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عَضِضْتُهُ , and عَضِضْتُ عَلَيْهِ, (S, O, Msb, K,)
and بِهِ (S, O, Msb,) third pers. عَضَّ, (S,) aor.
عَضَ3َ ,
(S, Msb, K,) i. e. يَعَضُّ, (ISk, S, O,) imp. عَضّ
[i. e. عَضَّ and عَضِّ] and اِعْضَضٌ, (TA,) inf. n.
عَضٌّ (Mgh, O, Msb, K) and عَضِيضٌ (O, K) and
عُضَاضٌ, (TA, [see also عِضَاضٌ, below,]) [I bit it;
or] I seized it, or took hold of it, with my teeth,
(A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and pressed it therewith;
(TA;) namely, a thing, (A,) or a morsel of
food: (S, Msb:) or with my tongue; (A, K;)
as, for instance, a serpent does; but not a scorpion; for this latter stings: (TA:) accord. to the
Book of Verbs by IKtt, one also says عَضَضْتُ,
aor.
عَضُ3َ : (Msb:) and [it has been asserted that]
one says, (Msb, K,) though rarely, (Msb,)
عَضَضْتُ, aor.
عَضَ3َ : (Msb, K:) it is said in the S
[and O] that ISk cites AO as asserting that
عَضَضْتُ, with fet-h [to the first ض] is a dial.
var. [which obtained] among [the tribes of] Er-Ribáb: but, IB says, this is a mistranscription;
for what ISk says, in the book entitled “ ElIsláh, ” is, غَصِصْتُ بِاللُّقْمَةِ فَأَنَا أَغَصُّ بِهَا غَصَصًا قَالَ
أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَغَصَصْتُ لُغَةٌ فِى الرِّبَابِ, with [the pointed
غ and] the unpointed ص: to which [says SM]
I add, that thus it is found in the handwriting
of Aboo-Zekereeyà and of Ibn-El-Jawáleekee, in
the “ Isláh ” of ISk, and they expressly assert
that what is in the S is a mistranscription. (TA.)
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2-b2- عَضَّ الفَرَسُ عَلَى لِجَامِهِ [The horse champed
his bit]. (Msb.) ―
2-b3- It is said in the Kur [iii. 115],
وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضَّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الغَيْظِ (assumed tropical:) [And
when they are alone, they bite the ends of the
fingers by reason of wrath, or rage, against you]:
meaning that, by reason of the vehemence of their
hatred of the believers, they eat [or rather bite]
their hands in wrath, or rage. (O, TA.) You
say also, عَضَّ عَلَى يَدِهِ غَيْظًا (tropical:) [He bit his hand
in wrath, or rage], when a man is inordinate in
his enmity. (TA.) In like manner, it is said in
the Kur [xxv. 29], وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ
(tropical:) [And the day when the wrong-doer shall bite his
hands]; meaning, in repentance and regret. (O,
TA.) And it is said in a prov., عَضَّ عَلَى شِبْدِعِهِ,
i. e. لِسَانِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He bit his tongue]: applied to the
clement, or forbearing. (O, TA.) One says also,
عَضَّ بِالْخَمْسِ, meaning He bit the fingers. (Ham
p. 790.) ―
2-b4- عَضَّ فِى العِلْمِ بِنَاجِذِهِ (tropical:) He confirmed
his knowledge; made it sound. (Mgh.) ―
2-b5- Mohammad said, عَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِى وَسُنَّةِ الخُلَفَآءِ الرَّشِدِينَ مِنْ
بَعْدِى عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [Keep ye
to my course of conduct, and the course of conduct
of the orthodox Khaleefehs after me:] cleave ye,
or hold ye fast, thereto. (Mgh, * Msb.) And
you say, of a man, عَضَّ بِصَاحِبِهِ, (S, O, K,) aor.
عَضَ3َ ,
(S,) inf. n. عَضِيضٌ (S, O, K) and عَضٌّ, (TA,)
(assumed tropical:) He kept, or clave, to his companion; (S, O, K;)
he stuck to him: (TA:) and عَضَّهُ has the same,
which is said to be the primary, signification; (TA;)
or this signifies he seized him with his teeth, because the doing so is a means of cleaving. (IAth,
TA.) You say also عضضت بِمَالِى, [so in the TA,
without any vowel-signs to the verb,] inf. n.
عُضُوضَةٌ and عَضَاضَةٌ, [to agree with which, the
pret. by rule should be عَضُضْتُ,] (assumed tropical:) I clave, or
held fast, to my property. (TA.) And عَضَّ
فُلَانٌ بِالشَّرِّ (tropical:) Such a one kept, or clave, to evil, or
mischief, and did not leave it. (A, TA.) ―
2-b6- عَضَّهُ,
(Aboo-'Is-hák, TA in art. همز,) or عَضَّهُ بِلِسَانِهِ,
(A, TA, *) inf. n. عَضٌّ, (TA,) (tropical:) He defamed him;
spoke evil of him; or backbit him. (Aboo-Is-hák,
ubi suprà; A, TA.) ―
2-b7- عَضَّ الثِّقَافُ بِأَنَابِيبِ الرُّمْحِ,
and عَضَّ عَلَيْهَا, inf. n. عَضٌّ, (tropical:) The straighteninginstrument held fast to [or pinched] the internodal
portions of the spear. (TA.) ―
2-b8- عَضَّهُ القَتَبُ, inf. n.
عَضٌّ, (tropical:) [The camel's saddle hurt him] as though it
bit him. (IB.) ―
2-b9- عَضَّهُمُ السِّلَاحُ (tropical:) [The weapon,
or weapons, wounded them]. (O, TA.) ―
2-b10- عَضَّهُ
الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The thing, or affair, was, or became,
severe, or distressing, or afflictive, to him. (A,
TA.) And you say also, عَضَّتْهُ الحَرْبُ (A, O)
and عَضَّتْ بِهِ (tropical:) War, or the war, was, or became,
severe to him. (Ham p. 628. See an ex. voce
رَحِيمٌ.) عَضُّ الزَّمَانِ and الحَرْبِ signify (tropical:) The
severity, or rigour, of time, or fortune, and of
war: or in these two cases, the former word is
with ظ: (K:) or, accord. to IKtt and others,
عَضّ and عَظّ are two dial. vars. (TA.) And
عَضَّ, aor.
عَضَ3َ , inf. n. عَضِيضٌ, signifies also (assumed tropical:) He,
or it, was, or became, strong, or hard; syn. اِشْتَدَّ
and صَلُبَ: (IKtt, TA:) app. said of a man:
(TA:) [or, thus used, it has a more comprehensive meaning; for] it is said in the S that
عَضِضْتَ, addressed to a man, signifies (tropical:) thou
becamest, or hast become, such as is termed عِضٌّ
[q. v.]; and the like is said in the A; and Sgh
adds [in the O] that its inf. n. is عَضَاضَةٌ. (TA.)
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2-b11- عَضَّتْهُ الأَسْفَارُ (tropical:) Travels rendered him experienced, or expert. (A, TA.) And one says,
عَضَّتْهُ الأَمُورُ بِأَضْرَاسِهَا وَأَكَلَتْهُ حَتَّى عَرَّفَتْهُ (assumed tropical:) [The
management of affairs rendered him experienced
so that they taught him]. (A in art. جرس.)