ضَابِطٌ

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ضَابِطٌ [Keeping, preserving, guarding, maintaining, or taking care of, a thing, with prudence, precaution, or good judgment, or effectually: and hence,] one who manages his affairs with prudence, precaution, or good judgment; or soundly, taking the sure course therein, and exercising caution, or care, that they may not become beyond his power of management: [keeping to anything inseparably, or constantly: ] taking, holding, or retaining, a thing strongly, vehemently, or firmly; applied to a man; as also ضَبَنْطًى : or the latter of these, which is like حَبَنْطًُى, the ن being augmentative, to render the word quasi-coordinate to سَفَرْجَلٌ; or both; applied to a man and to a camel; strong, or powerful: or [a man] great in might, or valour, and power, and body: and the former, a camel strong to work or labour: and in like manner, applied to a man, ضَابِطُ الأُمُورِ the strong [and resolute or firm-minded] in the performance or management of affairs. See also أَضْبَطُ.
2 [It often signifies Exact; correct; or accurate; (like مُحَقِّقٌ, with which it is said to be syn. in Har p. 254;) and honest; and faithful: and particularly as applied to an author or a relater.]

def.2 As a conventional term, ضَابِطٌ, (Msb in art. قعد,) or ضَابِطَةٌ , pl. ضَوَابِطُ, is syn. with قَاعِدَةٌ, signifying A universal, or general, rule, or canon: or a ضابط is one that comprises subdivisions of one class only; whereas a قاعدة comprises [sometimes] subdivisions of various classes.

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