ROOT ق ض ب

[1] قَضَبَهُ , (S, M, A, &c.,) aor. قَضِبَ , (M, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. قَضْبٌ, (M, Mgh, O, Msb,) He cut it, or cut it off; (S, M, A, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ اقتضبهُ; (M, Msb, K;) and ↓ قضّبهُ; (M, K;) [or this last is used in an intensive sense, or in relation to a number of objects:] you say, قَضَبَ الغُصْنَ [He cut off the branch]; and اقتضب ↓ غُصْنًا مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ [He cut off a branch from a tree]; and قضّب ↓ فُضُولَ أَغْصَانِ الشَّجَرِ [He cut off the redundant portions of the branches of the trees], inf. n. تَقْضِيبٌ. (A.) ＝ 1-A2- See also 8, in two places. ＝ 1-A3- And قضَبَهُ, (S, O, K, JM,) aor. in this case قَضُبَ , (JM,) inf. n. قَضْبٌ, (S, TA,) He struck him, or beat him, (i. e. a man, K,) with a قضيب, (S, O, K, JM,) i. e. a rod, or stick, or the like. (TA.)