دَبَّةٌ
Root: دب
Full Definition
def.2 A hill, or heap, or gibbous hill, syn. كَثِيب, of sand: and a tract of red sand: or an even tract of sand: or, as in some copies of the K, an even tract of land: and a place abounding in sand: pl. as above. Hence the prov., وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فِى دَبَّةً مِنَ الرَّمْلِ [lit. Such a one fell into, or upon, a place abounding in sand]; meaning,
def.3 A certain thing for oil, or ointment; a receptacle for seeds (بِزْر) and olive-oil: pl. as above. A kind of bottle, or pot, (بَطَّةٌ,) peculiarly of glass. [Form the Pers. دَبَّهْ.]
2 See also دُبَّآءٌ.
def.4 And see دَبَبٌ, in three places.
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