place where hides, or skins, are tanned. (T, * Msb, * K, * TA.) [Hence,] one says, هٰذَا البَلَدُ مَدْبَغَةُ الرِّجَالِ (tropical:) [This country is the place where men are tanned by the sun]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, the former, Skins put into the دِبَاغ [or tanning-liquor]: (Sgh, K:) or of which the tanning has been commenced: (Az, TA:) as though made a pl., (Sgh, TA,) like مَشْيَخَةٌ as syn. with مَشَايأِخُ. (Sgh, K.)