حَابِسٌ

[act. particle n. of حَبَسَ; Confining; restricting; limiting; &c.]: plural حُبَّسٌ. (IAth, TA.) [Hence,] حَابِسُ الفِيلِ The Restrainer of the Elephant: an epithet applied to God; alluding to the case of Abrahah. [See Qur'an ch. cv.] (TA.) And زِقٌّ حَابِسٌ A skin that retains the water [&c.]. (TA.) And كَلَأْ حَابِسٌ Herbage that is abundant, and retaining the water. (TA.)