ضبث1 ضَبَثَ بِهِ, (S, K,) aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. ضَبْثٌ, (S,) He grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, him, or it, with his hand; as also ↓ اضطبث: (S, K:) or, accord. to an explanation of the inf. n. by Ibn-Es-Seed, he did so with the utmost vehemence, or strength: (TA:) or he grasped, seized, or laid hold upon, and took, him, or it: (Sh, TA:) or ضَبَثَ عَلَيْهِ has the first of these meanings; (A, L;) as also ضَبَثَهُ: (A:) and ضَبَثَ بِهِ signifies he seized him violently, or laid violent hands upon him. (A, TA.) b2:  Also, i. e. ضَبَثَ بِهِ, aor.  and inf. n. as above, He applied his hand to it, namely, a thing that he was making, or doing, diligently, earnestly, or with painstaking. (TA.) b3:  And ضَبَثَهُ He beat, struck, or smote, him, namely, a man. (K.) b4:  And He felt, for the purpose of testing, him, or it, with his hand. (TA.) One says, of a she-camel, تُضْبَثُ, meaning She is felt with the hand, when one doubts of her fatness. (S, A, K.) 8 اضطبث بِهِ: see the preceding paragraph.ضَبِثٌ: see شَبِثٌ: b2:  and see also ضُبَاثٌ.ضَبْثَةٌ A grasp, or seizure. (O, TA.) [See also أَضْبَاثٌ.] b2:  And الضَّبْثَةُ, (K,) or ضَبْثَةُ الأَسَدِ, (A, TA,) is the name of A certain brand, upon a camel, (A, K, TA,) in the form of a ring with some lines before and behind: (A, TA:) it is on the side of the thigh. (TA.) ضُبَثَةٌ: see شُبَثَةٌ.ضُبَاثٌ The nails of the lion. (K, * TA.) [See also مَضَابِثُ.] b2:  And الضُّبَاثُ, (O, K, TA, in the CK الضَّباثُ, but it is) like غُرَاب, (TA,) [is a name of] The lion; as also ↓ الضَّبُوثُ, and ↓ الضَّبِثُ, and ↓ المِضْبَثُ, and ↓ المُضْطَبِثُ. (O, K.) نَاقةٌ ضَبُوثٌ (tropical:)  A she-camel of which one doubts whether she be fat, and which one therefore feels with the hand: (S, A, K:) and so نَاقَةٌ ضَغُوثٌ. (S and K in art. ضغث.) b2:  الضَّبُوثُ: see ضُبَاثٌ.ضُبَاثِىٌّ Strong in the grasp; applied to a man; and in like manner to a lion. (O.) And ضُبَاثِيَّةٌ, (O, K, TA,) with damm, and with teshdeed to the ى, (TA, [in the CK without teshdeed,]) A fore arm (ذِرَاع) big, broad, and strong. (O, K.) ضَابِثٌ [act. part. n. of ضَبَثَ]. One says, لَيْثٌ بِأَقْرَانِهِ ضَابِثٌ وَبِأَرْواحِهِمْ عَابِثٌ (tropical:)  [A man like a lion, seizing violently his adversaries, and making sport with their souls]. (A, TA.) أَضْبَاثٌ [as though pl. of ضَبْثَةٌ, q. v.,] Grasps; syn. قَبَضَات. (S, K: but in copies of the K قَبْضَات.) So in the following words of a trad.: لَا يَدْعُونِى وَالخَطَايَا بَيْنَ أَضْبَاثِهِمْ [i. e. They shall not invoke Me when sins are in their grasps]; (S, * TA;) meaning, while they are still bearing the burden of their sins, not desisting therefrom: said  by revelation to David: but it is also related otherwise, with ن [i. e. أَضْبَانِهِمْ]. (TA.) مِضْبَثٌ: see مَضَابِثُ: b2:  and ضُبَاثٌ.مَضْبُوثٌ A camel marked with the brand mentioned above, voce ضَبْثَةٌ. (A, K.) مَضَابِثُ The nails, or claws, (S, A, K,) of the lion: (S, A:) a pl. having no sing., or its sing. is مضبث [i. e. ↓ مِضْبَثٌ]. (TA.) [See also ضُبَاثٌ.]المُضْطَبِثُ: see ضُبَاثٌ.