دَبًى

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دَبًى or دَبًا [sometimes written with ى and sometimes with ا] Locusts before they fly: or locusts when they [first] put themselves in motion, and become black, before their wings grow: in their first state, when they are white, they are termed سَرْءٌ: or the smallest of locusts, and of ants: or [locusts] after the state of that which is termed سِرْوَةٌ: [see جَرَادٌ:] n. un. دَباةٌ.
2 [Hence,] جَآءَ بِدَبَى , or بِدَبَا دُبَىٍّ, and بِدَبَا دُبَيَّيْنِ, and بِدَبَى and بِدَبَى دُبَيَّانٍ, He came with, or brought, much; and what was good: he came with, or brought, much property or wealth, or many cattle: دُبَىٌّ is a soft tract in EdDahnà, frequented by locusts, which lay their eggs therein; it is a spacious place; so that the phrase [جَآءَ بِدَبَى دُبَىٍّ] is as though it meant he came with, or brought, property, or wealth, or cattle, like the [locusts termed] دبا of the spacious place called دبىّ. J is in error as to this phrase: for it is stated in the S, as on the authority of IAar, that one says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِدَبَا دَبَا, meaning Such a one came with, or brought, property, or wealth, or cattle, like the دبا in abundance: and thus it is found in his handwriting: and in the Tekmileh it is written, as on the same authority, بِدَبَى دَبًى. Accord. to Abu-l-'Abbás [Th], the [right] phrase is بِدَبَى : and in one place he says that [thus (for دَبِىٌّ) in the TT as from the T, but probably a mistranscription for دُبَىٌّ ,] signifies Much property or wealth, or many cattle: and accord. to AA, one says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ , meaning Such a one came with, or brought, property, or wealth, or cattle, like the دبا.

def.2 Also A gentle, or leisurely, manner of walking or going.

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