ضبو or ضبى 1 ضَبَتْهُ النَّارُ, (S, M, K,) and الشَّمْسُ, (M,) aor. ـُ [or 1َ2ِ3َ,] inf. n. ضَبْوٌ, (S, K,) or ضَبْىٌ, (M,) or both, (IKtt, TA,) The fire, (S, M, K,) and the sun, (M,) altered [in colour], and roasted, broiled, or fried, him, or it: (S, K:) or burned, or scorched, him, or it. (M.)
A2: ضَبَا إِلَيْهِ He had recourse, or betook himself, to him, or it, for refuge, protection, or covert: (K:) a dial. var. of ضَبَأَ. (TA.)
4 اضبى i. q. أَمْسَكَ: (M, K:) so in the phrase, اضبى الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مَا فِى يَدَيْهِ [The man grasped, or kept hold of, that which was in his hands]: a dial. var. of أَضْبَأَ: (Lh, M:) like أَضَبَّ. (TA in art. ضبأ.)
b2: And اضبى عَليْهِ He was, or became, at the point of gaining possession of it; (Ks, T, S, K;) namely, a thing. (Ks, S.)
b3: And He concealed it, and was silent respecting it. (IKtt, TA. [App. a dial. var. of أَضْبَأَ.])
A2: And i. q. رَفَعَ
[He raised; &c.]: so in the K: but in the Tekmileh وَقَعَ [he, or it, fell; &c.]. (TA.)
A3: And i. q. أَضْوَى [but in what sense is not shown]. (K.)
A4: اضبى بِهِمُ السَّفَرُ The journey failed of fulfilling its promise to them in respect of what they hoped to obtain in it, of gain, and profit, or advantage. (El-Hejeree, M, K. *)
ضَابٍ Ashes. (S, K.)
مَضْبَاةٌ, (M, and thus in a copy of the S,) or مِضْبَاةٌ, (thus in a copy of the S, [and Freytag states it to be thus accord. to IDrd, but accord. to the S to be ضَبَاوَة, which is evidently a mistake,]) or مُضْبَاةٌ, with damm, (K, and said in the TA to be thus written in copies of the S,) A cake of bread baked in hot ashes: (S, M, K:) thus called by some of the people of El-Yemen: but [ISd says, respecting مَضْبَاةٌ as thus expl.,] I know not how this is unless the thing be named by the name of the place. (M.)
مَضَابٍ [a pl. of which the sing. is most probably مِضْبًى] Frying-pans: like مَضَابِحُ. (AHn, TA in art. ضبح.)
