ضَبَأَ

, (As, S, K,) aorist ضَبَاَ , verbal noun ضَبْءٌ and ضُبُوْءٌ, (K,) He (a man, TA) clave to the ground, (As, S, K, TA, [like ضَبَّ,]) or to a tree: (TA:) or ضَبَأَ بِالأَرْضِ, aorist and verbal noun as above, he clave to the ground, and hid, or concealed, himself: and in like manner one says of a wolf, meaning he clave to the ground; or he hid, or concealed, himself in a covert of trees, or in a hollow in the ground, to deceive, or circumvent: (M:) and ضَبَأَ alone, he hid, or concealed, himself; (M, K;) as also ↓ اضطبأ: (K:) and the former, he concealed himself (K, TA) in a covert of trees, or in a hollow in the ground, (TA,) to deceive, or circumvent, (K, TA,) the game, or prey: (TA:) you say, ضَبَأْتُ فِى الأَرْضِ, verbal noun as above, I hid, or concealed, myself in the land, or country. (AZ, S. [See also ضَنَأَ.])

ضَبَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ I had recourse, or betook myself, to him, or it, for refuge, protection, or covert. (S, O, K. *)

And ضَبَأَ, alone, He came forth from a place unexpectedly, and ascended [upon an eminence], (O, K, TA,) to look. (TA.)

ضَبَأَ مِنْهُ He was abashed at, or shy of, or he shrank from, him, or it; (M, K, TA;) as also ↓ اضطبأ. (TA. [See also اضطنأ.])

-A2- ضَبَأْتُ بِهِ الأَرْضَ I made him to cleave to the ground. (As, S, O, K. *)