ابض
1 أَبَضَهُ,
aor. ـِ (
S,
A,
K) and اَبُضَ (
L,)
inf. n. أَبْضٌ (
S) and أُبُوضٌ (
L,) He tied, or bound, the pastern of his (a camel's) fore leg to his (the camel's) عَضُد [or arm], so that his fore leg became raised from the ground; (
S,
A,
K;) as also ↓ تأبّضهُ: (
S,
K:) and
accord. to
IAar, أَبْضٌ signifies [simply] the act of tying, or binding. (
TA.)
A2: [Also,
inf. n. أَبْضٌ, He loosed him, or it: for]
أَبْضٌ also signifies the act of loosing;
syn. تَـ
ـخْلِيَةٌ; i. e.
contr. of شَدٌّ: (
IAar,
K:) thus bearing two
contr. significations. (
TA.)
A3: Also, (
K,)
inf. n. أَبْضٌ, (
TA,) He hit, or hurt, his vein called the إِبَاض. (
K,
TA.)
A4: أَبَضَ (
S,
L,
K,)
inf. n. أَبْضٌٰ; (
TA;) and أَبِضَ; (
S,
L,
K;) It (the vein called النَّسَا) became contracted, (
S,
L,
K,) and strengthened the hind legs; (
L;) as also ↓ تأبّض: (
S,
L:) and ↓ تَأَبُّضٌ in the hind legs signifies their being contracted (
A,
TA) and tense: (
TA:) تَأَبُّض of the hind legs of a horse, and تَشَنُّج [or contraction] of the vein above mentioned, are qualities approved; and the latter is known by means of the former. (
AO,
TA.)
A5: أَبْضٌ also signifies The being in a state of rest, or motionless. (
IAar,
K.)
A6: And The being in a state of motion: (I Aar,
K:) thus, again, having two
contr. significations. (
TA.) 5 تأبّض He (a camel) had his pastern of his fore leg tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg became raised from the ground. (
S,
K.) You say, تَقَبَّضَ كَأَنَّمَا تَأَبَّضَ [He contracted himself as though he had his leg thus bound]. (
A,
TA.)
b2: تأبّضت She (a woman) sat in the posture of the ↓ مُتَأَبِّض [
app. meaning having her shanks pressed back against her thighs]. (
TA.)
b3: See also أَبَضَ, in two places.
A2: تأبضهُ: see أَبَضَهُ.
أَبْضٌ, or أُبُضٌ, or إِبِضٌ, or أُبَّضٌ: see مَأْبِضٌ.
A2: Also, the first,
i. q. دَهْرٌ [Time; or a long period of time; or a period of time whether long or short; &c.]:
pl. آبَاضٌ. (
S,
K.) إِبَاضٌ The cord, or rope, with which the pastern of a camel's fore leg is tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg is raised from the ground: (
As,
S,
A,
K:)
pl. أُبُضٌ. (
K.) The
dim. is ↓ أُبَيِّضٌ. (
S.)
b2: A certain vein (عِرْق) in the hind leg (
AO,
K) of a horse. (
AO.) أَبُوضٌ, (
K,) or أَبُوضُ النَّسَا, (
ISh,) A very swift horse: (
ISh,
K:) as though he bound up his hind legs by the quickness with which he raised them when he put them down. (
ISh.) أُبَيِّضٌ: see إِبَاضٌ.
مَأْبِضٌ The inner side of the knee (
S,
A,
K) of any thing: (
S:) or the inner sides of the two knees are called مَأْبِضَا السَّاقَيْنِ: (
T,
TA:) or any part upon which a man bends, or folds, his thigh: or what is beneath each thigh, in the prominent places of the lower parts thereof: or the inner side of each thigh, as far as the belly: and also the wrist; the joint of the hand in the fore arm: (
TA:) and in the camel, (
K,) [i. e.] in each of the fore legs of the camel, (
T,
TA,) the inner side of the elbow: (
T,
K,
TA:) as also ↓أٌبْضٌ; (
IDrd,
K;) or, as in [some of] the copies of the
S in art. بيض, ↓ أُبُضٌ; [in one copy of the
S ↓ أُبَّضٌ; and in another, imperfectly written;] but some write it ↓ إِبِضٌ: and one says, أَخَذَ بِإِبِضِهِ, meaning He put his hands, or arms, beneath his knees, from behind, and then carried him. (
TA.) The
pl. of مَأْبِضٌ is مَآبِضُ. (
S.) مَأْبُوضٌ A camel having the pastern of his fore leg tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg is raised from the ground; (
A, *
TA;) as also ↓ مُتَأَبِّضٌ: (
S:) or the latter, having his fore shank bound to his arm with the إِبَاض (
K.)
A2: Hit, or hurt, in the vein called the إِبَاض. (
TA.) مُؤْتَبِضُ النَّسَا The crow: because it hops as though it were مَأْبُوض (
K.) مُتَأَبِّضٌ: see مَأْبُوضٌ: and see 5.
A2: Also Having the vein called إِبَاض in a tense state. (
TA.)
