Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَكَاْلَبَ

Root: كلب

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَكَاْلَبَVI See 3 and 1.
2 هُمْ يَتَكَالَبُونَ عَلَى كَذَا They leap, or rush, together upon such a thing [in an evil, or injurious, or contentious, manner]. التَّكَالُبُ is syn. with التَّوَاثُبُ: [and so also, accord. to the CK, is التَّكْلاَبُ, which I suppose to be an intensive Verbal.Noun of كَلِبَ].


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