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حَابَ

Root: حوب

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَابَI , sec. pers. حُبْتُ, Present.T يَحُوبُ, Verbal.Noun حَوْبٌ and حَوْبَةٌ and حِيَابَةٌ, (S, K, accord. to one copy of the K حِيَابٌ,) and حِيبَةٌ and حُوبٌ; or this last is a simple subst.; or, as some say, it and حَوْبٌ are two dial. vars.; that with damm, of the dial. of El-Hijáz; and that with fet-h, of the dial. of Temeem; accord. to Zj, that with damm signifies “ sin, or crime; ” and that with fet-h, the “ act ” of a man; [i. e. the “ act of committing a sin, or crime; ”] He sinned; committed a sin, or crime; did what was unlawful; بِكَذَا [by such a thing].
2 Also, Present.T as above, [Verbal.Noun not mentioned,] He, or it, became in an evil condition, or state.
3 He slew [another]: of the dial. of the tribe of Asad.

def.2 حَوْبٌ also signifies The act of chiding a male camel [by the cry حَوْبِ]. [See also 2.]


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