كُبَّةٌ
Root: كب
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كُبَّةٌ
: see كَبَّةٌ
passim.
def.2 الكبّ [a mistranscription for الكُبَّةُ, as is shown by the next sentence,] What is collected together, of dust, or earth, and of other things. (TA [See also سَفَاةٌ, voce سَفًا.]
2 Hence, كُبَّةٌ
3 [Hence,] كُبَّةٌ and كُبْكُبَةٌ or كَبْكَبَةٌ
4 A herd of great camels. إِنَّكَ لَكَٱلبَائِعٍ الكُبَّةَ بِالهُبَّةِ Verily thou art like the seller of a herd of great camels for wind. A proverb, thus related by AZ: but, as related by some, الكبة بالهبة, without teshdeed: see arts. كبو and هبو.
5 كُبَّةُ الخَيْلِ The greater number, or main part, of the troop of horses.
6 I. q. عِيَالٌ: so in the phrase عَلَيْهِ كبّةٌ [He has a family, or household, dependant upon him].
7 كُبَّةٌ and كَبَّةٌ
def.3 كُبَّةٌ Weight. So in the saying رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them his weight]. And أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ كُبَّتَهُ He threw his weight upon him.
def.2 الكبّ [a mistranscription for الكُبَّةُ, as is shown by the next sentence,] What is collected together, of dust, or earth, and of other things. (TA [See also سَفَاةٌ, voce سَفًا.]
2 Hence, كُبَّةٌ
3 [Hence,] كُبَّةٌ and كُبْكُبَةٌ or كَبْكَبَةٌ
4 A herd of great camels. إِنَّكَ لَكَٱلبَائِعٍ الكُبَّةَ بِالهُبَّةِ Verily thou art like the seller of a herd of great camels for wind. A proverb, thus related by AZ: but, as related by some, الكبة بالهبة, without teshdeed: see arts. كبو and هبو.
5 كُبَّةُ الخَيْلِ The greater number, or main part, of the troop of horses.
6 I. q. عِيَالٌ: so in the phrase عَلَيْهِ كبّةٌ [He has a family, or household, dependant upon him].
7 كُبَّةٌ and كَبَّةٌ
def.3 كُبَّةٌ Weight. So in the saying رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them his weight]. And أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ كُبَّتَهُ He threw his weight upon him.
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