خَبَطَ
Root: خبط
Form: 1
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خَبَطَI
, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun خَبْطٌ, He struck, or beat, anything: or he struck, or beat, it, or him, vehemently: or خَبْطٌ signifies a camel's striking, or beating, a thing with his fore foot: or in the cases of beasts, (دَوَابّ, [generally meaning horses and mules and asses,]) the striking, or beating, with the fore feet; not with the hind feet: and in the case of the camel, with the fore foot and the hind foot: or vehement treading; or of the fore feet of beasts (دوابّ): or, accord. to the Keshsháf, the act of striking, or beating, in a way
2 Hence, فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ
3 [And hence, perhaps,] خَبَطَهُ
4 And
5 [In respect of the places which I have given to the abovementioned significations of asking and conferring a benefit, I have followed the opinion of IF; but it is said in the TA, and, I think, with greater probability, that they are from what here next follows.]
6 خَبَطَ الوَرَقَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَبْطٌ, He made the leaves to fall from the trees: or he beat the leaves of the trees, meaning large trees of the kind called طَلْح, [acacia, or mimosa, gummifera,] with a staff, or stick, so that they fell off, or became scattered, after which he gave them as food to camels; refrainfrom injuring thereby the trunks and branches of the trees: and لَهُ خَبَطًا signifies the same as خَبَطَ. And خَبَطَ الشَّجَرَةَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He beat the tree with a staff, or stick, in order that its leaves might fall off: or he bound the tree, and then made its leaves to fall, by beating it with a staff, or stick, to give them as food to camels and other beasts. The leaves are stored up for the camels; and in wintertime are bruised, or broken up, for them, and moistened with water, and given to them as fodder. Mohammad was asked, Does الغَبْط [i. e. “ the wishing for a blessing on the condition that it shall not become transferred from its possessor ”] injure [its author]? and he answered, لَا إِلَّا كَمَا يَضُرُّ العِضَاهَ الخَبْطُ [No, save as the beating off the leaves injures the trees called 'idáh]; i. e., it only diminishes, without annulling, its author's recompense, like the beating off the leaves of the 'idáh, without cutting them down and extirpating them; for the leaves will grow again. [See also art. غبط.]
7 Hence, خَبَطَ القَوْمَ بِسَيْفِهِ
8 خَبَطَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ
9 خَبَطَ also signifies
10 خَبَطَ عَلَى البَابِ He knocked upon the door, or at the door.
11 خَبَطَ العِرْقُ The vein beat, or pulsated.
2 Hence, فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ
I saw the fates [treading mankind] like the treading of the weak-sighted she-camel; whom they smote, him they killed: and whom they missed, he was made to continue in life so that he lived to extreme old age. In like manner you say, فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ فِى عَمْيَآءَرَأَيْتُ المَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ مَنْ تُصِبْ تُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ
3 [And hence, perhaps,] خَبَطَهُ
4 And
وَفِى كُلِّ حَىٍّ قَدْ خَبَطْتَ بِنِعْمَةٍ
5 [In respect of the places which I have given to the abovementioned significations of asking and conferring a benefit, I have followed the opinion of IF; but it is said in the TA, and, I think, with greater probability, that they are from what here next follows.]
6 خَبَطَ الوَرَقَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَبْطٌ, He made the leaves to fall from the trees: or he beat the leaves of the trees, meaning large trees of the kind called طَلْح, [acacia, or mimosa, gummifera,] with a staff, or stick, so that they fell off, or became scattered, after which he gave them as food to camels; refrainfrom injuring thereby the trunks and branches of the trees: and لَهُ خَبَطًا signifies the same as خَبَطَ. And خَبَطَ الشَّجَرَةَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He beat the tree with a staff, or stick, in order that its leaves might fall off: or he bound the tree, and then made its leaves to fall, by beating it with a staff, or stick, to give them as food to camels and other beasts. The leaves are stored up for the camels; and in wintertime are bruised, or broken up, for them, and moistened with water, and given to them as fodder. Mohammad was asked, Does الغَبْط [i. e. “ the wishing for a blessing on the condition that it shall not become transferred from its possessor ”] injure [its author]? and he answered, لَا إِلَّا كَمَا يَضُرُّ العِضَاهَ الخَبْطُ [No, save as the beating off the leaves injures the trees called 'idáh]; i. e., it only diminishes, without annulling, its author's recompense, like the beating off the leaves of the 'idáh, without cutting them down and extirpating them; for the leaves will grow again. [See also art. غبط.]
7 Hence, خَبَطَ القَوْمَ بِسَيْفِهِ
8 خَبَطَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ
9 خَبَطَ also signifies
10 خَبَطَ عَلَى البَابِ He knocked upon the door, or at the door.
11 خَبَطَ العِرْقُ The vein beat, or pulsated.
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