knee pit

, aor. (S, A, K) and (L,) inf. n. أَبْضٌ (S) and أُبُوضٌ (L,) He tied, or bound, the pastern of his (a camel's) fore leg to his (the camel's) عَضُد [or arm], so that his fore leg became raised from the ground; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ تأبّضهُ: (S, K:) and accord. to IAar, أَبْضٌ signifies [simply] the act of tying, or binding. (TA.) -A2- [Also, inf. n. أَبْضٌ, He loosed him, or it: for] أَبْضٌ also signifies the act of loosing; syn. تَخْلِيَةٌ; i. e. contr. of شَدٌّ: (IAar, K:) thus bearing two contr. significations. (TA.) -A3- Also, (K,) inf. n. أَبْضٌ, (TA,) He hit, or hurt, his vein called the إِبَاض. (K, TA.) -A4- أَبَضَ (S, L, K,) inf. n. أَبْضٌٰ; (TA;) and أَبِضَ; (S, L, K;) It (the vein called النَّسَا) became contracted, (S, L, K,) and strengthened the hind legs; (L;) as also ↓ تأبّض: (S, L:) and ↓ تَأَبُّضٌ in the hind legs signifies their being contracted (A, TA) and tense: (TA:) تَأَبُّض of the hind legs of a horse, and تَشَنُّج [or contraction] of the vein above mentioned, are qualities approved; and the latter is known by means of the former. (AO, TA.) -A5- أَبْضٌ also signifies The being in a state of rest, or motionless. (IAar, K.) -A6- And The being in a state of motion: (I Aar, K:) thus, again, having two contr. significations. (TA.)

He (a camel) had his pastern of his fore leg tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg became raised from the ground. (S, K.) You say, تَقَبَّضَ كَأَنَّمَا تَأَبَّضَ [He contracted himself as though he had his leg thus bound]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- تأبّضت She (a woman) sat in the posture of the ↓ مُتَأَبِّض [app. meaning having her shanks pressed back against her thighs]. (TA.) ― -b3- See also أَبَضَ, in two places. -A2- تأبضهُ: see أَبَضَهُ.

, or أُبُضٌ, or إِبِضٌ, or أُبَّضٌ: see مَأْبِضٌ. -A2- Also, the first, i. q. دَهْرٌ [Time; or a long period of time; or a period of time whether long or short; &c.]: pl. آبَاضٌ. (S, K.)

The cord, or rope, with which the pastern of a camel's fore leg is tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg is raised from the ground: (As, S, A, K:) pl. أُبُضٌ. (K.) The dim. is ↓ أُبَيِّضٌ. (S.) ― -b2- A certain vein (عِرْق) in the hind leg (AO, K) of a horse. (AO.)

, (K,) or أَبُوضُ النَّسَا, (ISh,) A very swift horse: (ISh, K:) as though he bound up his hind legs by the quickness with which he raised them when he put them down. (ISh.)

: see إِبَاضٌ.

The inner side of the knee (S, A, K) of any thing: (S:) or the inner sides of the two knees are called مَأْبِضَا السَّاقَيْنِ: (T, TA:) or any part upon which a man bends, or folds, his thigh: or what is beneath each thigh, in the prominent places of the lower parts thereof: or the inner side of each thigh, as far as the belly: and also the wrist; the joint of the hand in the fore arm: (TA:) and in the camel, (K,) [i. e.] in each of the fore legs of the camel, (T, TA,) the inner side of the elbow: (T, K, TA:) as also ↓أٌبْضٌ; (IDrd, K;) or, as in [some of] the copies of the S in art. بيض, ↓ أُبُضٌ; [in one copy of the S ↓ أُبَّضٌ; and in another, imperfectly written;] but some write it ↓ إِبِضٌ: and one says, أَخَذَ بِإِبِضِهِ, meaning He put his hands, or arms, beneath his knees, from behind, and then carried him. (TA.) The pl. of مَأْبِضٌ is مَآبِضُ. (S.)

A camel having the pastern of his fore leg tied, or bound, to his arm, so that his fore leg is raised from the ground; (A, * TA;) as also ↓ مُتَأَبِّضٌ: (S:) or the latter, having his fore shank bound to his arm with the إِبَاض (K.) -A2- Hit, or hurt, in the vein called the إِبَاض. (TA.)

The crow: because it hops as though it were مَأْبُوض (K.)

: see مَأْبُوضٌ: and see 5. -A2- Also Having the vein called إِبَاض in a tense state. (TA.)