تشّبث
Root: شبث
Form: 5
Full Definition
تشّبثV
He, or it, clung, caught, clave, or adhered, to it, namely, a thing; as also
شَبِثَ , Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun شَبَثٌ: or, accord. to Esh-Shiháb, in the Expos. of the Shifè, to a thing in which was weakness: or, accord. to the 'Ináyeh, he, or it, clung, &c., to it with weakness; and therefore
is used as an epithet applied to a spider; and تَمَسُّكَ signifies a stronger action; and تشبّث
به is also expl. as meaning he, or it, took fast, or firm, hold upon it: and he stuck, or fixed, or struck, the claw, or talons, or nails, into it: and الشَّىْءَ
he laid hold upon the thing, and took it: IAar was asked respecting some verses, and he said, مَا
أَدْرِى مِنْ أَيْنَ شَبِثْتُهَا
I know not whence I laid hold upon them [and took them].
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