اضطرب

Form: 8

Full Definition

اضطربVIII : see 6, in two places. The Verbal.Noun is اِضْطِرَابٌ, of which the dim. is ضُتَيْرِيبٌ , the ط being changed [back] into ت because the ض becomes movent. (S and O in art. طلق.)
2 [Hence, said of a thing, Its several parts collided; or were, or became, in a state of collision: and hence,] i. q. تَحَرَّكَ and مَاجَ; [but more significant than either of these; meaning he, or more generally it, was, or became, in a state of commotion, agitation, convulsion, tumult, disturbance, or disorder; was, or became, agitated, convulsed, or unsteady; struggled; floundered; tossed, or shook, about, or to and fro; moved, or went, about, or to and fro, or from side to side; wabbled; wagged; quivered, quaked, trembled, or shivered; fluttered; flickered; and the like;] and تضرّب signifies the same. (K. [ضَرَبَ, also, is sometimes used in the sense of تَحَرَّكَ, as mentioned before.]) One says, المَوْجُ يَضْطَرِبُ The waves [dash together, are tumultuous, or] beat one another. And اضطرب الوَلَدُ بِالبَطْنِ [The child was, or became, in a state of commotion in the belly]; And تضرّب فِى البَطْنِ [which means the same]. And اضطرب البَرْقُ فِى السَّحَابِ The lightning was, or became, in a state of commotion in the clouds; [or it flickered therein;] syn. تَحَرَّكَ. And اضطرب فِى أُمُورِهِ He went to and fro occupied in his affairs for the means of subsistence: and اضطرب, alone, signifies he sought to gain; or applied himself with art and diligence to gain; syn. اِكْتَسَبَ; and is used by ElKumeyt with المَجْدَ as its objective complement. (TA. [See also يَضْرِبُ المَجْدَ, in the latter half of the first paragraph.]) And اضطرب الرَّجُلُ The man was tall, and therewithal loose, lax, flabby, uncompact, slack, or shaky, in make, or frame. And اضطرب حَبْلُهُمْ [properly, Their rope was shaky, loose, or slack; meaning] their word, or sentence, or saying, varied, or was discordant: or their words, or sayings, [conflicted, or] varied, or were discordant: and so أَقْوَالُهُمْ [their sayings]. And اضطرب رَأْيُهُ [His opinion was, or became, confused, weak, or unsound]. (TA in art. رخ.) And اضطرب عَقْلُهُ [His mind, or intellect, was, or became, disordered, confused, or unsound]. (K, in art. توه.) And اضطرب أَمْرُهُ His affair, or state, was, or became, disordered, unsound, or corrupt; syn. اِخْتَلَّ; [it was, or became unsound, or unsettled; as is indicated in the TA in art. زل:] and اضطربت الأُمُورُ The affairs were, or became, complicated, intricate, confused, discordant, or incongruous; syn. اِخْتَلَفَت: and اضطرب الأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُمْ [The affair, or case, was, or became, complicated, intricate, or confused, so as to be a subject of disagreement, or difference, between them]. (Msb voce شَجَرَ, q. v.)

def.2 اضطرب خَاتَمًا He asked, or ordered, that a signet-ring should be made, fashioned, or moulded, for him: occurring in a trad.
2 اضطرب بِنَآءً فِى المَسْجِدِ occurs in a trad. as meaning He set up a structure upon stakes driven into the ground in the mosque.

Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mufradat

Three dictionaries. One search.

"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."

47,000+ classical entries Root-based navigation Full text search Hyperlinked definitions

Try Now

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more

Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Full Definition

Related Words from the Same Root

Verbs

Nouns