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مَقْبِضٌ ذ (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ مَقْبَضٌ , (Lth, M, Msb, K,) but the former is the more common and the better known, (Lth,) and ↓ مِقْبَضٌ , (M, K,) and with ة, (K,) i. e. ↓ مَقْبِضَةٌ , and ↓ مِقْبَضَةٌ , (M,) The handle; or part where it is grasped, (S, M, A, * Mgh, * Msb, K,) by the hand, (Msb,) or with the whole hand; (S;) of a sword, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and ↓ قَبْضَةٌ is said to signify the same; (TA;) or of a knife, (M, A,) and of a bow, (S, A,) and of a whip, (A,) &c., (K,) or of anything: (M:) or ↓ مَقْبِضَةٌ or ↓ مِقْبَضَةٌ signifies the place of the hand of a spear or spear-shaft: (ISh:) pl. مَقَابِضُ. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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