ضَبَعَهُ

Form: 1

Full Definition

ضَبَعَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْعٌ, He stretched forth towards him his upper arm (ضَبْعَهُ), for the purpose of striking. A poet says, وَلَا صُلْحَ حَتَّى تَضْبَعُوَنا وَنَضْبَعَا i. e. [And there shall be no peace] until ye stretch forth towards us your upper arms with the swords and we stretch forth our upper arms towards you: or, accord. to AA, until ye stretch forth [towards us] your upper arms for the making of peace and the joining of hands [and we do the same]. And one says, ضَبَعَ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ, meaning He stretched forth his arm towards him with the sword. And ضَبَعَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ, Verbal.Noun as above, He stretched forth his upper arms for the purpose of uttering an imprecation against such a one: and hence, ضَبْعٌ is metaphorically used to signify the act of supplicating or imprecating; because the person supplicating or imprecating raises his hands and stretches forth his upper arms: and ضِبَاعٌ, also, [app. an Verbal.Noun of ,] signifies the raising the hands, or arms, in supplication or imprecation. And ضَبَعَتِ الخَيْلُ, and الإِبِلُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبْعٌ and ضُبُوعٌ and ضَبَعَانٌ, The horses, and the camels, stretched forth their arms (أَضْبَاعَهَا, S, Msb, K, i. e. أَعْضَادَهَا, S, Msb) in their going along; as also ضبّعت , Verbal.Noun تَضْبِيعٌ: in [a copy of] the A expl. as meaning مَدَّتْ أَعْنَاقَهَا [stretched forth their necks; but this is probably a mistranscription, for مدّت أَعْضَادَهَا]: ضَبَعَت said of horses is like ضَبَحَت, which is a dial. var.: and ضَبَعَت said of a she-camel, Verbal.Noun ضَبْعٌ, signifies the same as ضبّعت , as also , on the authority of IKtt: [or,] accord. to As, ضَبْعٌ signifies the lifting, or bending, of the hoof, by a horse, and the lifting of the foot, by a camel, towards the arm: or it signifies the running a pace above that which is termed تَقْرِيب: or ضَبَعَ said of a camel signifies he hastened, or was quick, in pace, or going: or he went along shaking his arms. ضَبَعَهُ also signifies He took him by his arms, and threw him down. (L in art. عضد, and TA in the present art.)
2 ضَبَعُوا لِلصُّلْحِ, and للْمُصَافَحَةِ; or ضَبَعُوا إِلَى الصُّلْحِ; and ضَبِعُوا, Verbal.Noun ضَبَعٌ; They inclined to peace, and the joining of hands; they desired peace, &c.
3 ضَبَعُوا لَنَا الطَّرِيقَ, or مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ, Verbal.Noun ضَبْعٌ, They gave us a share of the road: so says ISk: and in like manner one says, ذَرَعُوا لَنَاطَرِيقًا. And ضَبَعُوا الشَّىْءَ, or مِنَ الشَّىْءِ, They gave a share of the thing to every one.
4 And ضَبَعَ, Verbal.Noun ضَبْعٌ, He acted wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically: on the authority of Aboo-Sa'eed.

def.2 ضَبِعَت, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَبَعٌ and ضَبَعَةٌ; and , and ; She desired vehemently the stallion.

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