جَوْبٌ
Root: جوب
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جَوْبٌ
[an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of a pass. part. n. Hence,] a tribe is said to be جَوْبُ أَبٍ as meaning Cut [as it were] from one
2 A fire-place; [so called because hollowed out;] syn. كَانُونٌ.
3 A large دَلْو [or bucket; because of its hollow form].
4 A shield; as also جَوْبَةٌ and مِجْوَبٌ : [see a verse cited voce يَلَبٌ:] pl. of the first أَجْوَابٌ.
5 A garment like the بَقِيرَة: [so called because it has a slit in the middle, through which the head is put:] or a woman's shift.
6 See also جَوْبَةٌ
def.2 [A kind, or sort.] You say, فُلَانٌ فِيهِ جَوْبَانِ مِنْ خُلُقٍ [In such a one are two kinds of temper, or disposition]; i. e., he does not remain in one temper, or disposition. And Dhu-Rummeh says,
2 A fire-place; [so called because hollowed out;] syn. كَانُونٌ.
3 A large دَلْو [or bucket; because of its hollow form].
4 A shield; as also جَوْبَةٌ and مِجْوَبٌ : [see a verse cited voce يَلَبٌ:] pl. of the first أَجْوَابٌ.
5 A garment like the بَقِيرَة: [so called because it has a slit in the middle, through which the head is put:] or a woman's shift.
6 See also جَوْبَةٌ
def.2 [A kind, or sort.] You say, فُلَانٌ فِيهِ جَوْبَانِ مِنْ خُلُقٍ [In such a one are two kinds of temper, or disposition]; i. e., he does not remain in one temper, or disposition. And Dhu-Rummeh says,
meaning Thou hearest two kinds of the sounds, or voices, [or mutterings,] of the ghools.جَوْبَيْنِ مِنْ هَمَاهِمِ الأَغْوَالِ
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