قَبْضَة

1. قَبْضَةٌ

qaboDapN * : [pl. qabaDaAtN :] see qaboDN , in three places. ― -b2- See also quboDapN , in four places. ― -b3- And see maqobiDN . ― -b4- Also, [The measure of a man's fist, from side to side; ] four finger-breadths; (Mgh, Msb, voce jariybN ;) the sixth part of the common *iraAE [or cubit: but in the

2. قُبْضَةٌ

quboDapN * (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) [ A handful; ] what one takes with the hand, or grasps; (S, K;) mino ka*aA [ of such a thing ]; (Mgh;) as, for instance, mino sawiyqK [ of meal of parched barley ]; (S;) or mino tamorK [ of dates ]; (S, A, Msb;) i. e. kaf~AF ; (S;) as also ↓ qaboDapN ; (S, M, A, K;) bu

3. قُبَضَةٌ

qubaDapN * , (K,) or qubaDapN rufaDapN , (S, M, A, TA,) to this latter, not to the former alone, the following explanation applies, (TA,) A man who lays hold upon a thing, and then leaves it without delay. (S, M, A, K.) And the former, A pastor who draws his sheep or goats together, not going far an