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قِرْضَابٌ ذ A sharp sword; as also ↓ قُرْضُوبٌ : (O:) or both signify a very sharp sword; (K;) as also ↓ قُرَاضِبٌ : (TA in art. قرطب:) or the first signifies, (S,) or signifies also, (O,) a sharp sword, that cuts bones. (S, O.) Both the first and second of these words are compounded from قَرَضَ and قَضَبَ, which signify “ he cut. ” (O.) ― -b2- And One who eats much: (TA:) or, as also ↓ قُرْضُوبٌ and ↓ قِرْضَابَةٌ and ↓ قُرَاضِبٌ and ↓ مُقَرْضِبٌ , one who leaves nothing uneaten by him. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And A man who eats what is dry, or tough. (Th, S, O, K.) ― -b4- And القِرْضَابُ signifies The lion. (O, K.) ― -b5- And قِرْضَابٌ and ↓ قُرْضُوبٌ signify A thief, or robber: pl. قَرَاضِبَةٌ. (S, O, K.) And both words, (the latter, S, O, K, and the former also, K, TA,) sometimes, (S,) A poor man; (S, O, K, TA;) a pauper: (TA:) pl. as above. (K, TA.) ― -b6- مَا رَزَأْتُهُ قِرْضَابًا means I did not get, or obtain, or take, from him, or it, anything. (O, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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