حَطَبَ

, (S, A, K,) aorist حَطِبَ , (K,) verbal noun حَطْبٌ, (TA,) He collected حَطَب, (S, A, K,) i. e. firewood; (A, K;) as also ↓ احتطب: (S, A, K:) [and] so حَطَبَ الحَطَبَ, (Mgh, Msb,) aorist and verbal noun as above; and ↓ احتطب. (Msb.)

[Hence,] حَطَبَ فِى حَبْلِهِ, (A,) or فى حَبْلِهِمْ, (K,) [lit. He collected firewood in his, or their, rope; meaning] (tropical:) he aided, or assisted, (A, K,) him, (A,) or them. (K.) One says, إِنَّكَ تَحْطِبُ فِى حَبْلِهِ وَ تَمِيلُ إِلَى هَوَاهُ (tropical:) [Verily thou aidest him, and inclinest to his desire]. (A, TA.)

And حَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْرٍ (A, Mgh) (tropical:) He brought to him خير, (Mgh,) meaning wealth, or property. (A.)

And فُلَانٌ يَحْطِبُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one incites, urges, or instigates, [others] against such a one. (Har p. 209.)

And حَطَبَ بِهِ (tropical:) He calumniated him, or slandered him. (A, Mgh, Msb, K. [See حَطَبٌ, below.])

-A2- حَطَبَهُ, (S, K,) aorist حَطِبَ , (TA,) He collected firewood for him: (K:) or he brought firewood to him: (S, K:) as also لَهُ ↓ احتطب. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَحْطِبُ رُفَقَاءَهُ وَ يَسْقِيهِمْ [Such a one collects firewood for, or brings firewood to, his companions, and gives them to drink]. (A, TA.)

Also He collected for him a thing as firewood. (TA.)

حَطَبُوا كَرْمَهُمْ, verbal noun حَطْبٌ, [and apparently also حِطَابٌ, which see below, or this may be a simple subst.,] (tropical:) They cut off the حَطَب of their grapevine; (A;) i. e. the dry portions thereof, that were of no use but for fire. (Mgh.)

-A3- حَطَبَ and ↓ احطب It, (a place, K,) or he, (a man, TA,) abounded with firewood. (K, * TA.)

-A4- حَطُبَ He was, or became, lean, or meagre. (A.)