Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

كُبَابٌ

Root: كب

Full Definition

كُبَابٌ A large number of camels or of sheep or goats. Also used as an epithet: ex. نَعَمٌ كُبَابٌ Camels, or camels and sheep or goats, so numerous that one mounts upon another. نَعَمٌ كُبَاكِبٌ Many camels, or camels and sheep or goats. See also كُثَابٌ

def.2 Dust; earth.
2 Adhesive mud; or clay.
3 Moist earth.
4 An abundance of moist, or soft, earth, that cleaves together.
5 Sand that is contracted into a compact mass: sand that has become moist, and, in consequence, compact.


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