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قَوَّبَ

Root: قوب

Form: 2

Full Definition

قَوَّبَII see above, first sentence.
2 One says also, قَوَّبْتُ الأَرْضَ meaning I made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, by treading; and made indications [thereby, or thereof,] at its drinking-places. And قَوَّبوا الأَرْضَ, or فِى الأَرْضِ, They made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, by their treading and their alighting.
3 And قوّب الجَرَبُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ The mange, or scab, made pits, or small hollows, bare of fur, in the skin of the camel. See also 5.
4 قُوِّبَ مِنَ الغُبَارِ means اِغْبَرَّ [i. e., app., He, or it, became sullied with dust].
5 And قوّبهُ, Verbal.Noun تَقْوِيبٌ, He pulled it out or up, by the root; eradicated, or uprooted, it.
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