خَرْعَبٌ
Root: خرعب
Full Definition
خَرْعَبٌ
and
خَرْعَبَةٌ and
خُرْعُوبٌ and
خُرْعُوبَةٌ A branch, or twig, until a year old; or of a year's growth: or fresh, or juicy, and tall: or soft, or tender, and of recent growth, that has not yet become hard: or
خُرْعُوبٌ [is an epithet, and] signifies a bending branch or twig. [Compare خَرِعٌ, and خِرْوَعٌ, and خَرِيعٌ.]
2 Also, [i. e. all the words above,] or خَرْعَبَةٌ [only], A young woman of goodly make, soft, or tender: or a young woman large in body, and of goodly make: or soft, or tender, and pliant: or fair, tender, or pliant, fat, large in body, fleshy, with small, or delicate, bones: or fair: or soft, or pliant, in the waist, and tall: or large in the body, and fleshy: or خُرْعُوبَةٌ and خَرْعَبَةٌ signify a girl slender in the bones, having much flesh, and soft, or tender: or a young woman of goodly stature, resembling a twig (خُرْعُوبَةِ) of a year's growth. And خَرْعَبٌ signifies A soft, or tender, body. And A tall and fleshy man.
2 Also, [i. e. all the words above,] or خَرْعَبَةٌ [only], A young woman of goodly make, soft, or tender: or a young woman large in body, and of goodly make: or soft, or tender, and pliant: or fair, tender, or pliant, fat, large in body, fleshy, with small, or delicate, bones: or fair: or soft, or pliant, in the waist, and tall: or large in the body, and fleshy: or خُرْعُوبَةٌ and خَرْعَبَةٌ signify a girl slender in the bones, having much flesh, and soft, or tender: or a young woman of goodly stature, resembling a twig (خُرْعُوبَةِ) of a year's growth. And خَرْعَبٌ signifies A soft, or tender, body. And A tall and fleshy man.
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