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هبط

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Form 1هَبَطَ8 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarهُبُوطٌ هُنُوطٌ هَبْطٌ

Core sense — he, or it, descended; he made it descend; he lowered, or diminished, itgenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe descended, or went down a declivity; it sloped downتهبّط

and also هَبُطَ, but the latter is rare. The maṣdar is هُبُوطٌ, both for the verb whose muḍāriʿ is هَبِطَ and for the one whose muḍāriʿ is هَبُطَ — or for the latter only, that of the former being هَبْطٌ. Said of water and the like: he, or it, descended.

Synonymous with إِنْحَدَرَ.

he descended; or he became lowered, or degradedانهبط

Synonymous with إِنْحَطَّ; it is the quasi-passive of أَهْبَطَهُ, and may also be the quasi-passive of هَبَطَهُ, as is said in the M.

[We descended a difficult declivity]هَبَطْنَا فِى حَدُورٍ صَعْبَةٍ

In art. حدر.

we descended into the valleyهَبَطَ الوَادِىَ

This is as though it were transitive, standing for فِى الوَادِى.

he came forth from itهَبَطَ مِنْهُ
descend into Misrإِهْبِطُوا مِصْرًا

Qur'an 2:58; according to one reading, أُهْبُطُوا.

he entered such a town or countryهَبَطَ بَلَدَ كَذَا
I removed him from a place to a placeهَبَطْتُ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferreda falling into evil; being low, abject, or vile; suffering loss or diminutionهَبْطٌ
he fell from his honourable stationهَبَطَ مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ
such a one became low, abject, or vileهَبَطَ فُلَانٌ
he became abject and submissive from fearهَبَطَ مِنَ الخَشْيَةِ
the people, or company of men, became in a state of abasement and diminutionهَبَطَ القَوْمُ

[See also form 7, mentioned above.]

See Qur'an 2:69.

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[O God, we ask of You a good state, or condition, and we put our trust in You for preservation that we may not become brought down from our state]أَللّٰهُمَّ غَبْطًا لَا هَبْطًا

From a tradition; that is, نَسْأَلُكَ الغِبْطَةَ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نَهْبِطَ عَنْ حَالِنَا.

Mentioned and explained before, in art. غبط.

But here هَبْطًا may be regarded as the maṣdar of the transitive verb mentioned below.

my camels, and my sheep or goats, suffered loss, or diminutionهَبَطَتْ إِبِلِى وَغَنَمِى

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هَبَطَ is used in the same sense of flesh, of fat, and of fatness.

the price of the commodity became lowered below its former full rateهَبَطَ ثَمَنُ السِّلْعَةِ
the counterpoising portion of the load became adjusted, made even, or made easy, upon the camelهَبَطَ العِدْلُ
1.2he made him, or it, descend; he sent, or cast, him downهَبَطَهُ

also اهبطهُ. Said of water and the like.

[The year of dearth, or drought, caused them to go down to the cities, or great towns]أَهْبَطَتْهُمُ السَّنَةُ إِلَى الأَمْصَارِ

In art. حسر.

he, or it, caused him to enter such a town or countryهَبَطَهُ بَلَدَ كَذَا
he, or it, made him alight upon a placeهَبَطَ بِهِ عَلَى مَكَانٍ

See an example under زَحَّ.

1.2.1figurative · مجازhe lowered him, or degraded him, from his state, or conditionاهبطهُ

Said of God, or of a man.

Of time, or fortune: it caused his wealth and his beneficence to go away, after he had abounded in them.

1.2.2figurative · مجازthe disease rendered him lean, it emaciated him; or it diminished his fleshهَبَطَ المَرَضُ لَحْمَهُ
1.2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe lowered, or diminished, the price of the commodityهَبَطَ ثَمَنَ السِّلْعَةِ

. Said of God, or of a man.

A 'Obeyd: اهبطهُ is used in the same sense, said of a man.

he diminished somewhat from the priceهَبَطَ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ

Sometimes اهبطهُ is used in this sense.

1.2.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe adjusted, made even, or made easy, the counterpoising portion of the load upon the camelهَبَطَ العِدْلَ
1.2.5he beat, or struck, such a oneهَبَطَ فُلَانًا
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 8
2:38
قُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

We said: "Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from me, whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

7:13
قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ

(Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."

7:24
قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

(Allah) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time."

11:48
قِيلَ يَـٰنُوحُ ٱهْبِطْ بِسَلَـٰمٍ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَـٰتٍ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ ۚ وَأُمَمٌ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

The word came: "O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) with peace from Us, and blessing on thee and on some of the peoples (who will spring) from those with thee: but (there will be other) peoples to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will a grievous penalty reach them from Us."

20:123
قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, Msb, K,) aor. هَبِطَ and هَبُطَ , (Msb, K,) but the latter is of rare occurrence, (Msb,) inf. n. هُبُوطٌ , (S, K,) of that whereof the aor. is هَبِطَ , and of that whereof the aor. is هَبُطَ ; (TA;) or of the latter only, that of the former being هَبْطٌ ; (Msb;) He, or it, (said of water &c., Msb,) descended: (S, Msb, K:) and تهبّط he descended, or went down, or went down a declivity; and it sloped down; syn. إِنْحَدَرَ ; (TA;) and انهبط signifies the same as this last; or he became lowered, or degraded; syn. إِنْحَطَّ ; (K;) being quasi-pass. of أَهْبَطَهُ , (S, TA,) and it may be also of هَبَطَهُ , as is said in the M. (TA.) You say, هَبَطْنَا فِى حَدُورٍ صَعْبَةٍ [We descended a difficult declivity]. (A, in art. حدر .) And هَبَطَ الوَادِىَ , (Bd, ii. 58, and Msb,) [as though it were trans., for فِى الوَادِى ,] inf. n. هُبُوطٌ , (Msb,) We descended into the valley. (Bd, Msb.) And هَبَطَ مِنْهُ He came forth from it. (Bd, ubi supra.) It is said in the Kur, ii. 58, إِهْبِطُوا مِصْرًا Descend ye into Misr: (Bd:) accord. to one reading, أُهْبُطُوا . (Bd, TA.) You say also هَبَطَ بَلَدَ كَذَا He entered such a town or country. (K.) And هَبَطْتُ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ I removed him from a place to a place. (Msb.) هَبْطٌ also signifies The falling into evil: (K, TA:) and the being, or becoming, low, abject, mean, or vile: (TA:) and the suffering loss, or diminution. (K, TA.) You say, هَبَطَ مِنْ مَنْزِلَتِهِ He fell from his honourable station. (TA.) [See also 7, mentioned above.] And هَبَطَ فُلَانٌ Such a one became low, abject, mean, or vile. (TA.) And هَبَطَ مِنَ الخَشْيَةِ He became mean, or abject, and lowly, or submissive, from fear (TA.) [See Kur, ii. 69.] And هَبَطَ القَوْمُ , aor. هَبِطَ , The people, or company of men, became in a state of abasement and diminution. (TA.) Whence the trad., (TA,) أَللّٰهُمَّ غَبْطًا لَا هَبْطًا , (S, TA,) i. e. نَسْأَلُكَ الغِبْطَةَ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نَهْبِطَ عَنْ حَالِنَا ( O God, we ask of Thee a good state, or condition, and we put our trust in Thee for preservation that we may not become brought down from our state]: (S.) mentioned [and explained] before, in art. غبط , q. v. (TA.) [But in this instance, هَبْطًا may be regarded as the inf. n. of the trans. v. to be mentioned below.] You say also, هَبَطَتْ إِبِلِى وَغَنَمِى , aor. هَبِطَ , inf. n. هُنُوطٌ , My camels, and my sheep, or goats, suffered loss, or diminution: and in the same sense هَبَطَ is said of flesh, and of fat, and of fatness. (TA.) And هَبَطَ ثَمَنُ السِّلْعَةِ The price of the commodity, or article of merchandise, became diminished, or lessened, (S, Msb, K, TA.) below its former full rate; (Msb;) became lowered, or abated. (TA.) And هَبَطَ العِدْلُ The counterpoising portion of the load became adjusted or arranged, made even, or made easy, upon the camel. (TA.) هَبَطَهُ , (S, Msb. K.) aor. هَبُطَ , (K,) inf. n. هَبْطٌ , (S,) He made him, or it, (namely water. &c., Msb,) to descend: (S, Msb, K;) [he sent, or east, him, or it, down;] as also اهبطهُ . (K.) You say, أَهْبَطَتْهُمُ السَّنَةُ إِلَى الأَمْصَارِ [The year of dearth, or drought, caused them to go down to the cities, or great towns]. (A, in art. حسر .) And هَبَطَهُ بَلَدَ كَذَا He, or it, caused him to enter such a town or country. (K.) [And هَبَطَ بِهِ عَلَى مَكَانٍ He, or it, made him to alight upon a place: see an ex. voce زَحَّ .] He lowered him, or degraded him, from his state, or condition; (Fr;) as also اهبطهُ ; (Fr, S;) i. e., God did so; (Fr;) or a man: (S:) it (time, or fortune,) caused his wealth, and his goodness or beneficence, to go away, after he had abounded therein. (TA.) هَبَطَ المَرَضُ لَحْمَهُ The disease rendered him lean; emaciated him: (S, K:) or diminished his flesh. (TA.) هَبَطَ ثَمَنَ السِّلْعَةِ , (S, K.) inf. n. هَبْطٌ , (K,) He (God, K, or a man, S) diminished, or lessened, the price of the commodity, or article of merchandise; (S, K;) he lowered, or abated, it; (TA;) as also اهبطهُ , said of a man: (A 'Obeyd, S, M:) or هَبَطَ مِنَ الثَّمَنِ he diminished somewhat from the price; and sometimes اهبطهُ is used in this sense. (Msb.) هَبَطَ العِدْلَ He adjusted or arranged, made even, or made easy, the counterpoising portion of the load upon the camel (TA.) هَبَطَ فُلَانًا He beat, or struck, such a one. (K.)
Form 4أَهْبَطَ1 sense

Core sense — he made him, or it, descend; he sent it downgenerated

4.1

See هَبَطَهُ, in five places.

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see هَبَطَهُ , in five places.
Form 5تَهَبَّطَ1 sense

Core sense — he descended, he went downgenerated

5.1

See هَبَطَ, first sentence.

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see هَبَطَ , first sentence.
Form 7إِنْهَبَطَ1 sense

Core sense — he descended; he became lowered, or degradedgenerated

7.1

See هَبَطَ, first sentence.

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see هَبَطَ , first sentence.

Derived nouns 6

Nounهَبْطَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a low, or depressed, piece of groundgenerated

1

A low, or depressed, piece of land or ground; the contrary of صَعْدَةٌ.

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A low, or depressed, piece of land or ground; (Mgh, K;) contr. of صَعْدَةٌ . (Mgh.)
Nounهَبُوطٌ1 sense

Core sense — a declivity, a place of descentgenerated

1

A declivity, or sloping place; a place of descent, by which one goes down, bringing one from a higher place to a lower.

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A declivity, or declinal place, a place of descent, or by which one descends, (S, Msb, K;) a place which brings one down from a higher to a lower place. (Az, TA.)
Nounهَبيطٌ1 sense

Core sense — lean, or emaciated, by reason of diseasegenerated

1figurative · مجازlean, or emaciated, by reason of diseaseمَهْبُوطٌ

This word means rendered lean, or emaciated, by disease, so that his flesh quivers.

whose fatness has become diminished, said of a camelهَابِطٌ

on this sense Lean, or emaciated, by reason of disease; applied, like the following word, to a camel whose fatness has become diminished.

on this sense Also applied to a she-camel: lean, and lank in the belly; or to a wild bull, to which a she-camel is likened for her swiftness and her liveliness.

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Lean, or emaciated, by reason of disease; as also مَهْبُوطٌ : (K:) both are applied to a camel, signifying whose fatness has become diminished; as also هَابِطٌ : (TA:) and the first, to a she-camel, signifying lean, and lank in the belly; (AO, S;) or to a wild bull, to which a she-camel is likened in respect of her swiftness, and her briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness (IB:) and ↓ the second signifies rendered lean. or emaciated, by disease, so that his flesh quivers. (TA.)
Nounهَابِطٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — descending; sending downgenerated

1

[Ism fāʿil of form 1, both intransitive and transitive.]

The rājiz says: [Nothing surprised me but the wolf sending down upon the tents his flock of sheep, or goats, fifty or more in number]

shāhid
مَا رَاعَِنى إِلَّا جَنَاحٌ هَابِطَاعَلَى البُيُوت قَوْطَهُ العُلَابِطَا

ISd says that he means مُهْبِطًا قَوْطَهُ; or he may mean هَابِطًا عَلَى قَوْطِهِ [descending upon his flock, and the like], making هابطا transitive by the omission of a word.

جناح, in this verse, is the name of a wolf. In art. جنح.

1.1

See also هَبِيطٌ.

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[act. part. n. of 1, both intrans. and trans.] The rájiz says, 1 [Nothing surprised me but the wolf sending down upon the tents his flock of sheep, or goats, fifty or more in number]: he means مُهْبِطًا قَوْطَهُ : so says ISd: or he may mean هَابِطًا عَلَى قَوْطِهِ [descending upon his flock, &c.]; making هابطا trans by ellipsis: (TA:) جناح , in this verse, is the name of a wolf. (TA, in art. جنح .) مَا رَاعَِنى إِلَّا جَنَاحٌ هَابِطَا | عَلَى البُيُوت قَوْطَهُ العُلَابِطَا See also هَبِيطٌ .
Nounمَهْبِطُ الوَحْىِ1 sense

Core sense — the place where revelation descends; a name of Mekkahgenerated

1

[The place of descent of revelation;] a name of Mekkah.

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[The place of descent of revelation;] a name of Mekkah. (Msb, TA)
Nounمَهْبُوطٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a man whose state has become unsoundgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A man whose state, or condition, has become unsound.

1.1

See also هَبيطٌ, in two places.

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A man whose state, or condition has become unsound. (TA.) See also هَبيطٌ , in two places.