ضبط

أَضْبَطُ ذ [ More, and most, strong, or firm, of hold ]. It is said in a prov., أَضْبَطُ مِنْ ذَرَّةٍ [ More strong, or firm, of hold than a little ant ]: because it drags along a thing several times larger than itself, and sometimes both fall from a high place, and the ant does not let go the thing. (K.) And أَضْبَطُ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ بْنِ عَثْمٍ; (K;) so accord. to Hamzeh and Abu-n-Nedà; but accord. to ElMundhiree, عَابِسَة; (Sgh;) [ More strong, or firm, of hold than 'Áïsheh the son of 'Athm; or than 'Ábiseh; ] because he laid hold of the tail of a young she-camel, and pulled her by it out of a well into which she had fallen. (K.) And أَضْبَطُ مِنَ الأَعْمَى [ More strong, or firm, of hold than the blind ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Ambidextrous; who works with each of his hands; (S, Mgh, Msb;) i. q. أَعْسَرُ يَسَرٌ; (Mgh, Msb;) who works with his left hand like as he works with his right; an explanation given by the Prophet; as also that next following; (AO, TA;) who works with both his hands: (AO, K:) fem. ضَبْطَاآءُ. (S.) ― -b3- الأَضْبَطُ The lion; (K;) who makes use of his left paw like as he makes use of his right; but some say that he is so called because he seizes his prey vehemently, and it hardly, or never, escapes from him; (TA;) as also ↓ الضّابِطُ. (K.) ضَبْطَاآءُ is also applied as an epithet to a lioness; and to a she-camel. (TA.)