اضبّ

Root: ضب

Form: 4

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اضبّIV He kept, or clave, to a thing, and did not quit it: and اضبّ فُلَانًا He kept, or clave, to such a one, and did not quit him: and اضبّ عَلَيْهِ He retained him, detained him, or held him in custody: and اضبّ مَا فِى يَدَيْهِ He grasped, or kept hold of, that which was in his hands; like أَضْبَأَ and أَضْبَى. (TA in art. ضبأ.) And the first of these phrases, Verbal.Noun إِضْبَابٌ; as also ضَبَّ , [Present.T ضَبِبَ ] Verbal.Noun ضَبٌّ; and , Verbal.Noun تَضْبِيبٌ; signifies اِحْتَوَى عَلَيْهِ [i. e. He grasped it; got, or gained, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession: or it comprised, comprehended, or contained, it]: and عَلَى شَىْءٍ, Verbal.Noun ضَبٌّ, He took, seized, or grasped, a thing with the hand: and عَلَى شَىْءٍ, Verbal.Noun تَضْبِيبٌ, He took, seized, or grasped, a thing violently, or firmly, lest it should escape from his hand.
2 [It is said that] اضبّ عَلَيْهِ also signifies He was at the point of getting possession of it, namely, a thing that he sought, or desired. [But it seems from a passage in the TA, in which is an evident mistranscription, that this is a mistake, originated by Lth, for أَضْبَى.]

def.2 اضبّ السِّقَآءُ The skin shed, or poured forth, its water, from a seam, or suture, (خُرْزَة,) therein, or from a cut. [And اضبّ app. signifies He had a bleeding of the gums: for] ما زال مضبًّا [app. ] occurs in a trad. said of one whose gums bled [incessantly] when he spoke.
2 اضبّ فِى الغَارَةِ He arose, and made a hostile incursion: or اضبّ, alone, he made a hostile incursion. And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, rose, or rose and hastened and went forth, all together, to do a thing.
3 اضبّوا لِفُلَانٍ They dispersed themselves to seek such a one: and اضبّ القَوْمُ فِى بَغِيَّتِهِمْ The people, or party, dispersed themselves in search of their stray beast. And اضبّ النَّعَمُ The camels, or cattle, approached, or came, in a scattered state.
4 اضبّوا عَلَيْهِ They multiplied against him.
5 اضبّت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in its plants, or herbage. Accord. to Ibn-Buzurj, one says, اضبّت الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ, meaning The land put forth all its plants, or herbage. And اضبّ الشَّعَرُ The hair became abundant, or much.

def.3 أَضْبَبْتُهُ I made it to flow; namely, water, and blood. And اضبّ لِثَتَهُ He made his gum to flow [with blood].
2 And اضبّ He spoke; as though meaning he made speech to issue: or he spoke uninterruptedly: or he talked loudly; as also ضَبَّ [Present.T ضَبِبَ ]: (AA, TA in art. هضب: [but it will be seen in what follows that both of these verbs have also a contr. meaning:]) and he called out, or cried out, and raised a clamour, or confused noise. And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, spoke, one to another: or spoke; and entered, or launched forth, into discourse, or were profuse therein: or spoke all together. And اضبّ مَا فِى نَفْسِهِ He uttered, or expressed, what was in his mind. (As, TA. [See also the same phrase with عَلَى after the verb in what follows.])
3 Also, Verbal.Noun إِضْبَابٌ; and ضَبَّ , [Present.T ضَبِبَ ] Verbal.Noun ضَبٌّ; He was silent. And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people or party, were silent, and abstained from talking. And اضبّ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, and ضَبَّ ; and اضبّ بِهِ; He was silent respecting the thing [and concealed it]: like أَضْبَأَ. And اضبّ عَلَى مَا فِى نَفْسِهِ He was silent respecting that which was in his mind: like أَضْبَأَ. And اضبّ عَلَى غِلٍّ فِى قَلْبِهِ He concealed rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, in his heart. And اضبّ الشَّىْءَ He hid, or concealed, the thing.
4 اضبّ الغَيْمُ The clouds covered [the earth].
5 And اضبّ said of a day, and اضبّت said of the sky, It became cloudy, or misty, with ضَبَاب [q. v.].

def.4 اضبّ البَلَدُ and اضبّت الأَرْضُ: see 1, latter half.

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