قطب
1 قَطَبَ, (
K,
TA,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. قَطْبٌ, (
TA,) He collected a thing, brought it, gathered it, or drew it, together: (
K,
TA:) this is the primary signification. (
O.)
b2: [Hence] one says, قَطَبَ الحِمَارُ عَانَتَهُ i. e. (
tropical:) [The wild ass] collected [his herd of wild she-asses]. (A: there distinguished as
tropical.)
b3: And قَطَبَ القَوْمُ, [أَنْفُسَهُمْ being
app. understood,] and ↓ اقطب, (assumed
tropical:) The people, or party, assembled themselves together, or congregated, (
O,
K,
TA,) and were guests, and mixed together. (
TA.)
b4: And قَطَبَ, (
A,
K,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. قَطْبٌ and قُطُوبٌ; (
K,
TA;) and ↓ قطّب, (
K,)
inf. n. تَقْطِيبٌ; (
TA;) He contracted the part between his eyes; (
A,
K;) and grinned, or displayed his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, and looking sternly, austerely, or morosely; (
K,
TA;) by reason of drink, &c.: (
TA:) or قَطَبَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ, (
S,
O,
Msb,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. قَطْبٌ, (
Msb,) he contracted the part between his eyes: (
S,
O,
Msb:) and وَجْهَهُ ↓ قطّب,
inf. n. تَقْطِيبٌ, he contracted his face; (
S, O;) or did so much. (So
accord. to a copy of the
S.)
b5: And قَطَبَ الشَّرَابَ, (
S,
A,
O,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. قَطْبٌ, (
Msb,) He mixed the wine, or beverage; (
S,
A,
O,
Msb,
K;) as also ↓ اقطبهُ; (
S,
O,
K;) and ↓ قطّبهُ, (
O,
K,
TA,)
inf. n. تَقْطِيبٌ. (
TA.)
b6: And قَطَبَ الإِنَآءَ He filled the vessel. (
K.)
b7: قَطَبَ الجُوَالِقَ, (
K,
TA,)
inf. n. قَطْبٌ, (
S,
O,) He inserted one of the two loops of the [sack called]
جوالق into the other, (
S,
O,
K,
TA,) on the occasion of making up a load, (
TA,) then bent it (
S,
O,
K *) again, (
S,
O,) [this time,
app., back and down,] and put them together [in order, it seems, to insert a stick, so that the middle of one loop should be above the stick and the middle of the other should be beneath it]: (
K,
TA:) when he does not bend the loop, [
app. meaning through the other and then a second time as described above,] the action is termed سَلْقٌ. (
S,
O, [See سَلَقَ الجُوَالِقَ, in art. سلق.])
A2: قَطَبَهُ signifies also He angered him; (
O,
K;)
aor. as above [and so,
app., the
inf. n.]. (
O.)
A3: And also, (
K,
TA,)
aor. ـِ (
TA,)
inf. n. قَطْبٌ, (
S,
O,) He cut it, or cut it off: (
S,
O,
K:) but in this instance the ط is substituted for ض. (
O.) 2 قَطَّبَ see above, in three places.
4 أَقْطَبَ see the first paragraph, in two places.
قَطْبٌ: see the next paragraph, in two places.
قُطْبٌ (
S,
A,
O,
Msb,
K) and ↓ قَطْبٌ and ↓ قِطْبٌ (
S,
A,
O,
K, but some reject the second and third of these,
TA) and ↓ قُطُبٌ (
A,
K) and ↓ قُطْبَةٌ, (so in some copies of the
K,) or ↓ قَطْبَةٌ, (so in other copies of the
K, and thus
accord. to the
TA, as on the authority of
Th,) The axis, or pivot, (
T,
A,
Msb,
K,) of iron, (
A,
K,) of a mill; (
T,
S,
A,
O,
Msb,
K;) the iron thing that is fixed in the middle of the nether stone of a mill; (
IAth,
TA;) the iron in the nether stone, around which revolves the upper stone, of a mill: (
Ham p. 54:)
pl. أَقْطَابٌ (
A,
IAth,
O,
TA) and قُطُوبٌ (
IAth,
TA) and قِطَبَةٌ. (
O.)
b2: Hence, (
TA,) القُطْبُ, (
S,
O,
Msb,
K,) and
accord. to some ↓ القَطْبُ and ↓ القِطْبُ, (
MF,) (
tropical:) [The pole-star: or the pole of the celestial sphere:] a certain star, (
K,) a small star, (
ISd,
TA,) according to which the kibleh is constructed: (
ISd,
K,
TA:) a star between the جَدْى and the فَرْقَدَانِ, around which the celestial sphere, or firmament, revolves, (
S,
O,
TA,) small and white, and never moving from its place: [but it seems that nebula should be here substituted for star:] Aboo-'Adnán says that the قظب is a small star always in the midst of the four [stars] of بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ, [which is evidently a mistake,] never quitting its place, around which revolve the جدى and the فرقدان: but
accord. to Ibn-Es-Saláh El-Mohaddith, it is not a star, but a بُقْعَة [meaning a spot, or a nebula,] in the sky, near the جدى, which latter is the [pole-] star whereby the kibleh is known in the northern countries. (
TA.)
b3: And [hence likewise,] القُطْبُ signifies also (
tropical:) The cause, or means, of the subsistence of a thing: and (
tropical:) the thing, or point, [or person,] upon which [or upon whom] a thing [such as an affair, and a question,] turns:
pl. [as above, i. e.] أَقْطَابٌ and قُطُوبٌ and قِطَبَةٌ. (
K,
TA.)
b4: And (
tropical:) The chief, or lord, of a people or tribe; (
S,
A,
O,
K;) قُطْبُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ meaning (
tropical:) the chief, or lord, of the sons of such a one, upon whom their state of affairs turns [i. e. depends, and by whose government their affairs are regulated]. (
S,
O,
TA.) And قُطْبُ رَحَى الحَرْبِ [
lit. The axis, or pivot, of the mill of war, or of the mill of the war,] means (
tropical:) the commander of the army. (
S,
O,
TA.)
b5: [In the conventional language of the mystics, it is applied to (assumed
tropical:) The hierarch of the saints of his generation, who is also called الغَوْثُ, and is supposed to be pre-eminently endued with sanctity, and with thaumaturgic faculties, and to be known as the قُطْب to none but his agents unless he make himself known: at his death, his place is believed to be filled by another.]
A2: [قُطْبٌ also signifies A species of plant:]
accord. to
AHn, the قُطْب [is a species of plant that] extends upon the ground like ropes, and has a yellow, thorny, or prickly, blossom; when fit to be reaped, and dry, it hurts men to tread upon it; and is round like a pebble:
n. un. ↓ قُطْبَةٌ: (
O:) [it is said in the
K that ↓ القُطْبَةُ is said to signify a certain plant: and the
pl. is قُطْبٌ or قُطَبٌ: (thus
accord. to different copies: in my
MS. copy, the former; and in the
CK, the latter, and there said to be like صُرَدٌ: if the former be right, it is a
coll. gen. n.:)] or قُطْبٌ and ↓ قُطْبَةٌ signify two species of plants: and the latter is said to be a certain herb, having a fruit, or produce, and berries (حَبّ) like those of the هَرَاس [a tree that bears a kind of drupe]:
Lh says that it [
app. the قُطْب, the pronoun being
masc.,] is a species of thorn, from which diverge three thorns, resembling a حَسَك [here meaning caltrop: the leaves of its stem resemble those of the [species of trefoil called] نَفَل and ذُرق, and قطب is the name of the fruit: and أَرْضٌ قطبة [i. e.,
accord. to general
analogy, ↓ قَطِبَةٌ, like قَصِبَةٌ &c.,] signifies Land in which this kind of plant grows. (
TA.)
A3: See also قُطْبَةٌ.
قِطْبٌ: see قُطْبٌ, first and second sentences.
قَطَبٌ, [
app. an
inf. n. of which the verb is not mentioned, (in the
CK قَطْب, but, as is said in the
TA, it is مُحَرَّكَة,)] which is forbidden, is One's taking a thing [by measure or weight], and then taking the rest of the commodity by comparing it with the former portion, without measure or weight. (
Kr,
K, *
TA.) قَطِبٌ: see قَطُوبٌ:
A2: and أَرْضٌ قَطِبَةٌ: see قُطْبٌ, last sentence but one.
قُطُبٌ: see قُطْبٌ, first sentence.
قَطْبَةٌ: see قُطْبٌ, first sentence.
قُطْبَةٌ: see قُطْبٌ, first sentence:
A2: and again, in the last quarter of the paragraph, in three places.
A3: Also An arrow-head (
S,
O,
K) of small size (O) with which one shoots at a butt: (
S,
O,
K:)
accord. to
ISd, a small, short, foursided head at the end of an arrow with which one shoots, to the utmost possible distance, at the butts:
accord. to
Th, the end of an arrow with which one shoots at the butt:
accord. to
AHn, it is of what are called المَرَامِى [
pl. of مِرْمَاةٌ,
q. v.]: (
TA:) or an arrow with which one contends for superiority in shooting: (
A:) [but]
accord. to En-Nadr, it is not accounted an arrow: and ↓ قُطْبٌ signifies an arrow-head; occurring in a
trad. in this sense. (
TA.) قُطْبَانٌ A certain plant. (
K.) قِطِبَّى A certain plant, of which is made rope of twisted strands, or well-twisted rope, (
K,
TA,) resembling that of the cocoa-nut, the price of which mounts to a hundred deenárs of ready money, (
TA,) and which is better than that made of the fibres of the cocoa-nut. (
K,
TA.) قِطَابٌ An admixture (
Lth,
S, *
O,
K,
TA) in what is drunk and what is not drunk. (
Lth,
TA.)
b2: And قِطَابُ الجَيْبِ, (
S,
A,
O,
K, *) from القَطْبُ meaning “ the act of cutting,” (
S,
TA,) or from the same as meaning “ the act of bringing, or drawing, together ” two things, (
TA,) The opening that is cut out at the neck and bosom of a shirt or the like, for the head to enter into it: (
O:) or (
tropical:) the part where the two sides of that opening unite: (
A, *
K, *
TA:) or, as
AAF says, the lower, or lowest, part of that opening. (
TA.) قَطُوبٌ (
S,
O,
K) and ↓ قَاطِبٌ (
K) [and ↓ قَطِبٌ (occurring in the
A in art. دعب, as opposed to دَعِبٌ and لَعِبٌ, to which it seems to be therefore assimilated in form,)] Who contracts the part between his eyes; (
S,
O,
K;) and grins, or displays his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, and looking sternly, austerely, or morosely; (
K;) [or rather the first signifies one who does so much;] applied to a man. (
S.)
b2: Hence, (
TA,) القَطُوبُ and ↓ القَاطِبُ signify The lion. (
O,
K,
TA.) قَطِيبٌ Mixed wine or beverage [&c.]; as also ↓ مَقْطُوبٌ. (
K.) قُطَابَةٌ A piece of flesh: (
Kr,
K:) from قَطَبَ signifying “ he cut ” a thing. (
TA.) قَطِيبَةٌ Anything mixed. (
TA.) And [particularly] (
TA) Camels' milk and sheeps' or goats' milk mixed together: (
IAar,
S,
O,
K:) or goats' milk and sheeps' milk mixed together; (
K;) which is also called نَخِيسَةٌ: (
TA:) or fresh milk, or milk such as is termed حَقِين [
q. v.], mixed with إِهَالَة [or melted fat, &c.]: and
i. q. رَثِيئَةٌ [
q. v.]. (
TA.)
b2: See also قَاطِبَة.
قَاطِبٌ: see قَطُوبٌ, in two places.
جَاؤُوا قَاطِبَةً (
tropical:) They came all together: (
S,
A, *
O,
Msb,
K:) قاطبة being a noun denoting generality, (
Sb,
S,
O,) not used but as a word descriptive of state, in the
accus. case: (
Sb,
S,
O,
K:) its use otherwise is a vulgar corruption, though allowed by El-Khafájee: (
MF:) or it may be regarded in a phrase such as that above as being in the
accus. case as an
inf. n.: (
IAth,
TA:) it is
expl. in the
T as meaning all together; mixed, one with another. (
TA.) And ↓ جَاؤُوا بِقَطِيبَتِهِم means (assumed
tropical:) They came with their [whole] company. (
K.) المُقَطَّبُ and المُقَطِّبُ and المَقْطِبُ The part between the eyebrows. (
TA.) مَقْطُوٰٰبٌ: see قَطِيبٌ.
b2: قِرْبَةٌ مَقْطُوبَةٌ A water-skin filled. (
Lh,
O,
TA.) وَجْهٌ مُتَقَطِّبٌ [A contracted face]. (
K in art. بسر.)
