حَبَكَهُ
Root: حبك
Form: 1
Full Definition
حَبَكَهُI
, Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ Verbal.Noun حَبْكٌ, He bound it, or tied it; and made it fast, or firm: he made it well: he wove it well, and firmly, or compactly; namely, a piece of cloth: he made the effect of the work therein to be beautiful; i. e., in a piece of cloth: and
signifies the same: or this latter, he made it firm, or compact; and made it well. It is said of ' Áïsheh, in a trad., كَانَتْ تَحْتَ الدِرْعِ فِى الصَّلَاةِ
She used to bind the
إِزَار [or waist-wrapper], and make it fast, beneath the shift, in prayer; from حُبْكَةٌ, q. v.: or كَانَتْ فِى الصَّلَاةِ بِإِزَارٍ فَوْقَ القَمِيصِ
she used, in prayer, to bind an
ازار
over the shirt. [It is said that]
is also syn. with
اِحْتِبَآءٌ, on the authority of As: [i. e., that] احتبك is syn. with
احتبى: [and that] احتبك بِإِزَارِهِ signifies احتبى, or احتبى
بِهِ وَ شَدَّهُ إِلَى يَدَيْهِ: so says Aboo-' Obeyd, as on the authority of As: but Az says that this is a mistake: that what As said was, that الاحتياك, with ى, is syn. with الاحتباء, as ISk relates. One says also, حَبَكْتُ الحَظِيرَةَ بِقَصَبَاتِ
كَمَ تُحْبَكُ عُرُوشُ الكَرْمِ بِالحِبَالِ [I bound the enclosure for cattle with canes, or reeds, (or perhaps we should read بِقُضْبَانٍ, i. e. with twigs,) like as the trellises of the grape-vine are bound with cords: see also the last sentence of this paragraph].
2 [In the present day, حَبَكَ also signifies He sewed the leaves of a book: and he bound a book.]
def.2 حَبْكٌ also signifies The act of cutting: and smiting [or severing] the neck. One says, حَبَكَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun حَبْكٌ, He struck him, or smote him, upon his middle, or waist, with the sword: or he cut the flesh [or his flesh] above the bone [with the sword]: or he smote [or severed] his neck with the sword: or he smote him with the sword. And حَبَكَ عُرُوشَ الكَرْمِ He cut the trellises of the grapevine.
2 [In the present day, حَبَكَ also signifies He sewed the leaves of a book: and he bound a book.]
def.2 حَبْكٌ also signifies The act of cutting: and smiting [or severing] the neck. One says, حَبَكَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ, Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun حَبْكٌ, He struck him, or smote him, upon his middle, or waist, with the sword: or he cut the flesh [or his flesh] above the bone [with the sword]: or he smote [or severed] his neck with the sword: or he smote him with the sword. And حَبَكَ عُرُوشَ الكَرْمِ He cut the trellises of the grapevine.
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