عَصًا
Root: عصو
Full Definition
عَصًا
i. q.
عُودٌ [as meaning A staff, or stick, or rod]: originally عَصَوٌ, and accordingly its dual is as below: said to be thus called because the fingers and hand are put together upon it [to grasp it], from the saying عَصَوْتُ القَوْمَ “ I collected together the people, or party; ” as related by As from some one or more of the Basrees: of the fem. gender: it is said in a prov., العَصَا مِنَ [lit. The staff is from the little staff; the dim. having the affix ة because it is the dim. of a fem. n.]; [or] العَصَا in this prov. is the name of a mare of Jedheemeh [mentioned voce ضُلٌّ], and العُصَيَّة is that of her dam; meaning that part of the thing, or affair, is from part; and said when one is likened to his father; or meaning that the big thing is in its commencement small: it is not allowable to say عَصَآء; nor to affix ة: one says, هٰذِهِ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَيْهَا [This is my staff; I support, or stay, myself upon it]: Fr says that the first incorrect speech heard in El-'Irák was the saying, هٰذِهِ عَصَاتِى: the dual is عَصَوَانِ: and the pl. [of mult.] is عُصِىٌّ, [originally عُصُووٌ,] of the measure فُعُولٌ, and عِصِىٌّ, in which the ع is with kesr because of the kesrah following it, and [of pauc.] أَعْصٍ and أَعْصَآءٌ, or this last is agreeable with analogy, but has not been transmitted, and is disallowed by Sb, who says that عُِصِىٌّ was used in its stead.
2 [Hence various sayings, here following.
3 ] أَلْقَى عَصَاهُ [lit. He threw down his staff;] meaning
4 لَا تَرْفَعْ عَصَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ [Put not thou away thy staff, or stick, from thy family, or thy wife,] denotes [the practice of] discipline. (S. [See art. رفع, p. 1122, col. 3.])
5 هُمْ عَبِيدُ العَصَا [They are the slaves of the staff] means
6 And مَا هُمْ إِلَّا عَبِيدُ العَصَا [They are none other than the slaves of the staff] is said of persons regarded as low, base, or vile.
7 إِنَّهُ لَيِّنُ العَصَا [Verily he is one whose staff is supple] means
8 قَرَعَهُ بِعَصَا المَلَامَةِ [He struck him with the staff of censure] means
9 See also 1 in art. قرع.
10 فُلَانٌ يُصَلِّى عَصَا فُلَانٍ [Such a one straightens the staff of such a one by turning it round over the fire] means
11 لَا تَدْخُلْ بَيْنَ العَصَا وَلِحَائِهَا [Enter not thou between the staff and its peel] means [
12 شَقُّ العَصَا [lit. The splitting of the staff] means
13 عَصَا العَبْدِ [The stick of the slave] is the thing with which one stirs the مَلَّة [or hot ashes wherein bread is baked].
14 العَصَا signifies also
15 Also, (i. e. العَصَا,) The tongue. [Perhaps as being likened to a staff because used in chiding.]
16 And The woman's [muffler, or headcovering, called] خِمَار.
17 عَصَا الرَّاعِى [The pastor's rod; and appellation of knot-grass; a species of polygonum, p. aviculare;] the بطباط
2 [Hence various sayings, here following.
3 ] أَلْقَى عَصَاهُ [lit. He threw down his staff;] meaning
4 لَا تَرْفَعْ عَصَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ [Put not thou away thy staff, or stick, from thy family, or thy wife,] denotes [the practice of] discipline. (S. [See art. رفع, p. 1122, col. 3.])
5 هُمْ عَبِيدُ العَصَا [They are the slaves of the staff] means
6 And مَا هُمْ إِلَّا عَبِيدُ العَصَا [They are none other than the slaves of the staff] is said of persons regarded as low, base, or vile.
7 إِنَّهُ لَيِّنُ العَصَا [Verily he is one whose staff is supple] means
8 قَرَعَهُ بِعَصَا المَلَامَةِ [He struck him with the staff of censure] means
9 See also 1 in art. قرع.
10 فُلَانٌ يُصَلِّى عَصَا فُلَانٍ [Such a one straightens the staff of such a one by turning it round over the fire] means
11 لَا تَدْخُلْ بَيْنَ العَصَا وَلِحَائِهَا [Enter not thou between the staff and its peel] means [
12 شَقُّ العَصَا [lit. The splitting of the staff] means
13 عَصَا العَبْدِ [The stick of the slave] is the thing with which one stirs the مَلَّة [or hot ashes wherein bread is baked].
14 العَصَا signifies also
15 Also, (i. e. العَصَا,) The tongue. [Perhaps as being likened to a staff because used in chiding.]
16 And The woman's [muffler, or headcovering, called] خِمَار.
17 عَصَا الرَّاعِى [The pastor's rod; and appellation of knot-grass; a species of polygonum, p. aviculare;] the بطباط
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