هَضْبَةٌ
Root: هضب
Full Definition
هَضْبَةٌ
A rain: or a rain consisting of many drops: or a lasting rain, consisting of great drops: or a single fall thereof: or hard rain: pl. هِضَبٌ, like بِدَرٌ pl. of بَدْرَةٌ, extr. [with respect to rule], and هِضَابٌ, or this is pl. of هَضْبٌ accord. to the S; and pl. pl. أَهَاضِيبُ; or this is pl. of هِضَابٌ, which is pl. of
هَضْبٌ , signifying fine showers of rain after other rain; syn. حَلَبَاتُ قَطْرٍ بَعْدَ قَطْرٍ; and this is what is correct: or
هَضْبٌ signifies a fine rain; or a fine shower of rain; syn. حَلْبَةُ قَطْرٍ: it is also said, in the L, that
أُهْضُوبَةٌ is syn. with هَضْبٌ, [either in one of the last two senses, or as a coll. gen. n. of which هَضْبَةٌ is the n. un., which it is said to be below,] and that اهاضيب is its pl.:
هُضُوبَةٌ also is the same as اهضوبة: so in the phrase أَصَابَتْهُمُ الهضوبةُ
مِنَ المَطَرِ [The fine shower, or showers, of rain
def.2 هَضْبَةٌ A hill; or a mountain spreading over the surface of the ground: or a mountain composed of one mass of rock: or any firm, hard, large mass of rock: or a long inaccessible mountain, separate from others; but only of red mountains: or a hill, such as is termed أَكَمَة, with few plants, or little herbage: pl. هِضَبٌ and هِضَابٌ; and pl. pl. أَهَاضِيبُ. أَهَاضِبُ is used, by poetical licence, for اهاضيب, in a poem of one of the Hudhalees: [or it is pl. of أَهْضُبٌ, which is pl. of pauc. of هَضْبٌ]. هَضْبٌ is also said, in the S, and L, to be a pl. of هَضْبَةٌ; but it is rather a coll. gen. n.
2 An elevated, or overlooking, tract of sand. (TA, art. طود.)
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def.2 هَضْبَةٌ A hill; or a mountain spreading over the surface of the ground: or a mountain composed of one mass of rock: or any firm, hard, large mass of rock: or a long inaccessible mountain, separate from others; but only of red mountains: or a hill, such as is termed أَكَمَة, with few plants, or little herbage: pl. هِضَبٌ and هِضَابٌ; and pl. pl. أَهَاضِيبُ. أَهَاضِبُ is used, by poetical licence, for اهاضيب, in a poem of one of the Hudhalees: [or it is pl. of أَهْضُبٌ, which is pl. of pauc. of هَضْبٌ]. هَضْبٌ is also said, in the S, and L, to be a pl. of هَضْبَةٌ; but it is rather a coll. gen. n.
2 An elevated, or overlooking, tract of sand. (TA, art. طود.)
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