اكثبهُ
Root: كثب
Form: 4
Full Definition
اكثبهُIV
, and اكثب لَهُ, and مِنْهُ, and إِلَيْهِ, and
كَثَبَهُ , and
, He drew near to, or approached, him or it. إِذَا
كَثَبُوكُمْ فَٱرْمُوهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ
When they draw near to you, shoot at them with arrows. [You say] أَكْثَبَكَ الصَّيْدُ قَٱرْمِهِ, and أَكْثَبَ لَكَ, The game hath enabled thee [to shoot it]; or made thee to have its
كَاثِبَة
within thy power, or reach; or drawn near to thee and enabled thee [to take advantage of it]; [so shoot at it]. In some copies of the K, for اكثبك, we read كَثَبَكَ; but the former is the right reading, though the two verbs are syn. The phrase is a proverb.
def.2 اكثبهُ He gave him to drink a كُثْبَة of milk.
def.2 اكثبهُ He gave him to drink a كُثْبَة of milk.
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