ضَبَأَ
Root: ضبأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
ضَبَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْءٌ and ضُبُوْءٌ, He clave to the ground, (As, S, K, TA, [like ضَبَّ,]) or to a tree: or ضَبَأَ بِالأَرْضِ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, he clave to the ground, and hid, or concealed, himself: and in like manner one says of a wolf, meaning he clave to the ground; or he hid, or concealed, himself in a covert of trees, or in a hollow in the ground, to deceive, or circumvent: and ضَبَأَ alone, he hid, or concealed, himself; as also
اضطبأ : and the former, he concealed himself in a covert of trees, or in a hollow in the ground, to deceive, or circumvent, the game, or prey: you say, ضَبَأْتُ
فِى الأَرْضِ, Verbal.Noun as above, I hid, or concealed, myself in the land, or country. (AZ, S. [See also ضَنَأَ.])
2 ضَبَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ I had recourse, or betook myself, to him, or it, for refuge, protection, or covert.
3 And ضَبَأَ, alone, He came forth from a place unexpectedly, and ascended [upon an eminence], to look.
4 ضَبَأَ مِنْهُ He was abashed at, or shy of, or he shrank from, him, or it; as also اضطبأ . (TA. [See also اضطنأ.])
def.2 ضَبَأْتُ بِهِ الأَرْضَ I made him to cleave to the ground.
2 ضَبَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ I had recourse, or betook myself, to him, or it, for refuge, protection, or covert.
3 And ضَبَأَ, alone, He came forth from a place unexpectedly, and ascended [upon an eminence], to look.
4 ضَبَأَ مِنْهُ He was abashed at, or shy of, or he shrank from, him, or it; as also اضطبأ . (TA. [See also اضطنأ.])
def.2 ضَبَأْتُ بِهِ الأَرْضَ I made him to cleave to the ground.
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