قبض

قَابِضٌ ذ Taking with the hand: [or in any manner: taking possession of: receiving: (see 1:)] grasping, clutching, or seizing, with the hand: and in like manner, [but in an intensive sense,] ↓ قَبَّاضٌ: (K:) or the latter is of the dial. of the people of El-Medeeneh, applied to him who [ grasps or] collects everything: (Aboo-'Othmán El-Mázinee:) and ↓ قبَّاضَةٌ [which is doubly intensive]; (K;) the ة in this last not denoting the fem. gender. (TA.) قَابِضُ الأَرْوَاحِ [(tropical:) The taker of the souls ] is an appellation of [the Angel of Death,] 'Izrá-eel, or 'Azrá-eel. (TA.) And القَابِضُ, one of the names of God, signifies (tropical:) The Withholder [or Straitener or Scanter ] of the means of subsistence, and of other things, from his servants, by his graciousness and his wisdom: and the Taker of souls, at the time of death. (TA.) ― -b2- A bird (assumed tropical:) contracting his wing to fly. (TA.) And hence, (TA,) قَابِضٌ (S, K) and ↓ قَبِيضٌ (S, A, K) A bird, (K,) or horse, (A,) or other [animal], (K,) (tropical:) quick (A, K) in flight, or in going or pace: (K:) or a man (assumed tropical:) light, or active, and quick: (S:) and [hence, app.,] the latter also signifies (assumed tropical:) an intelligent man, who keeps, or adheres, to his art, or work. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) And الشَّدِّ ↓ قَبِيضُ A horse, (S, K, in [some of] the copies of the K “ a man, ” which is a mistake, though it seems to be also applied to a man, TA,) or a beast of carriage, (L,) (assumed tropical:) quick in the shifting of the legs from place to place [ in running ]. (S, L, K.) ― -b3- A camel-driver (assumed tropical:) driving quickly; a quick driver; and in like manner, [but in an intensive sense,] ↓ قَبَّاضٌ, and [in a doubly intensive sense] ↓ قَبَّاضَةٌ: (S:) or the last signifies (assumed tropical:) driving away vehemently; the ة denoting intensiveness; and is applied to an ass driving away his she-ass, and to a camel-driver. (M.) [See an ex. of the first, voce عَائِضً, in art. عوض.] ― -b4- [Applied to medicine, food, &c., (assumed tropical:) Astringent, or constipating. ]