حبس

حَبِيسٌ حبيس i. q. ↓ مَحْبُوسٌ, [pass. part. n. of 1,] Confined; restricted; limited; &c. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Anything bequeathed, or given, unalienably, (Lth, Mgh, Msb,) for the sake of God; whether an animal or land or a house; (Mgh;) as also ↓ مَحْبُوسٌ and ↓ مُحَبَّسٌ and ↓ مُحْبَسٌ: (Msb:) pl. of the first حُبُسٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) and, by contraction, حُبْسٌ: (Msb:) حَبِيسٌ is used as a sing. and as a pl.: (Msb:) it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; and is sometimes used in the place of the pass. part. n. of حَبَّسَ: (TA:) it is also particularly applied to a horse bequeathed, or given, unalienably, to be used in the cause of God, or religion; (S, A, * Mgh, K;) i. e., to the warriors, to ride it in war against unbelievers and the like; (TA;) as also ↓ مُحْبَسٌ (S, Mgh, K) and ↓ مَحْبُوسٌ: (K:) and حُبْسٌ, (S,) or حُبُسٌ, (K,) to what is, or are, bequeathed, or given, unalienably, (S, K,) not to be sold nor inherited, (TA,) of palm-trees, or vines, &c., (K,) as land, and anything that is a source of profit, (TA,) itself to remain unalienable, and the profit arising therefrom to be employed in the cause of God, or religion: (K, TA:) but the حُبُس which Mohammad is related to have made common property were what the pagan Arabs bequeathed, or gave, unalienably, for (عَلَى [so in the TA, and this I regard as the true reading, rather than مِن, which is the reading in the Mgh and L,]) the [ camels called ] سَوَائِب and بَحَائِر, and such as was called حَامٍ: (Mgh, L, TA:) Hr, in the Ghareebeyn, gives the reading حُبْس, which, says IAth, if correct, is a contraction of حُبُس. (TA.) [From حُبْس, used as a subst., has been formed, app. in postclassical times, the pl. أَحْبَاسٌ: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Ar., ” sec. ed., vol. i. p. 189.] ↓ حَبِيسَةٌ, also, [used as a subst.,] signifies (assumed tropical:) A thing that is bequeathed, or given, unalienably, in the way of beneficence: and its pl. is حَبَائِسُ. (TA.)