أَضْبَطُ
Root: ضبط
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أَضْبَطُ
[More, and most, strong, or firm, of hold]. It is said in a prov., أَضْبَطُ مِنْ ذَرَّةٍ [More strong, or firm, of hold than a little ant]: because it drags along a thing several times larger than itself, and sometimes both fall from a high place, and the ant does not let go the thing. And أَضْبَطُ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ بْنِ عَثْمٍ; so accord. to Hamzeh and Abu-n-Nedà; but accord. to ElMundhiree, عَابِسَة; [More strong, or firm, of hold than 'Áïsheh the son of 'Athm; or than 'Ábiseh;] because he laid hold of the tail of a young she-camel, and pulled her by it out of a well into which she had fallen. And أَضْبَطُ
مِنَ الأَعْمَى [More strong, or firm, of hold than the blind].
2 Ambidextrous; who works with each of his hands; i. q. أَعْسَرُ يَسَرٌ; who works with his left hand like as he works with his right; an explanation given by the Prophet; as also that next following; who works with both his hands: fem. ضَبْطَآءُ.
3 الأَضْبَطُ The lion; who makes use of his left paw like as he makes use of his right; but some say that he is so called because he seizes his prey vehemently, and it hardly, or never, escapes from him; as also . ضَبْطَآءُ is also applied as an epithet to a lioness; and to a she-camel.
2 Ambidextrous; who works with each of his hands; i. q. أَعْسَرُ يَسَرٌ; who works with his left hand like as he works with his right; an explanation given by the Prophet; as also that next following; who works with both his hands: fem. ضَبْطَآءُ.
3 الأَضْبَطُ The lion; who makes use of his left paw like as he makes use of his right; but some say that he is so called because he seizes his prey vehemently, and it hardly, or never, escapes from him; as also . ضَبْطَآءُ is also applied as an epithet to a lioness; and to a she-camel.
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