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اهاب

Root: هيب

Form: 4

Full Definition

اهابIV He called his companion. And in like manner, أَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَى الخَيْرِ I called him, or invited him, to what was good.
2 اهاب بِالإِبِلِ He called to the camels, in driving them or urging them, by the cry هَابْ هَابْ.
3 اهاب بِغَنَمِهِ He cried out to his sheep, or goats, in order that they might stop, or return: and اهاب بِالبَعِيرِ [He cried out to the camel, for the same purpose]. الإِهَابَةُ is The crying out to camels, and calling them.
4 اهاب بَالخَيْلِ He called the horses, or called out to them by the cry هَابِ, (so in the S and in a MS. copy of the K: in the CK, هَابْ,) or by the cry of هَبْ and هَبِى, meaning Come! Approach! or Advance boldly! Az remarks his having heard هاب used [as a cry] only to horses; not to camels. See هَبْهَبَ, in art. هب.
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