عَصَا

EaSFA * i. q. EuwdN [as meaning A staff, or stick, or rod ]: (K:) originally EaSawN , and accordingly its dual is as below: said to be thus called because the fingers and hand are put together upon it [to grasp it], from the saying EaSawotu Alqawoma “ I collected together the people, or party; ” as related by As from some one or more of the Basrees: (TA:) of the fem. gender: (S, Msb, K:) it is said in a prov., ↓ AlEaSaA mina AlEuSay~api [lit. The staff is from the little staff; the dim. having the affix p because it is the dim. of a fem. n.]; (S;) [or] AlEaSaA in this prov. is the name of a mare of Jedheemeh [mentioned voce Dul~N ], and AlEuSay~ap is that of her dam; meaning that part of the thing, or affair, is from part; (S, K, TA;) and said when one is likened to his father; or meaning that the big thing is in its commencement small: (TA: [see also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 17:]) it is not allowable to say EaSaA=' ; nor to affix p : (As, TA:) one says, h`*ihi EaSaAYa A^atawak~aA^u EalayohaA [ This is my staff; I support, or stay, myself upon it ]: Fr says that the first incorrect speech heard in El-'Irák was the saying, h`*ihi EaSaAtiY : (S:) the dual is EaSawaAni : (S, Msb:) and the pl. [of mult.] is EuSiY~N , (S, Msb, K,) [originally EuSuwwN ,] of the measure fuEuwlN , (S, Msb,) and EiSiY~N , (S, K,) in which the E is with kesr because of the kesrah following it, and [of pauc.] A^aEoSK (S, Msb, K) and A^aEoSaA='N , (K,) or this last is agreeable with analogy, but has not been transmitted, (ISk, Msb,) and is disallowed by Sb, who says that EuiSiY~N was used in its stead. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence various sayings, here following. ― -b3- ] A^aloqaY EaSaAhu [lit. He threw down his staff; ] meaning (tropical:) he stayed, (S, Msb, K, TA,) and rested, (Msb,) and ceased from journeys, (S,) having reached his place: (K, TA:) a prov.; (S, TA;) applied to him to whom an affair has become suitable and who has therefore kept to it: (TA:) or he made firm his tent-pegs, and pitched his tent, or stayed; (K, TA;) like him who has returned from his journey. (TA.) And rafaEa EaSaAhu [ He took up his staff ] means (assumed tropical:) he ceased from staying [ in a place at which he had alighted; he departed ]. (Har p. 454.) ― -b4- laA tarofaEo EaSaAka Eano A^aholika [ Put not thou away thy staff, or stick, from thy family, or thy wife, ] denotes [the practice of] discipline. (S. [See art. rfE , p. 1122, col. 3.]) ― -b5- humo Eabiydu AlEaSaA [ They are the slaves of the staff ] means (assumed tropical:) they are [ persons ] beaten with the staff. (K, TA.) It is said in the A, Aln~aAsu Eabiydu AlEaSaA [ Mankind are the slaves of the staff ], meaning that they are dreaded by reason of their doing harm [and are therefore to be kept in awe]. (TA.) ― -b6- And maA humo A_il~aA Eabiydu AlEaSaA [ They are none other than the slaves of the staff ] is said of persons regarded as low, base, or vile. (TA.) ― -b7- A_in~ahu lay~inu AlEaSaA [ Verily he is one whose staff is supple ] means (tropical:) he is gentle, a good manager of that whereof he has the charge: (S, K: *) accord. to ISd, alluding to the beating little with the ESA . (TA.) And A_in~ahu DaEiyfu AlEaSaA [ Verily he is one whose staff is weak ], meaning tiroEiy~apN [i. e., (assumed tropical:) one who performs well the act of keeping or tending, or of pasturing or feeding, camels ]: (S:) or one who beats the camels little (K, TA) with the EaSA : and such is commended. (TA.) And Saliybu AlEaSaA and SulobuhaA [ One whose staff is hard ], i. e. (assumed tropical:) one who is ungentle with the camels, beating them with the ESA : and such is discommended. (TA.) See an ex. in a verse of Er-Rá'ee cited voce SulobN . ― -b8- qaraEahu biEaSaA AlmalaAmapi [ He struck him with the staff of censure ] means (assumed tropical:) he exceeded the usual bounds in censuring him. (TA.) ― -b9- See also 1 in art. qrE . ― -b10- fulaAnN yuSal~iY EaSaA fulaAnK [ Such a one straightens the staff of such a one by turning it round