أَغَْلَبُ
Root: غلب
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أَغَْلَبُ
[More, and most, overcoming or conquering &c.: fem. غَلْبَآءُ: and pl. غُلْبٌ]. One says قَبِيلَةٌ غَلْبَآءُ
A [most overcoming or] mighty, resistive, tribe. And عِزَّةٌ غَلْبَآءُ [Most overpowering might].
2 See also غَالِبٌ.
def.2 Also Thick-necked, applied to a man: [or thick and short in the neck: or thick and inclining in the neck: ] fem. غَلْبَآءُ, applied to a she-camel: and pl. غُلْبٌ. And Thick, applied to a neck.
2 [Hence,] حَدِيقَةٌ غَلْبَآءُ
3 And الأَغْلَبُ means The lion [app. because of the thickness of his neck].
2 See also غَالِبٌ.
def.2 Also Thick-necked, applied to a man: [or thick and short in the neck: or thick and inclining in the neck: ] fem. غَلْبَآءُ, applied to a she-camel: and pl. غُلْبٌ. And Thick, applied to a neck.
2 [Hence,] حَدِيقَةٌ غَلْبَآءُ
3 And الأَغْلَبُ means The lion [app. because of the thickness of his neck].
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