Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قُحَابٌ

Root: قحب

Full Definition

قُحَابٌ an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v., and often used as a simple subst., like قَحْبَةٌ q. v.].
2 And A corrupt, or disordered, state of the interior of the body. One says to him who is hated, or to the elder, وَرْيًا وَقُحَابًا [May God inflict upon thee an abscess, and a corrupt, or disordered, state of the interior of the body]: and to him who is beloved, or to the young man, عَمْرًا وَشَبَابًا [May God grant thee continuance of life, and youthful vigour].


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