Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ضبع ضبن ضبنط


1. ⇒ ضبن

ضَبَنَهُ, aor. ـِ {يَضْبِنُ}, inf. n. ضَبْنٌ, He put him, or it, (i. e. a man, or another thing,) above his ضِبْن [q. v.]. (TA.) [See also what next follows {4}.]


4. ⇒ اضبن

اضبنهُ He put it in his ضِبْن, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) or on his ضِبْن; (TA;) or he took it beneath his ضِبْن, i. e. his حِضْن [or the part between his armpit and flank]: (AʼObeyd, TA:) andاضطبنهُ↓ signifies the same. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

And He straitened him, or it, (Ḳ, TA,) by putting him, or it, beneath his side. (TA.)


8. ⇒ اضتبناضطبناضّبن

اضطبنهُ: see 4.

Root: ضبن - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

Also He took him, or it, with his hand, and raised him, or it, to a little above his navel. (TA.)


ضِبْنٌ

ضِبْنٌ The part between the armpit and the كَشْح [or flank]; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) or the حِضْن [which generally means as above]; (AʼObeyd, TA;) [or] the part, of the side, between the armpit and the حِضْن [which is here evidently used as syn. with كَشْح]: (Ṣ:) or the armpit [itself]: so says Ibn-El-Faraj: like ضِبْرٌ: (TA in art ضبر:) or the armpit and the part next to it: or the uppermost part of the side: or the part beneath the كَشْح [or flank] and beneath the armpit: or the part between the خَاصِرَة [or flank] and the head [or crest] of the hip. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنٌ Signification: A2

[Hence,]A side of a road: one says, أَخَذَ فِى ضِبْنٍ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِHe took a side of the road: pl. أَضْبانٌ. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنٌ Signification: A3

And هُوَ فِى ضِبْنِ فُلَانٍ means † He is in the quarter, or protection, of such a one; as alsoفى ضِبْنَتِهِ↓. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنٌ Signification: A4

[The pl.] أَضْبَانٌ signifies also ‡ The narrow places (مَضَايِق) of the جَمَل [an evident mistranscription for جَبَل i. e. mountain]. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنٌ Signification: A5

And † Places abounding with beasts of prey: (Ḳ, TA:) sing. ضِبْنٌ. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنٌ Signification: A6

And الضِّبْنُ signifies † That [place, or ground,] which renders people impotent, or helpless, to dig it. (Ḳ.)


ضَبَنٌ

ضَبَنٌ Deficiency, or a falling short. (Ḳ, TA.)


ضَبِنٌ

مَكَانٌ ضَبِنٌ A narrow place. (Ṣ.)


ضَبْنَةٌ / ضُبْنَةٌ

ضَبْنَةٌ and ضُبْنَةٌ: see what next follows.


ضِبْنَةٌ

ضِبْنَةٌ andضَبِنَةٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andضَبْنَةٌ↓ andضُبْنَةٌ↓ (Ḳ) The household, or family, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) of a man, (Ṣ,) and [his] relations, or servants, or other dependents: (TA:) or the cattle, and household, or family, that are under one's authority, and which he minds, or to which he attends, and the maintenance whereof is incumbent on him. (IAth, TA.) And A travelling-companion, or travellingcompanions, in whom is no profit, or advantage, (Ḳ, TA,) being only such as he who travels with him, or them, has the burden of supporting. (TA.)

Root: ضبن - Entry: ضِبْنَةٌ Dissociation: B

ضَبِنَةٌ


ضبانة

ضبانة [app. ضِبَانَةٌ, like بِطَانَةٌ, which is one of its syns.,] A man's particular, or special, intimates, friends, or associates, and his aiders, or assistants, and kinsfolk. (TA.)


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