دَبَّ
Root: دب
Form: 1
Full Definition
دَبَّI
Present.T
دَبِبَ
Verbal.Noun دَبِيبٌ and دَبٌّ and مَدَبٌّ, [and perhaps دَبَبٌ also, q. v.,] It, or he, [crept; crawled; or] went, or walked, leisurely, or gently, without haste, عَلَى الأَرْضِ [upon the ground]: and [simply] he walked: he [crept along; or] walked leisurely, softly, or gently: and
, also, he walked leisurely, by slow degrees. Hence, أَكْذَبُ
مَنْ دَبَّ وَدَرَجَ
The most lying of those who have walked and died, or passed away, or perished: i. e., of the living and the dead. And يَدِبُّ مَعَ القُرَادِ [He creeps about with ticks]; said of a man who brings a small worn-out skin containing ticks, and ties it to the tail of a camel; in consequence of which, when one of the ticks bites it, the camel runs away, and the other camels run away with it; and thereupon he steals one of them: whence it is said of a thief, or stealer of cattle &c. And هُوَ يَدِبُّ بَيْنَنَا بِالنَّمَائِمِ
2 دِبِّى حَجَلْ (in the CK حَجَلُ) is the name of A certain game of the Arabs: the ل is quiescent.
3 دُبَّ used as a noun: see below.
def.2 دَبَّ [second pers. دَبِبْتَ,] Present.T يَدَبُّ, Verbal.Noun دَبَبٌ, He was, or became, such as is termed أَدَبُّ; i. e., had much hair, or much fur (وَبَر), or much fur upon the face.
2 دِبِّى حَجَلْ (in the CK حَجَلُ) is the name of A certain game of the Arabs: the ل is quiescent.
3 دُبَّ used as a noun: see below.
def.2 دَبَّ [second pers. دَبِبْتَ,] Present.T يَدَبُّ, Verbal.Noun دَبَبٌ, He was, or became, such as is termed أَدَبُّ; i. e., had much hair, or much fur (وَبَر), or much fur upon the face.
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