Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

لبّب

Root: لب

Form: 2

Full Definition

لبّبII , Verbal.Noun تَلْبِيبٌ, He put his quiver and his bow upon his neck, and then grasped his own clothes at the upper part of his bosom: ex. إِنَّا إِذَا الدَّاعِى ٱعْتَرَى وَلَبَّبَا [Verily we, when a caller comes seeking a kind office, and puts his quiver &c.]: or لبّب here signifies تَرَدَّدَ: see above.
2 He drew together his garments at his bosom and breast, in altercation, or contention, and then dragged him along.
3 Also, He put round his neck a rope, or a garment, and held him with it.

def.2 See also 5, and تَلْبِيبٌ

def.3 لبّب It got a لُبّ, or heart, an edible heart.

def.4 لبّب, Verbal.Noun تَلْبِيبٌ, He went backwards and forwards, or to and fro; went and came: syn. تَرَدَّدَ. ISd says, This is related, but I know not what it is. See below.


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