قَابَ
Root: قوب
Form: 1
Full Definition
قَابَI
, Present.T يَقُوبُهَا, Verbal.Noun قَوْبٌ; and
قوّبها , Verbal.Noun تَقْوِيبٌ; He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground: or he dug a round hollow in the ground; thus both phrases are expl. by ISd.
2 And قاب بَيْضَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, It broke asunder its eggs.
def.2 قاب is also intrans., signifying تقوّب جِلْدُهُ [app. His skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-pass.].
2 قابت البَيْضَةُ: see 7.
def.3 Also (قاب) He was, or became, near; drew near; or approached: and He fled: Verbal.Noun قَوْبٌ: thus it has two contr. significations.
2 And قاب بَيْضَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, It broke asunder its eggs.
def.2 قاب is also intrans., signifying تقوّب جِلْدُهُ [app. His skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-pass.].
2 قابت البَيْضَةُ: see 7.
def.3 Also (قاب) He was, or became, near; drew near; or approached: and He fled: Verbal.Noun قَوْبٌ: thus it has two contr. significations.
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