قضب

قَضِيبٌ ذ , as an epithet applied to a branch, i. q. مَقْضُوبٌ [i. e. Cut off ]. (M voce فَنَنٌ, and Msb. *) ― -b2- And [as a subst., A rod, stick, wand, branch, twig, switch, shoot, or stalk; ] a غُصْن [i. e. branch from the stem or from another branch, of a tree ], (S, M, O, Msb, K,) [and particularly] that is cut off: (M, Msb:) pl. قُضْبَانٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and قِضْبَانٌ (M, O, Msb, K, but this is less approved, TA) and قُضُبٌ, and ↓ قَضْبٌ is a quasi-pl. n. (M, TA.) [Hence] one says, مَلَكَ البُرْدَةَ وَالقَضِيبَ (tropical:) [lit. He became possessor of the burdeh and the rod ], meaning اُسْتُخْلِفَ [i. e. he became a successor ]. (A.) ― -b3- And A bow made of a rod, or branch, (AHn, M, K) in its complete state: (AHn, M:) or one made of a rod, or branch, not split: (M, K:) also called ↓ قَضْبَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) The quill of a feather. (TA voce بَطْنٌ.) ― -b5- And (tropical:) The virga, nervus, or yard, (AHát, T, K, TA,) of a bull, (AHát, TA,) or of a man, and of an animal other than man, (T, TA,) or of an ass, &c. (S, * TA.) ― -b6- And (assumed tropical:) A slender arrow: pl. قُضُبٌ. (As, TA.) ― -b7- And (assumed tropical:) A slender sword; contr. of صَفِيحَةٌ: pl. قَوَاضِبُ and قُضُبٌ: (IAth, TA:) or (tropical:) slender as an epithet applied to a sword; (M, A, K; *) likened to the قَضِيب of the tree. (A.) ― -b8- See also قَاضِبٌ. -A2- Also (tropical:) A she-camel that has not been trained, or broken-in: (S, K:) or that has been ridden (A, M) before she has been trained, (A,) or before she has been rendered gentle: (M:) or that has not acquired expertness in being trained: and applied also to the male. (M.)