أَلَبَ
Root: الب
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 أَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ القَوْمُ The people came to him from every direction: or أَلَبَ القَوْمُ [signifies the people multiplied themselves, and hastened; for it] denotes الإِكْثَارُ and الإِسْرَاع: (T in art. ضهب:) and أَلَبَ, Present.T as above, signifies he hastened, or went quickly.
3 أَلَبَتِ الإِبِلُ The camels obeyed the driver, and collected themselves together. [See also 5.]
4 أَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ He returned to him, or it.
5 أَلَبَتِ السَّمَآءُ, Present.T ـِ The sky rained with long continuance.
def.2 أَلَبَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun أَلْبٌ, He collected an army, or a people; as also , Verbal.Noun تَأْلِيبٌ: and camels also: or أَلَبَ الإِبِلَ Present.T ـِ and ـُ Verbal.Noun أَلْبٌ, signifies he collected the camels, and drove them vehemently: or he drove them: or he drove them vehemently.
2 أَلَبَ, Verbal.Noun as above, also signifies He drove, pursued, chased, or hunted, with vehemence: and he drove away a people. You say, أَلَبَ الحِمَارُ طَرِيدَتَهُ The [wild] ass chased, or pursued, the object of his chase [i. e. his female, as is shown by MF,] with vehemence; as also
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