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الهب

Root: لهب

Form: 4

Full Definition

الهبIV He made the fire to flame, or blaze: or made it to flame, or blaze, free from smoke.
2 الهب It flashed uninterruptedly. See also أَهْلَبَ.
3 الهب, Verbal.Noun إِلْهَابٌ, He was ardent, or impetuous, in his course, or running; as also اهلب: or he ran with energy, or effort, so as to raise the dust: or he ran violently, raising the لَهَبَ, or dust.
4 Hence, الهب فِى الكَلَامِ He spoke rapidly [and with vehemence].
5 الهبهُ الأَمْرُ The thing, or affair, excited him, and inflamed him.
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