وَأْبٌ
Root: وأب
Full Definition
وَأْبٌ
, as an epithet applied to a solid hoof, Strong, contracted in the edges, or in the fore edges, and light: or simply strong: (L, art. رضح:) or round like a cup (such as is called
قَعْبٌ); cup-shaped; and that takes [app. meaning occupies] much of the ground: [(see also تَنَاهَبَ:) accord. to Freytag, hollowed within, so that it takes up much earth:] or i. q.
حفيظ: [but this I incline to think a mistake for خَفِيفٌ
light:] or of excellent size: or of moderate size; not wide, nor contracted.
2 وَأْبُ الحَوَافِرِ Having hoofs contracted in the edges, or in the fore edges. See also وَأْبٌ above.
3 وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, arrow: [but I think that, for مِنَ القِدَاحِ, in the K, we should read من الأقْدَاحِ; and that وأب is therefore an epithet applied to a cup, such as is called قَدَحٌ; as Golius and Freytag have understood it; and not to a قِدْح: see what follows]. إِنَاءٌ وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, vessel: a wide vessel: pl. أَوْآبٌ. قدحٌ وأبٌ A large, or big, deep, and wide, [cup].
4 قِدْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide, or ample, cooking-pot.
5 See also وَثِيبٌ.
6 وَأْبٌ A great camel: accord. to some.
7 وَأْبَةٌ A short and broad she-camel, or woman.
8 A female of middling make, between good and bad, or handsome and ugly.
9 A small hollow, or cavity, in a rock, that retains water.
10 بِئْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide and deep well: or a deep well.
2 وَأْبُ الحَوَافِرِ Having hoofs contracted in the edges, or in the fore edges. See also وَأْبٌ above.
3 وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, arrow: [but I think that, for مِنَ القِدَاحِ, in the K, we should read من الأقْدَاحِ; and that وأب is therefore an epithet applied to a cup, such as is called قَدَحٌ; as Golius and Freytag have understood it; and not to a قِدْح: see what follows]. إِنَاءٌ وَأْبٌ A large, or big, and wide, vessel: a wide vessel: pl. أَوْآبٌ. قدحٌ وأبٌ A large, or big, deep, and wide, [cup].
4 قِدْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide, or ample, cooking-pot.
5 See also وَثِيبٌ.
6 وَأْبٌ A great camel: accord. to some.
7 وَأْبَةٌ A short and broad she-camel, or woman.
8 A female of middling make, between good and bad, or handsome and ugly.
9 A small hollow, or cavity, in a rock, that retains water.
10 بِئْرٌ وَأْبَةٌ A wide and deep well: or a deep well.
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