ضبث

1 ضَبَثَ بِهِ ذ , (S, K,) aor. ضَبِثَ , (K,) inf. n. ضَبْثٌ, (S,) He grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, him, or it, with his hand; as also ↓ اضطبث: (S, K:) or, accord. to an explanation of the inf. n. by Ibn-Es-Seed, he did so with the utmost vehemence, or strength: (TA:) or he grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, and took, him, or it: (Sh, TA:) or ضَبَثَ عَلَيْهِ has the first of these meanings; (A, L;) as also ضَبَثَهُ: (A:) and ضَبَثَ بِهِ signifies he seized him violently, or laid violent hands upon him. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also, i. e. ضَبَثَ بِهِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He applied his hand to it, namely, a thing that he was making, or doing, diligently, earnestly, or with painstaking. (TA.) ― -b3- And ضَبَثَهُ He beat, struck, or smote, him, namely, a man. (K.) ― -b4- And He felt, for the purpose of testing, him, or it, with his hand. (TA.) One says, of a she-camel, تُضْبَثُ, meaning She is felt with the hand, when one doubts of her fatness. (S, A, K.)