Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَهْدَبُ

Root: هدب

Full Definition

أَهْدَبُ A man having long, or large, eyelashes. Lth explains it by the words طَوِيلُ أَشْفَارِ العَيْنِ كَثِيرُهَا; [and J in a similar manner;] but Az disapproves of this expression, because اشفار العين signifies “ the edges of the eyelids, ” whence the eyelashes grow: أَهْدَبُ الأَشْفَارِ, and الاشفار, [the same;] having long eyelashes. عَيْنٌ هَدْبَاءُ An eye having long lashes.
2 شَجَرَةٌ هَدْبَاءُ A tree having long and pendulous branches.
3 أُذُنٌ هَدْبَاءُ A pendulous, flabby, ear.
4 لِحْيَةٌ هَدْبَاءُ A lank, not crisp, beard: and so عُثْنُونٌ هَدِبٌ .
5 نَسْرٌ أَهْدَبُ A vulture having long feathers which reach to the ground. See هَدِبٌ.


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