Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ض

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4 اضبّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ ذ He kept, or clave, to a thing, and did not quit it: (TA:) and اضبّ فُلَانًا He kept, or clave, to such a one, and did not quit him: (K:) and اضبّ عَلَيْهِ He retained him, detained him, or held him in custody: (AZ, K, TA:) and اضبّ مَا فِى يَدَيْهِ He grasped, or kept hold of, that which was in his hands; like أَضْبَأَ and أَضْبَى. (TA in art. ضبأ.) And the first of these phrases, (TA,) inf. n. إِِضْبَابٌ; (K, TA;) as also ↓ ضَبَّ , [aor. ضَبِ3َ ,] (TA,) inf. n. ضَبٌّ; (K, TA;) and ↓ ضبّب , (TA,) inf. n. تَضْبِيبٌ; (K, TA;) signifies اِحْتَوَى عَلَيْهِ [i. e. He grasped it; got, or gained, possession of it; took it, got it, or held it, within his grasp, or in his possession: or it comprised, comprehended, or contained, it]: (K, TA:) and عَلَى شَىْءٍ ↓ ضَبّ , inf. n. ضَبٌّ, He took, seized, or grasped, a thing with the hand: (TA; but only the inf. n. in this case is there mentioned:) and عَلَى شَىْءٍ ↓ ضبّب , inf. n. تَضْبِيبٌ, He took, seized, or grasped, a thing violently, or firmly, lest it should escape from his hand. (ISh, O, TA. [See also 1, last sentence.]) ― -b2- [It is said that] اضبّ عَلَيْهِ also signifies He was at the point of getting possession of it, namely, a thing (O, K) that he sought, or desired. (K.) [But it seems from a passage in the TA, in which is an evident mistranscription, that this is a mistake, originated by Lth, for أَضْبَى.] -A2- اضبّ السِّقَآءُ The skin shed, or poured forth, its water, from a seam, or suture, (خُرْزَة,) therein, (K, TA,) or from a cut. (TA.) [And اضبّ app. signifies He had a bleeding of the gums: for] ما زال مضبًّا [app. ↓ مُصِبًّا ] occurs in a trad. said of one whose gums bled [incessantly] when he spoke. (TA.) ― -b2- اضبّ فِى الغَارَةِ He arose, and made a hostile incursion: (TA:) or اضبّ, alone, he made a hostile incursion. (K.) And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, rose, or rose and hastened and went forth, all together, to do a thing. (O, K.) ― -b3- اضبّوا لِفُلَانٍ They dispersed themselves to seek such a one: and اضبّ القَوْمُ فِى بَغِيَّتِهِمْ The people, or party, dispersed themselves in search of their stray beast. (T, TA.) And اضبّ النَّعَمُ The camels, or cattle, approached, or came, in a scattered state. (K.) ― -b4- اضبّوا عَلَيْهِ They multiplied against him. (S, O.) ― -b5- اضبّت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in its plants, or herbage. (K. [But the only meaning of this phrase commonly known is one which will be found indicated below.]) Accord. to Ibn-Buzurj, (TA,) one says, اضبّت الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ, meaning The land put forth all its plants, or herbage. (O, TA.) And اضبّ الشَّعَرُ The hair became abundant, or much. (K) -A3- أَضْبَبْتُهُ I made it to flow; namely, water, and blood. (S.) And اضبّ لِثَتَهُ He made his gum to flow [with blood]. (S, O.) ― -b2- And اضبّ He spoke; (AZ, S, O, K;) as though meaning he made speech to issue: (S, O: [in both of which it is implied that it is app. from what here next precedes:]) or he spoke uninterruptedly: (TA:) or he talked loudly; as also ↓ ضَبَّ [aor. ضَبِ3َ ]: (AA, TA in art. هضب: [but it will be seen in what follows that both of these verbs have also a contr. meaning:]) and he called out, or cried out, (K, TA,) and raised a clamour, or confused noise. (TA.) And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people, or party, spoke, one to another: (TA:) or spoke; and entered, or launched forth, into discourse, or were profuse therein: (AHát, TA:) or spoke all together. (Har p. 543.) And اضبّ مَا فِى نَفْسِهِ He uttered, or expressed, what was in his mind. (As, TA. [See also the same phrase with عَلَى after the verb in what follows.]) ― -b3- Also, (TA,) inf. n. إِِضْبَابٌ; (K, TA;) and ↓ ضَبَّ , (TA,) [aor. ضَبِ3َ ,] inf. n. ضَبٌّ; (K, TA;) He was silent. (K, TA. [Thus both of these verbs have two contr. meanings.]) And اضبّ القَوْمُ The people or party, were silent, and abstained from talking. (AHát, TA.) And اضبّ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, and ↓ ضَبَّ ; and اضبّ بِهِ; He was silent respecting the thing [and concealed it]: like أَضْبَأَ. (TA.) And اضبّ عَلَى مَا فِى نَفْسِهِ He was silent respecting that which was in his mind: (As, S, K:) like أَضْبَأَ. (S.) And اضبّ عَلَى غِلٍّ فِى قَلْبِهِ He concealed rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite, in his heart. (S, O.) And اضبّ الشَّىْءَ He hid, or concealed, the thing. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- اضبّ الغَيْمُ The clouds covered [the earth]. (TA.) ― -b5- And اضبّ said of a day, (S, O, Msb, K,) and اضبّت said of the sky, (A, TA,) It became cloudy, or misty, with ضَبَاب [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb, K, TA.) -A4- اضبّ البَلَدُ and اضبّت الأَرْضُ: see 1, latter half.