حَطَب

1 HaTaba HTb , (S, A, K,) aor. HaTiba , (K,) inf. n. HaTobN , (TA,) He collected HaTab , (S, A, K,) i. e. firewood; (A, K;) as also ↓ AHtTb : (S, A, K:) [and] so HaTaba AlHaTaba , (Mgh, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; and ↓ AHtTb . (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] HaTaba fiY Habolihi , (A,) or fY Habolihimo , (K,) [lit. He collected firewood in his, or their, rope; meaning] (tropical:) he aided, or assisted, (A, K,) him, (A,) or them. (K.) One says, A_in~aka taHoTibu fiY Habolihi wa tamiylu A_ilaY hawaAhu (tropical:) [ Verily thou aidest him, and inclinest to his desire ]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And HaTaba Ealayohi bixayorK (A, Mgh) (tropical:) He brought to him xyr , (Mgh,) meaning wealth, or property. (A.) ― -b4- And fulaAnN yaHoTibu EalaY fulaAnK (assumed tropical:) Such a one incites, urges, or instigates, [others] against such a one. (Har p. 209.) ― -b5- And HaTaba bihi (tropical:) He calumniated him, or slandered him. (A, Mgh, Msb, K. [See HaTabN , below.]) -A2- HaTabahu , (S, K,) aor. HaTiba , (TA,) He collected firewood for him: (K:) or he brought firewood to him: (S, K:) as also lahu ↓ AHtTb . (TA.) You say, fulaAnN yaHoTibu rufaqaA='ahu wa yasoqiyhimo [ Such a one collects firewood for, or brings firewood to, his companions, and gives them to drink ]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also He collected for him a thing as firewood. (TA.) ― -b3- HaTabuwA karomahumo , inf. n. HaTobN , [and app. also HiTaAbN , which see below, or this may be a simple subst.,] (tropical:) They cut off the HaTab of their grapevine; (A;) i. e. the dry portions thereof, that were of no use but for fire. (Mgh.) -A3- HaTaba and ↓ AHTb It, (a place, K,) or he, (a man, TA,) abounded with firewood. (K, * TA.) -A4- HaTuba He was, or became, lean, or meagre. (A.)

HaTabN HTb Firewood; the portions of trees that are prepared for fuel: (M, A, K:) pl. A^aHoTaAbN . (Msb.) ― -b2- And hence, because enmity is kindled with it like as fire is with HaTab [properly so called], (Har p. 209,) (tropical:) Calumny, or slander; (A, Mgh, TA;) also termed AlHaTabu Alr~aTobu . (TA.) The former is said to have this meaning in the Kur cxi. 4: (Mgh, TA:) or to mean thorns, which the woman there spoken of is related to have been in the habit of throwing in the way of Mohammad. (TA.) You say, yaHomilu AlHaTaba bayona Aln~aAsi , meaning (tropical:) He goes about with calumny, or slander, among, or between, the people. (A.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) The prunings of a grape-vine; (S, * A;) and so ↓ HiTaAbN : (A:) the dry portions of a grape-vine that are of no use but for fire: (Mgh:) ― -b4- the latter is explained by ISh as meaning the prunings that are cut off each year from the upper, or uppermost, portions of a grape-vine. (TA.)

HaTibN HTb , applied to a man, (S,) [and app. to cattle, (see xa$abN ,)] (assumed tropical:) Very lean or meagre; as also ↓ A^aHoTabu : (S, K:) or the latter means unlucky, or unfortunate; syn. ma$ow^uwmN ; (K;) in some copies of the K mawosuwmN ; (TA;) and its fem. is HaTobaA='u . (K.)