ضبث
1 ضَبَثَ بِهِ, (
S,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
K,)
inf. n. ضَبْثٌ, (
S,) He grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, him, or it, with his hand; as also ↓ اضطبث: (
S,
K:) or,
accord. to an explanation of the
inf. n. by Ibn-Es-Seed, he did so with the utmost vehemence, or strength: (
TA:) or he grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, and took, him, or it: (
Sh,
TA:) or ضَبَثَ عَلَيْهِ has the first of these meanings; (
A,
L;) as also ضَبَثَهُ: (
A:) and ضَبَثَ بِهِ signifies he seized him violently, or laid violent hands upon him. (
A,
TA.)
b2: Also, i. e. ضَبَثَ بِهِ,
aor. and
inf. n. as above, He applied his hand to it, namely, a thing that he was making, or doing, diligently, earnestly, or with painstaking. (
TA.)
b3: And ضَبَثَهُ He beat, struck, or smote, him, namely, a man. (
K.)
b4: And He felt, for the purpose of testing, him, or it, with his hand. (
TA.) One says, of a she-camel, تُضْبَثُ, meaning She is felt with the hand, when one doubts of her fatness. (
S,
A,
K.) 8 اضطبث بِهِ: see the preceding paragraph.
ضَبِثٌ: see شَبِثٌ:
b2: and see also ضُبَاثٌ.
ضَبْثَةٌ A grasp, or seizure. (
O,
TA.) [See also أَضْبَاثٌ.]
b2: And الضَّبْثَةُ, (
K,) or ضَبْثَةُ الأَسَدِ, (
A,
TA,) is the name of A certain brand, upon a camel, (
A,
K,
TA,) in the form of a ring with some lines before and behind: (
A,
TA:) it is on the side of the thigh. (
TA.) ضُبَثَةٌ: see شُبَثَةٌ.
ضُبَاثٌ The nails of the lion. (
K, *
TA.) [See also مَضَابِثُ.]
b2: And الضُّبَاثُ, (
O,
K,
TA, in the
CK الضَّباثُ, but it is) like غُرَاب, (
TA,) [is a name of] The lion; as also ↓ الضَّبُوثُ, and ↓ الضَّبِثُ, and ↓ المِضْبَثُ, and ↓ المُضْطَبِثُ. (
O,
K.) نَاقةٌ ضَبُوثٌ (
tropical:) A she-camel of which one doubts whether she be fat, and which one therefore feels with the hand: (
S,
A,
K:) and so نَاقَةٌ ضَغُوثٌ. (
S and
K in art. ضغث.)
b2: الضَّبُوثُ: see ضُبَاثٌ.
ضُبَاثِىٌّ Strong in the grasp; applied to a man; and in like manner to a lion. (
O.) And ضُبَاثِيَّةٌ, (
O,
K,
TA,) with damm, and with teshdeed to the ى, (
TA, [in the
CK without teshdeed,]) A fore arm (ذِرَاع) big, broad, and strong. (
O,
K.) ضَابِثٌ [
act. part. n. of ضَبَثَ]. One says, لَيْثٌ بِأَقْرَانِهِ ضَابِثٌ وَبِأَرْواحِهِمْ عَابِثٌ (
tropical:) [A man like a lion, seizing violently his adversaries, and making sport with their souls]. (
A,
TA.) أَضْبَاثٌ [as though
pl. of ضَبْثَةٌ,
q. v.,] Grasps;
syn. قَبَضَات. (
S,
K: but in copies of the
K قَبْضَات.) So in the following words of a
trad.: لَا يَدْعُونِى وَالخَطَايَا بَيْنَ أَضْبَاثِهِمْ [i. e. They shall not invoke Me when sins are in their grasps]; (
S, *
TA;) meaning, while they are still bearing the burden of their sins, not desisting therefrom: said by revelation to David: but it is also related otherwise, with ن [i. e. أَضْبَانِهِمْ]. (
TA.) مِضْبَثٌ: see مَضَابِثُ:
b2: and ضُبَاثٌ.
مَضْبُوثٌ A camel marked with the brand mentioned above,
voce ضَبْثَةٌ. (
A,
K.) مَضَابِثُ The nails, or claws, (
S,
A,
K,) of the lion: (
S, A:) a
pl. having no
sing., or its
sing. is مضبث [i. e. ↓ مِضْبَثٌ]. (
TA.) [See also ضُبَاثٌ.]
المُضْطَبِثُ: see ضُبَاثٌ.
