قَضِيبٌ

, as an epithet applied to a branch, i. q. مَقْضُوبٌ [i. e. Cut off]. (M voce فَنَنٌ, and Msb. *)

And [as a subst., A rod, stick, wand, branch, twig, switch, shoot, or stalk;] a غُصْن [i. e. branch from the stem or from another branch, of a tree], (S, M, O, Msb, K,) [and particularly] that is cut off: (M, Msb:) plural قُضْبَانٌ (S, M, O, Msb, K) and قِضْبَانٌ (M, O, Msb, K, but this is less approved, TA) and قُضُبٌ, and قَضْبٌ is a quasi-plural n. (M, TA.) [Hence] one says, مَلَكَ البُرْدَةَ وَالقَضِيبَ (tropical:) [lit. He became possessor of the burdeh and the rod], meaning اُسْتُخْلِفَ [i. e. he became a successor]. (A.)

And A bow made of a rod, or branch, (AHn, M, K) in its complete state: (AHn, M:) or one made of a rod, or branch, not split: (M, K:) also called قَضْبَةٌ. (TA.)

And (assumed tropical:) The quill of a feather. (TA voce بَطْنٌ.)

And (tropical:) The virga, nervus, or yard, (AHát, T, K, TA,) of a bull, (AHát, TA,) or of a man, and of an animal other than man, (T, TA,) or of an ass, &c. (S, * TA.)

And (assumed tropical:) A slender arrow: plural قُضُبٌ. (As, TA.)

And (assumed tropical:) A slender sword; opposite of صَفِيحَةٌ: plural قَوَاضِبُ and قُضُبٌ: (IAth, TA:) or (tropical:) slender as an epithet applied to a sword; (M, A, K; *) likened to the قَضِيب of the tree. (A.)