ضَبَثَ بِهِ

, (S, K,) aorist ضَبِثَ , (K,) verbal noun ضَبْثٌ, (S,) He grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, him, or it, with his hand; as also ↓ اضطبث: (S, K:) or, according to an explanation of the verbal noun by Ibn-Es-Seed, he did so with the utmost vehemence, or strength: (TA:) or he grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, and took, him, or it: (Sh, TA:) or ضَبَثَ عَلَيْهِ has the first of these meanings; (A, L;) as also ضَبَثَهُ: (A:) and ضَبَثَ بِهِ signifies he seized him violently, or laid violent hands upon him. (A, TA.)

Also, i. e. ضَبَثَ بِهِ, aorist and verbal noun as above, He applied his hand to it, namely, a thing that he was making, or doing, diligently, earnestly, or with painstaking. (TA.)

And ضَبَثَهُ He beat, struck, or smote, him, namely, a man. (K.)

And He felt, for the purpose of testing, him, or it, with his hand. (TA.) One says, of a she-camel, تُضْبَثُ, meaning She is felt with the hand, when one doubts of her fatness. (S, A, K.)