Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قبّب

Root: قب

Form: 2

Full Definition

قبّبII He made a قُبَّة [q. v.]: or so قَبَّ : and قبّب قُبَّةً, Verbal.Noun تَقْبِيبٌ, he made, or constructed, a قَبَّة. [Hence,] الهَوَادِجُ تُقَبَّبُ [The women's camel vehicles of the kind called هوادج have dome-like, or tent-like, coverings made to them].
2 [Hence also,] قبّب ظَهْرَهُ [He made his back round like a dome, lowering his head]. (S and K in art. دبخ.)

def.2 See also 1, in two places, near the middle and near the end.


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