جَأْبٌ
Root: جأب
Full Definition
جَأْبٌ
Thick, gross, big, or bulky: or strong: applied to an ass, or to a wild ass: as also جَابٌ, without ء: pl. جُؤُوبٌ. Accord. to the K [and the A], it signifies also Whatever is rude, or coarse; thick, gross, big, or bulky: (كُلُّ جَافٍ غَلِيظٍ:) but in the L, we find كَاهِلٌ جَأْبٌ غَلِيظٌ [meaning that جَأْبٌ applied to the part of the back termed كاهل signifies thick, or big]: and خَلْقٌ جَأْبٌ as meaning a thick, gross, big, or bulky, make.
2 [Hence,] الجَأْبُ The lion.
3 And جَأْبَةُ المِدْرَى, or, accord. to AO and the Mj and Sh, (TA in art. جوب q. v.,) without ء, A doe-gazelle having her horn just come forth; because the horn when it first comes forth is thick, and afterwards becomes slender; thus showing her to be young: or a doe-gazelle, and a cow, strong in the horn. [See also art. جوب.]
4 You say also, فُلَانٌ شَخْتُ الآلِ جَأْبُ الصَّبْرِ
def.2 The navel.
def.3 Red ochre; syn. مَغْرَة [read by Golius معزة]; with and without ء,
2 [Hence,] الجَأْبُ The lion.
3 And جَأْبَةُ المِدْرَى, or, accord. to AO and the Mj and Sh, (TA in art. جوب q. v.,) without ء, A doe-gazelle having her horn just come forth; because the horn when it first comes forth is thick, and afterwards becomes slender; thus showing her to be young: or a doe-gazelle, and a cow, strong in the horn. [See also art. جوب.]
4 You say also, فُلَانٌ شَخْتُ الآلِ جَأْبُ الصَّبْرِ
def.2 The navel.
def.3 Red ochre; syn. مَغْرَة [read by Golius معزة]; with and without ء,
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