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حضب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root حضب (ḥaḍaba) primarily relates to sounds, actions involving ropes or cords, and fire. It encompasses the sound of a bowstring, the movement of ropes, and actions related to tending a fire. It also extends to descriptions of snakes and geographical features.

Derived headwords

الحَضْب (بالكسر)noun
  1. 1.
    sound of the bowstringclassical

    Refers to the sound produced by the bowstring when drawn or released.

أَحْضَابnoun
  1. 1.
    bowstring soundsclassical

    Plural of حضب, referring to the sounds of a bowstring.

الحَضَب (بالفتح)noun
  1. 1.
    snakeclassical

    A type of snake, possibly a large male snake or a specific color like white or thin.

الحَضَب (بالكسر)noun
  1. 1.
    mountain slopeclassical

    The lower part or side of a mountain.

أَحْضَابnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain slopesclassical

    Plural of حضب, referring to the slopes or sides of mountains.

الحَضَب (بالفتح)noun
  1. 1.
    rope entanglementclassical

    The falling of a rope due to entanglement or slipping.

  2. 2.
    rope slippingclassical

    The rope entering between the pulley and the capstan, similar to 'mrs'.

حضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to entangle a ropeclassical

    The rope became entangled or slipped between the capstan and pulley.

أَحْضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to return a rope to its courseclassical

    To guide the rope back to its proper path, similar to 'amras'.

الحَضَب (بالفتح)noun
  1. 1.
    quick pathfindingclassical

    The swiftness of taking a path when the grain is struck.

الحَضَب (محركة)noun
  1. 1.
    firewoodclassical

    A variant pronunciation of 'ḥaṣab', referring to firewood or anything thrown into a fire to intensify it.

الحَطَبnoun
  1. 1.
    firewoodboth

    Wood used for fuel, especially in a fire.

حَضَبَ النارَverb
  1. 1.
    to tend a fireclassical

    To raise or increase a fire, or to add firewood to a dying fire.

أَحْضَبَ النارَverb
  1. 1.
    to tend a fireclassical

    To add firewood to a dying fire to revive it.

المُحَضِّبnoun
  1. 1.
    fire-stirrerclassical

    A stick used to stir a fire when it is burning strongly.

المُحَضَّبnoun
  1. 1.
    frying panclassical

    A pan used for frying or roasting.

أَحْضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to return rope to courseclassical

    To return the rope to its proper path from the pulley.

تَحَضَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to take a difficult pathclassical

    To embark on a rough or difficult path, leaving the easy one.

يَحْضِبname
  1. 1.
    tribal nameclassical

    A tribe from Himyar.

Parallel reading

الحضب بالكسر: صوت القوس، ج أحضاب
Al-ḥaḍb (with kasra): the sound of the bowstring, plural aḥḍāb.
يقال: حضب وحبض.
It is said: ḥaḍaba and ḥabaḍa.
الحضب بالفتح ويكسر: حية، أو هو ذكرها الضخم
Al-ḥaḍab (with fatḥa and kasra): a snake, or its large male.
وهو بالضاد معجمة، وهو كالأسود والحفاث ونحوهما
And it is with the emphatic ḍād, and it is like the black snake and al-ḥafāth and similar ones.
وهو حضب الأحضاب
And he is the ḥaḍab of the aḥḍāb.
وقد تطويت انطواء الحضب بين قتاد ردهة وشقب
And I coiled myself like the coiling of the ḥaḍab between a dense thorny bush and a narrow pass.
الحضب بالكسر: سفح الجبل وجانبه
Al-ḥaḍb (with kasra): the slope of the mountain and its side.
الحضب بالفتح: انقلاب الحبل حتى يسقط
Al-ḥaḍab (with fatḥa): the falling of the rope until it drops.
والحضب أيضا: دخول الحبل بين القعو والبكرة
And al-ḥaḍab also: the rope entering between the capstan and the pulley.
تقول حضبت البكرة كسمع ومرست
You say ḥaḍaba the pulley, like samaʿa, and marasa.
فتقول: أحضب بمعنى أمرس أي رد الحبل إلى مجراه
And you say: aḥḍaba meaning amras, i.e., return the rope to its course.
الحضب بالفتح: سرعة أخذ الطرق بالفتح الرهدن إذا نقر الحبة
Al-ḥaḍab (with fatḥa): swiftness of taking the path (al-ṭaraq) with fatḥa, al-rahdan, when the grain is struck.
والحضب محركة: لغة في الحصب
And al-ḥaḍab (voweled): a dialectal variant of al-ḥaṣab.
ومننه قرأ ابن عباس {2. 021 حضب جهنم} (الأنبياء: 98) منقوطة
And from it Ibn Abbas recited {ḥaḍaba Jahannam} (Al-Anbiya: 98) with dots.
والحضب: الحطب في لغة اليمن
And al-ḥaḍab: firewood in the dialect of Yemen.
وهو كل ما ألقي في النار من حطب وغيره يهيجها به
And it is everything thrown into the fire, wood or otherwise, that excites it.
وحضب النار يحضبها: رفعها
And ḥaḍaba the fire: to raise it.
أو حضب النار إذا خبت ثم ألقى عليها الحطب لتقد
Or ḥaḍaba the fire when it had died down, then threw firewood on it to make it burn.
كأحضبها
Like aḥḍabaha.
والمحضب المسعر وهو عود تحرك به النار عند الاتقاد
And al-muḥaḍḍib the fire-stoker, which is a stick used to stir the fire when it is burning.
فلا تك في حربنا محضبا لتجعل قومك شتى شعوبا
So do not be a muḥaḍḍab in our war, to make your people scattered tribes.
يسمى المقلى المحضب
The frying pan is called al-muḥaḍḍab.
وأحضب: مثل حضب بمعنى رد الحبل من البكرة إلى مجراه
And aḥḍaba: like ḥaḍaba, meaning to return the rope from the pulley to its course.
وتحضب: أخذ في طريق حزن قريب وترك البعيد
And taḥaḍḍaba: to take a nearby difficult path and leave the distant one.
مأخوذ من الحضب وهو سفح الجبل وجانبه، كما تقدم.
Derived from al-ḥaḍab, which is the slope of the mountain and its side, as previously mentioned.
يحضب كيمنع قبيلة من حمير
Yaḥḍib, like yamnaʿ, a tribe from Ḥimyar.