Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَشَبَّبَ

Root: شب

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَشَبَّبَV [تَشَبَّتِ النَّارُ The fire became kindled; or made to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame: see also 1.] One says on the occasion of kindling fire, تَشَبَّبِى تَشَبُّبَ النَّمِيمَهْ جَآءَتْ بِهَا تَمْرٌ إِلَى تَمِيمَهْ [Be thou kindled like the state of kindling of the calumny that Temr brought to Temeemeh: but to what this alludes I know not]: it is like the saying, أَوْقَدَ بِالنَّمِيمَةِ نَارًا [He kindled a fire with calumny].
2 See also 2.


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