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, aor. يَضِحُ, inf. n. وُضُوحٌ (S, Msb, L, K) and ضِحَةٌ and ضَحَةٌ, (L, K,) the last with fet-hah because the guttural letter; (TA;) and ↓ اتّضح, (S, Msb, K,) and ↓ اوضح, and ↓ توضّح; (L, K;) It (an affair, أَمْرٌ, S, K, and a thing, شَىْءٌ, L,) appeared; became apparent, or plainly apparent, overt, conspicuous, manifest, notorious, plain, obvious, or evident; (S, L, K;) became clear, unobscured, exposed to view, displayed, laid open, disclosed, or uncovered. (Msb.) ― -b2- (tropical:) It (language) was perspicuous. (The Lexicons, passim.) ― -b3- مَلْكُ الطَّرِّيقِ ↓ توضّح The middle of the road became plainly apparent, obvious, or conspicuous. (S.) ― -b4- مَنْ أَيْنَ وَضَحَ الرَّاكِبُ, as AZ says, or, as others say, ↓ من اين اوضح, Whence did the rider make his appearance? (L.) Or وَضَحَ الرَّاكِبُ signifies the rider came forth: (ISd:) and ↓ من اين أَوْضَحتَ whence hast thou come forth? (IAar, S,) and [in like manner one says] من اين بَدَا وَضَحُكَ. (S.) -A2- وَضَحَتِ الإِبِلُ بِاللَّبَنِ (tropical:) i. q. أَلْمَعَت. (K.) -A3- وَضِحَ, aor. , inf. n. وَضَحٌ, [a verb of which the inf. n. is explained in the Msb by the word درن: if this be not a mistake of a copyist, it app. signifies He, or it, was dirty; or was dirtied, soiled, or besmeared].

see 4.

, (S, Msb, K,) and اوضح عَنْهُ, (L,) inf. n. إِيضَاحٌ: (TA,) and ↓ وضّحهُ, (K,) inf. تَوْضِيحٌ; (TA;) He rendered it apparent or plainly apparent, overt, conspicuous, manifest, notorious, plain, obvious, or evident; (S, L, K;) rendered it clear, or unobscured; exposed it to view; displayed it; laid it open; disclosed or uncovered it. (Msb.) ― -b2- He rendered language perspicuous. (The lexicons, passim.) ― -b3- اوضحت الشَّجَّةُ فِى الرَّأْسِ The wound upon the head laid bare the bone. (Msb,) [See مُوضِحَةٌ.] ― -b4- اوضح لَهُ الأَمْرَ, (S, K,) and الكَلَامَ, (S,) He made the affair, (S, K,) and the language, (S,) plain, or clear, to him. (S, K.) ― -b5- See 1. ― -b6- اوضح قَوْمًا He saw a people. (L.) ― -b7- اوضح He (a man) had white children born to him: (S, L:) and in like manner one says [اوضحت] of a woman. (L.)

See 1. ― -b2- توضّح [app., He (a sheep or goat) had a whiteness predominant over other colours, overspreading generally his whole body: or in his breast and back and face]. (L.)

see 1.

He put his hand over his eyes (in the sun, L) to try if he could see a thing, (S, L, K,) guarding his eyes with his hand from the rays of the sun: as also اِسْتَكَفَّهُ, and اِسْتَشْرَفَهُ. (L.) One says اِسْتَوْضِحْ عَنْهُ يَا فُلَانُ [Try if thou canst see him, or it, by putting thy hand over thine eyes, O such a one]. (S.) ― -b2- استوضح السَّبِيلَ He sought or endeavoured to see plainly or clearly the way: syn. اِستَبَانَهُ (Beyd, vi. 55.) ― -b3- استوضح الشَّمْسَ He blinked at the sun; syn. تَحَاوَصَ إِلَيْهَا. (A.) ― -b4- استوضحهُ الأَمْرَ, (S, K,) and الكَلَامَ, (S,) He asked him to make the affair, (S, K,) and the language, (S,) plain, or clear, to him. (S, K.) ― -b5- استوضح عَنِ الأَمْرِ He inquired respecting the thing or affair; sought for information respecting it; inquired into it; investigated it. (L.)

Light, and whiteness, (S,) of anything: (TA:) the whiteness of daybreak, or dawn: and of the moon; (K;) and its light. (TA.) ― -b2- صُومُوا مِنَ الوَضَحِ إِلَى الوَضَحِ Fast ye from new moon to new moon. (IAth, from a trad.) ― -b3- وَضَحٌ (tropical:) Leprosy; syn. بَرَصٌ. (S, K.) It is sometimes used in this sense, metonymically. (S.) ― -b4- وَضَحٌ A mark in a horse differing in colour from the generality of his coat. You say بِالفَرَسِ وَضَحٌ In the horse is such a mark. (S.) ― -b5- وَضَحٌ A blaze, or white mark on a horse's forehead or face. (K.) ― -b6- What is termed تَحْجِيلٌ in the legs of a horse. (L, K.) And also applied to other varieties of colour. (L.) ― -b7- فرَسٌ ذُو أَوْضَاحٍ A horse having a blaze and what is termed تحجيل. (A.) ― -b8- وَضَحٌ Whiteness of the hair, or hoariness; or white, or hoary, hair. (K.) ― -b9- (tropical:) Milk: (L, K:) thought by ISd to be so called because of its whiteness: or milk that has not been mixed with water: (L:) or that is just drawn. (TA, art. زهر.) Aboo-Dhueyb says, " عَقَّوْا بِسَهْمٍ فَلَمْ يَشْعُرْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَفَوأُوا وَقَالُواحَبَّذَا الوَضَحُ " [They shot an arrow towards the sky, and no one knew of it: then they returned, and said, An excellent thing is milk]: meaning, we would rather have milk than the blood of him who has killed our companion: they preferred that camels should be given them in compensation. (L.) [See also 2, in art. عقى.] ― -b10- وَضَحٌ A sound, whole or perfect, [silver coin, of the kind called] دِرْهَم. (S, K.) دِرْهَمٌ وَضَحٌ A clean, white dirhem: pl. أَوْضَاحٌ. (TA.) ― -b11- وَضَحٌ The middle, or main part and middle, of a road; the part of a road along which one travels. (S, K.) ― -b12- وَضَحٌ A woman's ornament (حَلْىٌ) of silver: (A 'Obeyd, K:) or, of stones; (El-Meshárik;) i. e. of silverstones: (Towsheeh:) so called because of its whiteness: (TA:) pl. أَوْضَاحٌ: (K:) or أَوْضَاحٌ signifies a kind of woman's ornament (حَلْىٌ) made of whole [silver coins such as are called] دَرَاهِم: (S:) and (according to some, TA,) وَضَحٌ signifies an anklet; syn. خَلْخَالٌ (K) ― -b13- وَضَحٌ (K) or وَضَحٌ الطَّرِيفَةِ, (L, but the latter word is there written; طريقة,) Small portions, or parts, of herbage; (L, K;) what he has become white thereof: (AHn:) pl. أَوْضَاحٌ: (L:) or أَوْضَاحٌ مِنْ كَلَإٍ signifies somewhat of herbage that has become white: (As:) Az says, I have mostly heard the term وَضَحٌ, with respect to herbage, applied to the نَصِىّ and صِلِّيَان صَيْفِىّ which is not a year old and has not become black: and on another occasion he says, that it is the remains of the حَلِىّ and صِلِّيَان only. (L.) ― -b14- وَضَحٌ Whiteness predominating over other colours in sheep or goats, overspreading generally the whole body: pl. أَوْضَاحٌ: (L:) or, in the breast and back and face: (T:) you say also ↓ لَهُ تَوْضيحٌ. (L.) ― -b15- مِنْ أَيْنَ بَدَا وَضَحُكَ: see 1. ― -b16- وَضَحُ القَدَمِ Whiteness of the hollow of the sole of the foot. (L.)

A she-ass. (K.)

, Camels, or camels and sheep; syn. نَعَمٌ: pl. وَضَايأِحُ. (L, K.)

: see وَاضِحٌ.

and ↓ وَضَّاحٌ [but the latter has an intensive signification] Apparent, or plainly apparent; overt; conspicuous; manifest; notorious; plain; obvious; or evident; (L, K;) clear, or unobscured; exposed to view; displayed; laid open; disclosed, or uncovered. (So accord. to the explanation of the verb in the Msb.) ― -b2- Perspicuous language. (The Lexicons passim.) ― -b3- Also the ↓ latter, A man of white, or fair, and beautiful, complexion: (S, L, K:) of beautiful and smiling countenance. (L.) ― -b4- See مُتَوَضِّحٌ. ― -b5- Also the ↓ latter, (tropical:) Leprous. Hence Jedheemeh El-Abrash was called الوَضَّاحُ. (S.) ― -b6- ↓ الوَضَّاحُ The day. (L, K.) The night is called الدَّهْمَانُ. (L.) ― -b7- ↓ بِكْرُ الوَضَّاحِ The prayer of morning, or daybreak. The prayer of nightfall is called ثِنْىُ دَهْمَانَ. (L, K [but in the CK and a MS. copy of the K, for دَهْمَانَ, we find دُهْمَانَ].) ― -b8- ↓ عَظْمُ وَضَّاحٍ, (L, K,) and عُظَيْمُ وَضَّاحٍ, (L,) A certain game (of the children of the Arabs of the desert, L,) in which children take a white bone and throw it in the darkness of night, and then disperse themselves in search of it: (L, K:) he who finds it wins. (L.) [See more in art. عظم.] ― -b9- ↓ هُوَ مِنْكَ أَدْنَى وَاضِحَةٍ He is plainly apparent to thee, as though he had become white. (Th.) ― -b10- رَجُلٌ وَاضحُ الحَسَبِ, and ↓ وَضَّاحُهُ, (tropical:) A man as though he were conspicuous, clean, or pure, and white, with respect to rank or quality, nobility, reputation, or the like. (L.) ― -b11- In like manner one says, ↓ لَهُ النَّسَبُ الوَضَّاحُ (tropical:) He is of conspicuous and pure race, or lineage. (TA.) ― -b12- وَاضِحٌ (assumed tropical:) An illustrious man. (EsSaadee.) ― -b13- [And so] مِن النَّاسِ وَأَوْبَاشٌ ↓ أَوْضَاحٌ [Illustrious people, and mixed people of the baser sort;] companies of people of various tribes. No sing. of اوضاح in this sense has been heard. (L.) ― -b14- الوُضَّخُ [pl. of وَاضِحٌ] The stars called الكَوَاكِبُ الخُنَّسُ [namely, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury,] when in conjunction with the bright stars of the Mansions of the Moon. (L.)

: see وَاضِحٌ. ― -b2- صِيَامُ الأَوَاضِحِ, originally وَوَاضِح, (Hr, K,) pl. of وَاضِحَةٌ, (TA,) or صِيَامُ الأَوْضَاحِ, (IAth,) The fasting during the days of the white nights: (K *, TA:) which was commanded by Mohammad: (K:) these are the 13th, 14th, and 15th, [of the lunar month]. (TA.) ― -b3- الوَاضِحَةٌ The teeth that appear when one laughs: (S, K:) an epithet in which the quality of subst. predominates: pl. ضَوَاحِكُ. (TA.) ― -b4- See مُوضِحَة.