Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَقَبُّ

Root: قب

Full Definition

أَقَبُّ Lank in the belly: or slender in the waist, lank in the belly: fem. قَبَّآءُ, applied to a woman, meaning slender in the waist; or lank in the belly; or lank in the belly, slender in the waist: and pl. قُبٌّ, applied to horses, meaning lean, or light of flesh: and some say that أَقَبُّ applied to a horse signifies lank in his flanks.


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