حَضِيضٌ
Root: حض
Full Definition
حَضِيضٌ
A depressed piece (قَرَار) of ground at the place where a mountain ends; or a depressed piece (قرار) of ground at, or by, the
سَفْح [i. e. foot, or bottom, or lowest part,] of a mountain; or in, or at, the lower, or lowest, part thereof, (فِى أَسْفَلِهِ,) the
سفح
being behind the
حضيض; the
حضيض
being in the part next the
سفح, and the
سفح
being
دُونَ ذٰلِكَ [which seems to be virtually a repetition, signifying behind that part, or it may mean above that part]: or i. q.
سَفْحٌ: (K in art. سفح:) or a depressed piece (قرار) of ground: or a tract (حِجزٌ [in the CK, erroneously, حَجَر]), and a depressed piece (قرار), in land or ground: and any low piece (سَافِلٌ) of land or ground: and the ground [in an absolute sense]: pl. [of pauc.] أَحِضَّةٌ and [of mult.] حُضُضٌ. It has the last of the above-mentioned significations in a certain trad., in which it is related that a present being brought to Mohammad, he, not finding anything upon which to put it, said, ضَعْهُ
بِالحَضِيضِ, meaning بِالأَرْضِ; [i. e. Put thou it upon the ground;] adding, for I am only a servant; I eat as the servant eateth.
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