muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarخَبْطٌ
Core sense — he struck it; he beat leaves off a tree; he went at randomgenerated
1.1figurative · مجازhe struck the ground with his fore foot—خَبَطَ الأَرْضَ
he struck, or beat, anything; or he struck it violently.
Or خَبْطٌ means a camel's striking a thing with its fore foot; or, in the case of beasts (دَوَابّ [generally meaning horses and mules and asses]), striking with the fore feet, not with the hind feet, and in the case of the camel with the fore foot and the hind foot; or violent treading, or the treading of the fore feet of beasts.
According to the Keshshāf, striking, or beating, in a way that is not right. Some say it is going, or journeying, off the middle or main part of the road, or along a road not open to view. Others say it is continuous striking in different ways, later applied figuratively to any beating that is not approved. Or, originally, striking with the fore foot or the hind foot and the like: with the fore feet or legs it is like رَمْحٌ with the hind feet or legs.
تخبّط and اختبط mean the same.
he struck the ground violently with his fore foot—خَبَطَ الأَرْضَ بِيَدِهِ
Said of a camel; the maṣdar is as above.
he struck him with his fore foot, or hand, and prostrated him—خَبَطَهُ
This is from the O, where تخبّطهُ is given as meaning the same; and اختبط, said of a camel, is synonymous with خَبَطَ.
In the T, تَخَبَّطَنِى بِرِجْلِهِ is synonymous with خَبَطَنِى.
[lit. you shall not beat the ground as the camel does with its fore foot in rising]—لَا تَخْبِطُوا خَبْطَ الجَمَلِ
From a tradition; meant to forbid a man's putting his foot forward when rising from prostration in prayer.
he trod on him, or on it, violently, as a camel does with its fore foot—خَبَطَهُ
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[such a one goes at random, in a headstrong and reckless manner]—فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ
Like the weak-sighted she-camel that beats the ground with her fore feet as she goes along, guarding herself from nothing. It is a proverb, applied to one who turns away from a thing as though he were not aware of it, or to one who is continually falling into a thing.
such a one undertakes what he undertakes with ignorance—فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ فِى عَمْيَآءَ
[he prosecuted his affair without mental perception, or without certainty]—خَبَطَ أَمْرَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصيرَةٍ
Zuheyr says: [I saw the fates treading mankind like the treading of the weak-sighted she-camel; whom they smote, him they killed; and whom they missed, he was made to continue in life so that he lived to extreme old age.]
shāhidرَأَيْتُ المَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ مَنْ تُصِبْتُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ
Mentioned in art. عشو.
he goes in the night without a lamp, so that he is confused and cannot see his right course, and errs from the way, and may fall into a well—يَخْبِطُ فِى الظَّلَامِ
he went, or journeyed, in the night without direction—خَبَطَ اللَّيْلَ
[he passed the night traversing the darkness without direction]—بَاتَ يَخْبِطُ الظَّلْمَآءَ
خَبْطٌ is said to mean journeying, or going, without direction; or going off the middle, or main part, of the road.
1.1.2figurative · مجازhe asked of him a benefit, or favour, without any tie of relationship—خَبَطَهُ
he asked of him a benefit, or favour, without any tie of relationship—اختبطهُ
Perhaps from the preceding sense.
Or it is from خَبْطُ وَرَقِ الشَّجَرِ, explained in what follows; or it, or both, mean he came to him seeking his beneficence without any such tie; or he came to him seeking a gift, because one who does so must beat the ground with his feet.
Aboo-Málik also gives اختبط مَعْرُوفَهُ. [This verb is the more common. See also 10.]
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe conferred a benefit on him without any previous acquaintance, anything to draw them near, or any relationship—خَبَطَهُ بِخَيْرِ
Or: he bestowed a benefit on him when asked.
Aboo-Málik also gives اختبطهُ بِخَيْرٍ.
he benefited them—خَبَطَ فِيهِمْ بِخَيْرٍ
'Alkameh Ibn-'Abadeh says, praising El-Hárith Ibn-Abee-Shemir: [And upon every tribe you have conferred benefit, apparently meaning without being related to them]
shāhidوَفِى كُلِّ حَىٍّ قَدْ خَبَطْتَ بِنِعْمَةٍ
A marginal note on the S says that خَبَطَّ would be better, and one relation has it so; the L, however, says that خَبَتَّ would agree better with analogy.
I held loving communion, or intercourse, with the man—خَبَطْتُ الرَّجُلَ
According to AZ.
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In the places I have given to the above meanings of asking and conferring a benefit I have followed IF; but it is said in the TA, and I think with greater probability, that they come from what follows next.
1.1.5he made the leaves fall from the trees—خَبَطَ الوَرَقَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ
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Or he beat the leaves of large trees of the kind called طَلْح [acacia, or mimosa, gummifera] with a stick, so that they fell off, and then gave them to camels as food, avoiding injury to the trunks and branches of the trees.
اختبط لَهُ خَبَطًا means the same as خَبَطَ.
he beat the tree with a stick so that its leaves might fall off—خَبَطَ الشَّجَرَةَ
The muḍāriʿ and the maṣdar are as above.
Or he bound the tree, and then made its leaves fall by beating it with a stick, to give them as food to camels and other beasts. The leaves are stored up for the camels, and in winter are bruised, or broken up, for them, moistened with water, and given to them as fodder.
Mohammad was asked whether الغَبْط [that is, the wishing for a blessing on the condition that it shall not become transferred from its possessor] injures the one who does it, and he answered لَا إِلَّا كَمَا يَضُرُّ العِضَاهَ الخَبْطُ [No, save as the beating off the leaves injures the trees called 'idáh]; that is, it only diminishes his recompense without annulling it, like beating the leaves off the 'idáh without cutting the trees down and uprooting them, for the leaves will grow again. [See also art. غبط.]
1.1.6figurative · مجازhe struck the people with his sword—خَبَطَ القَوْمَ بِسَيْفِهِ
1.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredthe devil touched him with a hurt, so as to corrupt or disorder him and make him insane—خَبَطَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ
Also تخبّطهُ, which is the more common: the devil corrupted him, or disordered him — literally, struck him; or prostrated him and sported with him; or trampled on him and prostrated him.
[They shall not rise save as he rises whom the devil prostrates by reason of possession, or insanity]—لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِى يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسِّ
In the Qur 2:276; that is, as one affected by diabolical possession rises, in his state of possession, when he is prostrated, and falls; or it means, whom the devil corrupts, or disorders, by rendering him insane.
[Said also of a drug: خبّط العَقْلَ it disordered the intellect: see the ism fāʿil, below.]
1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredhe threw himself down where he was, to sleep, and slept—خَبَطَ
Said of a man. Also: he slept (A' Obeyd).
In the K, قَامَ is put by mistake for نَامَ.
1.1.9he knocked on the door—خَبَطَ عَلَى البَابِ
1.1.10the vein beat, or pulsated—خَبَطَ العِرْقُ
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, aor. خَبِطَ , (Msb, K, TA,) inf. n. خَبْطٌ , (Msb, TA, &c.,) He struck, or beat, (Msb, TA,) anything: (TA:) or he struck, or beat, it, or him, vehemently: (M, K, TA:) or خَبْطٌ signifies a camel's striking, or beating, a thing with his fore foot: (T, TA:) or in the cases of beasts, ( دَوَابّ , [generally meaning horses and mules and asses,]) the striking, or beating, with the fore feet; not with the hind feet: and in the case of the camel, with the fore foot and the hind foot: or vehement treading; or of the fore feet of beasts ( دوابّ ): (TA:) or, accord. to the Keshsháf, the act of striking, or beating, in a way that is not right: or, as some say, the going, or journeying, upon what is not the middle, or main part, of the road, or what is not the main road, or upon a road not open to view: or continuous, or consecutive, striking, or beating, in different ways: and afterwards tropically applied to any beating, or striking, that is not approved: or originally, the striking, or beating, with the fore foot or the hind foot, and the like: (MF, TA:) with the fore feet or legs, it is like رَمْحٌ with the hind feet or legs. (TA.) You say, of a camel, خَبَطَ الأَرْضَ , (Msb,) or خَبَطَ الأَرْضَ بِيَدِهِ , (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) He struck, or beat, the ground with his fore foot: (S, Msb:) or he struck, or beat, vehemently the ground with his fore foot; and تخبّط and اختبط signify the same: (K:) it is said in the O that خَبَطَهُ signifies he struck him with his fore foot, or hand, and prostrated him, as also تخبّطهُ : and اختبط , said of a camel, is syn. with خَبَطَ : and in the T, that تَخَبَّطَنِى بِرِجْلِهِ is syn, with خَبَطَنِى . (TA.) Hence the trad., لَا تَخْبِطُوا خَبْطَ الجَمَلِ [lit. Ye shall not beat the ground as the camel does with his fore foot in rising]; meant to forbid a man's putting forward his foot in rising from prostration [in prayer]. (TA.) And خَبَطَهُ , (K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) signifies also He trod him, or it, vehemently, (K, TA,) as the camel does with his fore foot. (TA.) Hence, (S,) فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ (S, * TA) [Such a one goes at random, in a headstrong and reckless manner,] like the weak-sighted she-camel that beats the ground with her fore feet ( تَخْبِطُ ) as she goes along, not guarding herself from anything. (S, TA.) It is a prov., applied to him who turns away from a thing as though he were not cognizant of it: or to him who is continually falling into a thing. (Har p. 239.) Zuheyr says, 1 I saw the fates [treading mankind] like the treading of the weak-sighted she-camel; whom they smote, him they killed: and whom they missed, he was made to continue in life so that he lived to extreme old age. (TA, and EM p. 132.) In like manner you say, فُلَانٌ يَخْبِطُ فِى عَمْيَآءَ Such a one undertakes what he undertakes with ignorance. (TA.) And خَبَطَ أَمْرَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ بَصيرَةٍ [He prosecuted his affair without mental perception, or without certainty]. (S in art. عشو , q. v.) And يَخْبِطُ فِى الظَّلَامِ He goes in the night without a lamp, and so becomes confounded and perplexed, and unable to see his right course, and errs from the way, and perchance may fall into a well. (TA.) And خَبَطَ اللَّيْلَ , (K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He went, or journeyed, in the night without direction. (K, TA.) And بَاتَ يَخْبِطُ الظَّلْمَآءَ [He passed the night traversing the darkness without direction]. (TA.) خَبْطٌ is said to signify The act of journeying, or going, without direction: or upon what is not the middle, or main part, of the road, or what is not the main road. (TA.) رَأَيْتُ المَنَايَا خَبْطَ عَشْوَآءَ مَنْ تُصِبْ | تُمِتْهُ وَمَنْ تُخْطِئْ يُعَمَّرْ فَيَهْرَمِ [And hence, perhaps,] خَبَطَهُ He asked of him a benefit, or favour, without any tie of relationship; (K, * TA;) as also اختبطهُ : (IB, K:) or this is from خَبْطُ وَرَقِ الشَّجَرِ [explained in what follows]: (Har p. 425:) or the latter, [or both,] he came to him seeking his beneficence without any such tie: (S:) or he came to him seeking a gift; because he who does so must beat the ground with his feet: (IF:) and you also say, اختبط مَعْرُوفَهُ . (Aboo-Málik, TA.) [The latter verb is the more common. See also 10.] And He conferred a benefit upon him without there having been any acquaintance between them, (S, K, TA,) and without there being anything to draw them near, and without there being any relationship: (TA:) and خَبَطَهُ بِخَيْرِ signifies the same: (TA:) or he bestowed on him a benefit, (K, TA,) being asked: (TA:) and you say also, اختبطهُ بِخَيْرٍ : (Aboo-Málik, TA:) and خَبَطَ فِيهِمْ بِخَيْرٍ signifies He benefited them. (TA.) 'Alkameh Ibn-'Abadeh says, (S, TA,) praising El-Hárith Ibn-AbeeShemir, (TA,) 1 [And upon every tribe thou hast conferred benefit, app. meaning without being related to them]: (S, TA:) but it is said in a marginal note to the S, that خَبَطَّ would be better; and so it is accord. to one relation: in the L, however, it is said that خَبَتَّ would be more agreeable with analogy. (TA.) Accord. to AZ, خَبَطْتُ الرَّجُلَ , inf. n. خَبْطٌ , signifies I held loving communion, commerce, or intercourse, with the man. (TA.) وَفِى كُلِّ حَىٍّ قَدْ خَبَطْتَ بِنِعْمَةٍ [In respect of the places which I have given to the abovementioned significations of asking and conferring a benefit, I have followed the opinion of IF; but it is said in the TA, and, I think, with greater probability, that they are from what here next follows.] خَبَطَ الوَرَقَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ , aor. خَبِطَ , (Msb,) inf. n. خَبْطٌ , (Lth, T, Msb,) He made the leaves to fall from the trees: (Msb:) or he beat the leaves of the trees, (Lth, T,) meaning large trees of the kind called طَلْح , [acacia, or mimosa, gummifera,] with a staff, or stick, (Lth,) so that they fell off, or became scattered, (Lth, T,) after which he gave them as food to camels; (Lth;) refrainfrom injuring thereby the trunks and branches of the trees: (T:) and اختبط لَهُ خَبَطًا signifies the same as خَبَطَ . (TA.) And خَبَطَ الشَّجَرَةَ , (S, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) and so the inf. n., (S,) He beat the tree with a staff, or stick, in order that its leaves might fall off: (S:) or he bound the tree, and then made its leaves to fall, (K, TA,) by beating it with a staff, or stick, to give them as food to camels and other beasts. (TA.) The leaves are stored up for the camels; and in wintertime are bruised, or broken up, for them, and moistened with water, and given to them as fodder. (Har p. 218.) Mohammad was asked, Does الغَبْط [i. e. “ the wishing for a blessing on the condition that it shall not become transferred from its possessor ”] injure [its author]? and he answered, لَا إِلَّا كَمَا يَضُرُّ العِضَاهَ الخَبْطُ [No, save as the beating off the leaves injures the trees called 'idáh]; i. e., it only diminishes, without annulling, its author's recompense, like the beating off the leaves of the 'idáh, without cutting them down and extirpating them; for the leaves will grow again. (TA.) [See also art. غبط .] Hence, (A, TA,) خَبَطَ القَوْمَ بِسَيْفِهِ He struck the people with his sword. (A, K, TA.) خَبَطَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ The devil touched him with a hurt, (K, TA,) so as to corrupt him, or disorder him, and render him insane; (TA;) as also تخبّطهُ : (K, TA:) or the latter, [which is the more common,] the devil corrupted him, or disordered him: (S, Mgh, Msb: *) lit., struck him: (Mgh, Msb:) or prostrated him, and sported with him: or trampled upon him, and prostrated him. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 276], لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِى يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسِّ [They shall not rise save as he riseth whom the devil prostrateth by reason of possession, or insanity]; i. e., as he who is affected by diabolical possession rises, in his state of possession, when he is prostrated, and falls: or it means, whom the devil corrupts, or disorders, by rendering him insane. (K, * TA.) [You say also, of a drug, خبّط العَقْلَ It disordered the intellect: see the act. part. n., below.] خَبَطَ also signifies He (a man) threw himself down (S, L, K) where he was, (S, L,) to sleep, (S, K,) or and slept. (L.) And He (a man) slept. (A' Obeyd, TA.) In the K, قَامَ is erroneously put for نَامَ . (TA.) خَبَطَ عَلَى البَابِ He knocked upon the door, or at the door. (TA.) خَبَطَ العِرْقُ The vein beat, or pulsated. (TA.)