هُدْبٌ
Root: هدب
Full Definition
هُدْبٌ
and
هُدُبٌ , the latter a dial. form of the former, coll. gen. ns., and
هَيْدَبٌ , also a coll. gen. n., and
هُدَّابٌ [likewise a coll. gen. n.,] and
هُدْبَةٌ , [which is rather the n. un. of هُدْبٌ,] of a garment, or piece of cloth, i. q.
خَمْلٌ: (K: in like manner, هُدْبَةٌ and
are explained in the S by خَمْلَةٌ:) or rather, The [fringe, or] unwoven end, or extremity, of a garment, or of a piece of cloth; its end, or extremity, that has not been woven: or an end, or extremity, consisting of warp without woof: sometimes it is twisted, and [as it forms a fringe,] it preserves the edge [of the woven part] of the garment, &c.: (whereas خمل signifies the “ nap, or villous substance, ” of a garment, &c.: [such is the meaning of the words ما يتخلّل التّوب كلّه كالزِّئْبِرِ: this is what is generally meant by خمل] and this is mostly in what are called قَطَائِفُ: or the extremity of a garment, &c. next [the part called] the
طُرَّة: or the هدبة of a garment, &c., is the same as the
طُرَّة: n. un. of the fist word, (هُدْبٌ or هُدُبٌ,) with ة so too of هيدب, [and of هدّاب]. The pl. of هُدْبَةٌ is هُدَبٌ.
2 هُدْبٌ, or هُدْبُ العَيْنِ, and هُدُبٌ , which is a dial form of هدب, coll. gen. ns., The eyelashes; the hairs that grow upon the edges of the eyelids: n. un. with ة: pl. أَهْدَابٌ.
2 هُدْبٌ, or هُدْبُ العَيْنِ, and هُدُبٌ , which is a dial form of هدب, coll. gen. ns., The eyelashes; the hairs that grow upon the edges of the eyelids: n. un. with ة: pl. أَهْدَابٌ.
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