هَبَطَ

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هَبَطَI , Present.T ـِ and ـُ but the latter is of rare occurrence, Verbal.Noun هُبُوطٌ, of that whereof the Present.T is ـِ and of that whereof the Present.T is ـُ; or of the latter only, that of the former being هَبْطٌ; He, or it, descended: and تهبّط he descended, or went down, or went down a declivity; and it sloped down; syn. إِنْحَدَرَ; and signifies the same as this last; or he became lowered, or degraded; syn. إِنْحَطَّ; being quasi-pass. of , and it may be also of هَبَطَهُ, as is said in the M. You say, هَبَطْنَا فِى حَدُورٍ صَعْبَةٍ [We descended a difficult declivity]. (A, in art. حدر.) And هَبَطَ الوَادِىَ, [as though it were trans., for فِى الوَادِى,] Verbal.Noun هُبُوطٌ, We descended into the valley. And هَبَطَ مِنْهُ He came forth from it. It is said in the Kur, ii. 58, إِهْبِطُوا مِصْرًا Descend ye into Misr: accord. to one reading, أُهْبُطُوا. You say also هَبَطَ بَلَدَ كَذَا He entered such a town or country. And هَبَطْتُ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ I removed him from a place to a place.
2 هَبْطٌ also signifies The falling into evil: and the being, or becoming, low, abject, mean, or vile: and the suffering loss, or diminution. You say, هَبَطَ مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ He fell from his honourable station. [See also 7, mentioned above.] And هَبَطَ فُلَانٌ Such a one became low, abject, mean, or vile. And هَبَطَ مِنَ الخَشْيَةِ He became mean, or abject, and lowly, or submissive, from fear [See Kur, ii. 69.] And هَبَطَ القَوْمُ, Present.T ـِ The people, or company of men, became in a state of abasement and diminution. Whence the trad., أَللّٰهُمَّ غَبْطًا لَا هَبْطًا, i. e. نَسْأَلُكَ الغِبْطَةَ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نَهْبِطَ عَنْ حَالِنَا O God, we ask of Thee a good state, or condition, and we put our trust in Thee for preservation that we may not become brought down from our state]: mentioned [and explained] before, in art. غبط, q. v. [But in this instance, هَبْطًا may be regarded as the Verbal.Noun of the trans. v. to be mentioned below.] You say also, هَبَطَتْ إِبِلِى وَغَنَمِى, Present.Tـِ , Verbal.Noun هُنُوطٌ, My camels, and my sheep, or goats, suffered loss, or diminution: and in the same sense هَبَطَ is said of flesh, and of fat, and of fatness. And هَبَطَ ثَمَنُ السِّلْعَةِ The price of the commodity, or article of merchandise, became diminished, or lessened, below its former full rate; became lowered, or abated. And هَبَطَ العِدْلُ The counterpoising portion of the load became adjusted or arranged, made even, or made easy, upon the camel.

def.2 هَبَطَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun هَبْطٌ, He made him, or it, to descend: [he sent, or east, him, or it, down;] as also . You say, السَّنَةُ إِلَى الأَمْصَارِ [The year of dearth, or drought, caused them to go down to the cities, or great towns]. (A, in art. حسر.) And هَبَطَهُ بَلَدَ كَذَا He, or it, caused him to enter such a town or country. [And هَبَطَ بِهِ عَلَى مَكَانٍ He, or it, made him to alight upon a place: see an ex. voce زَحَّ.]
2 He lowered him, or degraded him, from his state, or condition; as also ; i. e., God did so; or a man: it caused his wealth, and his goodness or beneficence, to go away, after he had abounded therein.
3 هَبَطَ المَرَضُ لَحْمَهُ The disease rendered him lean; emaciated him: or diminished his flesh.
4 هَبَطَ ثَمَنَ السِّلْعَةِ, Verbal.Noun هَبْطٌ, He diminished, or lessened, the price of the commodity, or article of merchandise; he lowered, or abated, it; as also , said of a man: or هَبَطَ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ he diminished somewhat from the price; and sometimes is used in this sense.
5 هَبَطَ العِدْلَ He adjusted or arranged, made even, or made easy, the counterpoising portion of the load upon the camel
6 هَبَطَ فُلَانًا He beat, or struck, such a one.

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