ض • ب • ر

, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. ضَبِرَ , inf. n. ضَبْرٌ (A, Msb, K) and ضَبَرَانٌ, (K,) He (a horse, S, Msb, K, and a person having his legs shackled, K, in running, TA, or a horse having his legs shackled, A) leaped with his legs put together; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) and so too, accord. to Zj, ↓ اضبر, said of a horse: (O:) or he ran: (TA:) or ضَبْرٌ signifies a horse's leaping, and alighting with his fore legs put together. (As, TA.) Also, (S, A, K,) aor. as above, (S,) inf. n. ضَبْرٌ, (S, K,) He made books, or writings, into a bundle: (S, A, K:) and ↓ ضبّر, (A, TA,) inf. n. تَضْبِيرٌ, (K,) signifies the same: (A:) or he collected together (K, TA) books, or writings, (A, TA,) &c. (TA.) And the former verb, He collected together an army for war. (S, TA.) And ضَبَرَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّخْرَ, (S, A, K, *) aor. as above, (S, TA,) and so the inf. n., (K, TA,) He piled up the rocks, or great masses of stone, (S, K,) upon him, or it. (S.) ضَبْرٌ also signifies The act of binding, or tying, firmly, fast, or strongly. (IAar, TA.) And [hence, app., as inf. n. of ضُبِرَ], (TA), and so تَضْبِيرٌ [as inf. n. of ↓ ضُبِّرَ], (K, TA,) The being very compact and strong in the bones, and compact and full in flesh. (K, TA.) [See مَضْبُورٌ.])

, (S, O, K,) or ذُو ضَبَارَةٍ فِى خَلْقِهِ, (TA,) A man having firmness of make: (S, O:) or having compactness and firmness of make: (K:) and so ↓ ضُبَارِمٌ and ↓ ضُبَارِمَةٌ applied to a lion; (K in this art.;) the م in these being augmentative, accord. to Kh; (TA;) or the former of them, thus applied, strong in make; (S in art. ضبرم;) or the former of them signifies a lion, (ISk, K and TA in that art.,) as also ضُبَارِكٌ, (ISk, TA ibid.,) and so the latter of them; (K ibid.;) and the former of them, applied to a man, courageous; (ISk, TA ibid.;) or each, (K ibid.,) or the latter of them, (TA ibid.,) thus applied, bold against the enemies. (K and TA ibid.)

i. q. الحَرَّةُ, q. v. (T in art. ام.)

A bundle (حُزْمَة, Lth, Mgh, Msb, K, or إِضْمَامَة [q. v.], S, O) of books or writings; (Lth, S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also أَضْبَارَةٌ, (K,) and ↓ ضِبَارَةٌ: (Lth, Mgh, Msb:) or of arrows: (Lth:) and ↓ ضِبَارَةٌ signifies a bundle [absolutely]; as also ↓ ضُبَارَةٌ: (O, K:) Lth alone explains ضِبَارَةٌ as applied to a bundle of books or writings; others saying إِضْبَارَةٌ: the pl. of إِضْبَارَةٌ is أَضَابِيرُ; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) and that of ↓ ضِبَارَةٌ is ضَبَائِرُ. (Mgh, O, Msb.)

; and its n. un., with ة: see ضَبْرٌ.

Hard, firm, or strong: syn. شَدِيدٌ; (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K;) and so ↓ ضَنْبَرٌ. (TA.) And (hence, TA) The penis. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)

an inf. n. used as an epithet: see مَضْبُورٌ. -A2- Also (assumed tropical:) A company of men engaged in a warring, or warring and plundering, expedition, (S, O, K, TA,) on foot. (TA.) And Footmen [app. meaning foot-soldiers]; syn. رَجَّالَةٌ [quasi-pl. n. of رَاجِلٌ]. (TA.) Also [The musculus, or testudo; a machine made of] skin covering wood, (Lth, O, K,) within which are men, (K,) and which is brought near to fortresses, for the purpose of fighting, (Lth, O, K,) i. e. for fighting the people thereof: (Lth, O:) pl. ضُبُورٌ, (Lth, O, K,) which means what are termed دَبَّابَاتٌ: (Lth, A, O: [see دَبَّابَةٌ:]) [or it is a coll. gen. n.; for it is said that] one such thing is called ضَبْرَةٌ. (TA.) -A3- Also [The species of nut called] the wild جَوْز (جَوْزُ البَرِّ), which is a hard sort of جوز, not the wild pomegranate, for this is called the مَظّ: (S, O:) or the tree of what is called جَوْزُ البَرِّ; as also ↓ ضَبِرٌ: (K:) or, accord. to [AHn] Ed-Deenawaree, each of these words, the latter being a dial. var. of the former, is applied to the tree of a sort of جَوز found in the mountains of the Saráh (السَّرَاة), which blossoms, but does not organize and compact any fruit (لاَ يَعْقِدُ); and the n. un. is ↓ ضَبِرَةٌ [and ضَبْرَةٌ]: he says also that the ضَبِر was described to him by an Arab of the desert, of Saráh, as a great tree, as big as the great walnut-tree, having round leaves, as big as the hand, and very numerous. (O.) And the ضَبْر is [also] What is called جَوْزُ بَوَّا [i. e. the nutmeg]: (K:) IAar says that it is what the people of the towns and villages call جَوْزُ بَوَّا. (O.) -A4- And i. q. فَقْرٌ [Poverty, &c.]. (IAar, TA.)

A lion; as also ↓ ضِبِرٌّ, and ↓ مُضَبَّرٌ: (K:) or a lion that leaps much to the animals upon which he preys. (O.)

and ضُبَارٌ Books, or writings: [each a pl.] without a singular. (K.) [See also إِضْبَارَةٌ.]

and ضُبَارَةٌ: see إِضْبَارَةٌ, in four places. ضَبَائِرُ is pl. of the former [or of each]: (Mgh, Msb:) and, as though pl. of the former, signifies Companies of men in a state of dispersion. (TA.)

, applied to a horse, (S, O, K,) and to a lion, (O,) and to a man, (TA,) That leaps much: (S, O, K:) and so طِمِرٌّ. (O.) See also ضَبُورٌ.

The armpit: (O, K, TA:) and so ضِبْنٌ: thus says Ibn-El-Faraj. (TA.)

and ضُبَارِمَةٌ: see ضَبَارَةٌ.

A sort of tree resembling very nearly that of the بَلُّوط, [i. e. the oak,] (AHn, O, K,) the wood of which is good as fuel, like that of the مَظّ: its fresh firewood, when kindled, sends forth a sound like that of مَخَارِيق [pl. of مِخْرَاقٌ, q. v.]; and therefore they use it to do so at the thickets wherein are lions, which flee in consequence: (AHn, O:) the n. un. is with ة. (AHn, O, K.)

A camel very compact and strong in the bones, and compact and full in flesh; as also ↓ مُضَبَّرٌ: (K:) or both signify compact in make, and smooth: (Lth, * TA:) and الخَلْقِ ↓ مُضَبَّرُ a horse firm in make: and الخَلْقِ ↓ مُضَبَّرَةُ the same applied to a she-camel: (S:) and ↓ ضَبْرٌ a horse compact in make; an inf. n. used as an epithet. (Msb.)

: see the following paragraph in three places: and see also ضَبُورٌ.