حبض

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root حبض (ḥabaḍa) primarily relates to movement, disturbance, and decrease. It encompasses physical motion, the agitation of water or veins, and the depletion of resources like water or the value of something. It also extends to concepts of failure and the cessation of activity.

Derived headwords

حَبَضَverb

1.
to moveboth
To be in motion or to stir. This is the primary meaning of the root.
2.
to decreaseclassical
To diminish or become less, specifically referring to water in a well.
3.
to become voidclassical
To become null, void, or invalidated, referring to a right or claim.

حَبْضnoun

1.
movementclassical
Motion or stirring, often used in contrast to stillness.
2.
soundclassical
Noise or sound, as stated by Abu Amr.
3.
decreaseclassical
A decrease or reduction, specifically of water in a well.
4.
failureclassical
The invalidation or nullification of a right.

حَبَضَ بالوترverb

1.
to shoot an arrowclassical
To shoot an arrow, specifically when it lands near the archer.

حَبَضَ السهمverb

1.
arrow fell shortclassical
An arrow falling short of its intended target, landing in front of the archer.

حَبَضَ ماء الركيةverb

1.
water decreasedclassical
The water in a well diminished or lessened.

حَبَضَ حقهverb

1.
right became voidclassical
A person's right became nullified or invalidated.

أَحْبَضَverb

1.
to deplete waterclassical
To cause the water in a well to be depleted, leaving none.
2.
to invalidateclassical
To cause something, like a right, to become void or null.

إِحْبَاضnoun

1.
depleting waterclassical
The act of depleting the water in a well, leaving it dry.

إِحْبَاض السهمnoun

1.
arrow falling shortclassical
The act of an arrow falling short of its target, the opposite of 'israd'.

مُحَابِضnoun

1.
honeycomb sticksclassical
Sticks used for extracting honey from a honeycomb; also interpreted as advisors or consultants.

مِحْبَضnoun

1.
a type of clothclassical
A type of cloth or garment, as reported by Abu al-Ghawth.

مَنَادِفnoun

1.
type of clothclassical
A type of cloth, synonymous with 'miḥbaḍ'.

Parallel reading

ما به حبض ولا نبض

There is no movement or pulse in him.

الحبض: الصوت

Al-ḥabḍ: sound.

والنبض: اضطراب العرق

And an-nabḍ: the throbbing of a vein.

لا أدرى ما الحبض؟

I do not know what al-ḥabḍ is?

وحبض بالوتر

And he shot with the bow.

وحبض السهم، إذا وقع بين يدى الرامى

And the arrow 'ḥabaḍa', if it falls before the archer.

وهو خلاف الصارد

And this is the opposite of 'aṣ-ṣārid' (an arrow that hits the mark).

ولا الجدى من متعب حباض

Nor is the Kid (a constellation) tired from the movement of the stars.

وحبض ماء الركية، أي نقص

And the water of the well 'ḥabaḍa', meaning it decreased.

وحبض حقه، أي بطل

And his right 'ḥabaḍa', meaning it became void.

وأحبضه غيره

And another person caused it (his right) to become void.

أن يكد الرجل ركيته فلا يدع فيها ماء

That a man exhausts his well and leaves no water in it.

وإحباط السهم: خلاف إصراده

And the 'iḥbāḍ' of the arrow: the opposite of its 'iṣrād' (hitting the target).

وهي عيدان مشتار العسل

And they are sticks for harvesting honey.

والمحبض: المندف

And al-miḥbaḍ: the mandaf (a type of cloth).

والمحابض: المنادف

And al-maḥābiḍ: al-manādif (types of cloth).