هضب

هَضْبَةٌ ذ A rain: (S, K:) or a rain consisting of many drops: (IAth:) or a lasting rain, consisting of great drops: or a single fall thereof: (TA:) or hard rain: (Msb:) pl. هِضَبٌ, (S, K,) like بِدَرٌ pl. of بَدْرَةٌ, (S,) extr. [with respect to rule], (TA,) and هِضَابٌ, (K,) or this is pl. of هَضْبٌ accord. to the S; (TA;) and pl. pl. أَهَاضِيبُ; (K;) or this is pl. of هِضَابٌ, which is pl. of ↓ هَضْبٌ, signifying fine showers of rain after other rain; syn. حَلَبَاتُ قَطْرٍ بَعْدَ قَطْرٍ; (AZ, S;) and this is what is correct: (TA:) or ↓ هَضْبٌ signifies a fine rain; or a fine shower of rain; syn. حَلْبَةُ قَطْرٍ: it is also said, in the L, that ↓ أُهْضُوبَةٌ is syn. with هَضْبٌ, [either in one of the last two senses, or as a coll. gen. n. of which هَضْبَةٌ is the n. un., which it is said to be below,] and that اهاضيب is its pl.: ↓ هُضُوبَةٌ also is the same as اهضوبة: so in the phrase أَصَابَتْهُمُ الهضوبةُ مِنَ المَطَرِ [ The fine shower, or showers, of rain (or the shower of rain, or of copious rain, or of lasting rain consisting of large drops, or hard rain, ) fell upon them ]; mentioned in the K: it is also said in the L, that هَضْبٌ forms in the pl. أَهْضَابٌ, and then أَهَاضِيبُ; like as قَوْلٌ forms أَقْوَالٌ, and then أَقَاوِيلُ. (TA.) ↓ هَضْبٌ is also said to be a pl. of هَضْبَةٌ; but it is rather a coll. gen. n., [of which هَضْبَةٌ is the n. un.]: and هَضَبٌ is also added to the list of the pls. of the same word; but this, accord. to the S, on the authority of AA, is pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of هَاضِبٌ, [act. part. n. of 1,] like as تَبَعٌ is of تَابِعٌ, and بَعَدٌ of بَاعِدٌ. (TA.) -A2- هَضْبَةٌ A hill; (IAth:) or a mountain spreading over the surface of the ground: (S, Msb, K:) or a mountain composed of one mass of rock: (K:) or any firm, hard, large mass of rock: (TA:) or a long inaccessible mountain, separate from others; but only of red mountains: (K:) or a hill, such as is termed أَكَمَة, with few plants, or little herbage: (Msb:) pl. هِضَبٌ and هِضَابٌ; (S, K;) and pl. pl. أَهَاضِيبُ. (K, TA.) أَهَاضِبُ is used, by poetical licence, for اهاضيب, in a poem of one of the Hudhalees: (TA:) [or it is pl. of أَهْضُبٌ, which is pl. of pauc. of هَضْبٌ]. هَضْبٌ is also said, in the S, and L, to be a pl. of هَضْبَةٌ; but it is rather a coll. gen. n. (TA.) ― -b2- An elevated, or overlooking, tract of sand. (TA, art. طود.) -A3- (assumed tropical:) A run; a single run. (AHeyth.)