عَتَبٌ

Also The دَسْتَانَات [or frets] (O, TA) that are bound upon the عَمُود [meaning neck] (O) of a lute: (O, TA:) [apparently as likened to a series of steps:] or the transverse pieces of wood upon the face of a lute, [i. e., apparently, upon the face of the neck,] from which the chords are extended to the extremity of the lute: (O, K, TA:) or, according to IAar, the thing [apparently the small ridge at the angle of the neck] upon which are [or lie] the extremities of the chords, in the fore part, of the lute. (TA.) [See an engraving and a description of a lute in my work on the Modern Egyptians.]

And The places of ascent of mountains, and of rugged and hard pieces of ground. (TA.)

And Ruggedness of ground. (O, K.)

And The space between two mountains. (TA.)

And The space between the fore finger and middle finger [when they are extended apart]: (Msb in article شبر, and K:) or the space between the middle finger and third finger: (S, O, K:) or the [space that is measured by] placing the four fingers close together. (Msb ubi suprà.) [See also بُصْمٌ, and رَتَبٌ.]

Also A bending at the ضَرِيبَة [or part with which one strikes], and a bluntness, of a sword. (TA.) One says, مَا فِى طَاعَةِ فُلَانٍ عَتَبٌ (assumed tropical:) There is not in the obedience of such a one any bending nor a recoiling. (TA.)

And A defect in a bone, when it has not been well set, after a fracture, and there remains a constant swelling in it, or a lameness. (TA.)

And An unsoundness (O, K, TA) in an animal's leg, (O, TA,) and (assumed tropical:) in an affair. (TA.) One says, مَا فِى مَوَدَّتِهِ عَتَبٌ (assumed tropical:) There is not in his love, or affection, anything mingling with it that vitiates it, impairs it, or renders it unsound. (TA.)