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ثبج

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the middle or central part of something, often referring to the back or torso. It extends to concepts of fullness, thickness, and the act of obscuring or not clarifying.

Derived headwords

الثَّبَجnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fathas: the area between the shoulder blades and the backboth

    with two fathas: the area between the shoulder blades and the back

  2. 2.
    and it is said that the thabaj of everything is its middleboth

    and it is said that the thabaj of everything is its middle

أَثْبَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    middle of the back (pl.)classical

    Plural of 'thabaj', referring to the middle parts of the back.

ثَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to make unclearclassical

    To obscure or not clarify something, such as a book or speech.

  2. 2.
    to squatclassical

    To squat on the tips of one's feet.

تَثْبِيجnoun
  1. 1.
    obscuringclassical

    The act of making something unclear or obscure.

  2. 2.
    squattingclassical

    The act of squatting on the tips of the feet.

  3. 3.
    carrying on the backclassical

    The manner of carrying something, like a stick, on the back with hands behind.

الأَثْبَجadjective
  1. 1.
    broad in the thabaj (back/shoulder area)both

    broad in the thabaj (back/shoulder area)

ثَبُوجnoun
  1. 1.
    squatting postureclassical

    A squatting posture, specifically on the tips of the feet.

Parallel reading

ما بين الكاهل إلى الظهر.
What is between the shoulder blades and the back.
وكيف يضيع صاحب مدفآت * على أثباجهن من الصقيع
And how can the owner of warm places be lost * on their backs from the frost
ثبج كل شئ: وسطه.
The thabaj of everything: its middle.
وثبج الرمل: معظمه، عن أبى عبيد.
And the thabaj of the sand: its bulk, according to Abu Ubaid.
وثبج الراعي بالعصا تثبيجا، إذا جعلها على ظهره وجعل يديه من ورائها.
And the shepherd carried the stick with a تثبيج, if he placed it on his back and put his hands behind him.
وثبج الكتاب والكلام تثبيجا، إذا لم يبينه.
And he obscured the book and the speech with تثبيج, if he did not clarify it.
والأثبج: العريض الثبج، ويقال الناتئ الثبج، وهو الذى صغر في الحديث " إن جاءت به أثيبج "
And al-Athbaj: the broad-backed, and it is said the prominent-backed, which is what was miniaturized in the hadith 'If it comes with a small prominent one.'
وثبج الرجل: أقعى على أطراف قدميه.
And the man squatted: he sat on the tips of his feet.
إذا الكماة جثموا على الركب ثبجت يا عمرو ثبوح المحتطب
When the warriors crouched on their knees, you squatted, O Amr, with the squatting of the wood-gatherer.