أَغَْلَبُ

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أَغَْلَبُ [More, and most, overcoming or conquering &c.: fem. غَلْبَآءُ: and pl. غُلْبٌ]. One says قَبِيلَةٌ غَلْبَآءُ A [most overcoming or] mighty, resistive, tribe. And عِزَّةٌ غَلْبَآءُ [Most overpowering might].
2 See also غَالِبٌ.

def.2 Also Thick-necked, applied to a man: [or thick and short in the neck: or thick and inclining in the neck: ] fem. غَلْبَآءُ, applied to a she-camel: and pl. غُلْبٌ. And Thick, applied to a neck.
2 [Hence,] حَدِيقَةٌ غَلْبَآءُ [A garden, or walled garden, &c.,] of tangled and luxuriant, or abundant and dense, trees: or of compact and dense trees; as also . In the phrase حَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا in the Kur [lxxx. 30], the epithet is expl by Bd as meaning Large. And the fem. is applied to a [mountain, or hill, such as is termed] هَضْبَة, meaning Lofty and great.
3 And الأَغْلَبُ means The lion [app. because of the thickness of his neck].

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