هَدَبٌ
Root: هدب
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هَدَبٌ
[generally signifies slender spring, like strings, garnished with minute, amplexicant, appressed, acute leaves, overlying one another like the scales of a fish: see عَبَلٌ:] the branches, or twigs, of the أَرْطَى and similar trees that have no leaves; a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة: and the pl., أَهْدَابٌ. [The foliage of the cypress and tamarisk, and the like:] leaves of a tree that are permanent, as those of the cypress and tamarisk and
سَمُر. Those parts of a plant that are not
وَرَق
but that have the place of
وَرَق. or any
وَرَق
that have not middle; as those of the
أَثْل
and
سَرْو
and
أَرْطَى
and
طَرْفَآء; as also
هُدَّابٌ , both of which are sell gen. ns., of which the as, an. are with ة: pl. أَهْدَابٌ, which is a regular pl. of هَدَبٌ and
هُدَّابٌ : (K, accord. to the TA: but in a MS. copy, هُدَّابَةٌ; and in the CK, هَدَّابَةٌ,) but in the M, هُدَّابٌ is said to be a noun signifying the هُدْب of a garment, &c., and the هَدَب of the أَرْطَى Az says, that عَبَلٌ is precisely the same as هَدَبٌ
2 هُدَّابٌ is also said to signify Inclining branches, or twigs.
3 Also, النَّخْلِ Palm branches; syn. سَعَفُهُ.
def.2 أَهْدَابٌ is said to be used by Aboo-Dhu-eyb, in the phrase سَبِطُ الاهداب, as signifying The shoulder-blades. but ISd, who mentions this, denies its correctness.
2 هُدَّابٌ is also said to signify Inclining branches, or twigs.
3 Also, النَّخْلِ Palm branches; syn. سَعَفُهُ.
def.2 أَهْدَابٌ is said to be used by Aboo-Dhu-eyb, in the phrase سَبِطُ الاهداب, as signifying The shoulder-blades. but ISd, who mentions this, denies its correctness.
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