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أَكْبَبَ

Root: كب

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَكْبَبَIV See 1.

def.2 اكبّ He bent his head down towards the ground; [as also انكبّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ, occurring in the TA, art برز;] bent himself down; stooped. [See Kur, lxvii, 22.]
2 اكبّ, or اكبّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, and انكبّ , quasi-pass. of كَبَّ; He fell prostrate or prone; fell upon his face: the former verb extr. with respect to analogy, [as quasipass. of كَبَّ: see أَحْجَمَ, and أَحْنَجَ]: [and , Present.T, app., كَبِبَ Verbal.Noun كَبٌّ, he fell, having stumbled: for] كَبٌّ is the contr. of اِنْتِعَاشٌ. (S, art. تعش.)
3 اكبّ لَهُ (i. e., لِلشَّىْءِ, TA) i. q. تَحَانَى or تَجَانَأَ : the latter [meaning He bent down towards it] is probably the correct reading.

def.3 اكبّ عَلَيْهِ, (i. e., على الشَّىْءِ, TA,) and انكبّ , He fell to, or set about, doing it. اكبّ على الأَمْرِ يَفْعَلُهُ, and انكبّ , [He fell to, or set about, the thing, to do it].

def.4 اكبّ عَلَيْهِ, (i. e., على عَمَلٍ, TA,) and انكبّ , He kept, or adhered, to it; i. e., to a work.
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