حَقِيبَةٌ

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حَقِيبَةٌ A bag, or receptacle, in which a man puts his travelling-provisions; and any other thing that is conveyed behind a man [on his beast]: what the rider conveys behind him: what is borne, of goods or utensils or the like, upon the horse, behind the rider: anything that is bound at the hinder part of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل or of the [saddle called] قَتَب: what is put behind the رَحْل: they used to put the coats of mail behind their رِحَال, in the [receptacles called] عِيَاب, that they might put them on in case of war: a thing like a بَرْذَعَة, [a covering for a camel's back,] of two kinds; namely, that of the [cloth called] حِلْس, which is hollowed out, so as to admit the upper part of the camel's hump; and that of the [saddle called] قَتَب, which is behind: ISh says that it (the قَتَب) is placed upon the hinder part of the camel, beneath the two hinder curved pieces of wood of the قَتَب: a رِفَادَة [or kind of pad, or stuffed thing,] placed at the hinder part of the قَتَب: pl. حَقَائِبُ. You say, مَلَأَ حَقِيبَتَهُ [He filled his حقيبة]. And أَرْدَفَهُ خَلْفَهُ عَلَىالحَقِيبَةِ He made him to ride behind him on the حقيبة.
2 [Hence,] A thing [of an ideal kind] that one takes upon himself, or lays up for the future [to be rewarded or punished for it]. You say, اِحْتَمَلَ حَقِيبَةَ سُوْءٍ [He took upon himself a burden of evil: as though he bound it behind him: see 8]. And البِرُّ خَيْرُ حَقِيبَةٍ [Piety is the best thing that one can take upon himself, and lay up for the future to profit thereby].
3 [Hence also, accord. to the A, which I follow in marking this signification as tropical, but accord. to the Msb and to MF it is the primary signification,] The hinder parts, or posteriors, of a woman, and of a man: pl. as above. So in the phrase نُفُجُ الحَقِيبَةِ Large, or prominent, in the posteriors.

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