غِبٌّ
Root: غب
Full Definition
غِبٌّ
[a subst., like ظِمْءٌ,] A coming to water on alternate days; coming to the water one day and not the next day: or after [being kept from it] a day and two nights: or pasturing one day and coming to the water the next day; and this is the غِبّ of the ass. [And وِرْدُ الغِبِّ signifies The coming of camels to the water in the second of two nights (as is shown by the context of a passage in which it occurs in the S and O and K voce طَلَقٌ), or in the second of two days.] But the saying of a rájiz,
2 Also [for سَيْرُ غِبٍّ] A journey of two days [whereof one is without any watering of the camels; i. e. in the case of which they are watered only on the first and third of three days]. (TA in art. نبج.)
3 And A visiting once in every week: so says El-Hasan: or at intervals of some days: after some days: from the same word used in relation to camels. One says, زُرْ غِبًّا تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا [or, accord. to common usage, حِبًّا, to assimilate it to غِبًّا, Visit once a week, or at intervals of some days; not frequently, or not every day: so thou shalt have more love: a prov., respecting which see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 587; where غُبًّا is put for غِبًّا]. [See another ex. voce تَرَجَّلَ, last sentence.] The saying of Zeyd-el-Fawáris
4 And The coming, or attacking, of a fever one day and intermitting one day: from the same word used in relation to camels.
5 And A tertian fever; that attacks one day and intermits one day: you say حُمَّى غِبٌّ [a tertian fever]; using it as an epithet: and حُمَّى الغِبِّ. (Msb in art. ثلث.)
6 And The end; conclusion; latter, or last, part or state; issue; or result; syn. عَاقِبَةٌ, and آخِرٌ; of an affair, of any kind, or of a thing; as also , and مِغَبٌّ . And [hence] غِبَّ means After; syn. بَعْدَ: thus in the phrases غِبَّ الأَذَانِ [After the call to prayer] and غِبَّ السَّلَامِ [After salutation or the salutation]: and one says,
7 مَآءٌ غِبٌّ means Distant water: and مِيَاهٌ أَغْبَابٌ distant waters.
means And hummarahs [a species of birds] whose drinking is every hour or every little while (كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ).وَحُمَّرَاتٌ شُرْبُهُنَّ غِبُّ
2 Also [for سَيْرُ غِبٍّ] A journey of two days [whereof one is without any watering of the camels; i. e. in the case of which they are watered only on the first and third of three days]. (TA in art. نبج.)
3 And A visiting once in every week: so says El-Hasan: or at intervals of some days: after some days: from the same word used in relation to camels. One says, زُرْ غِبًّا تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا [or, accord. to common usage, حِبًّا, to assimilate it to غِبًّا, Visit once a week, or at intervals of some days; not frequently, or not every day: so thou shalt have more love: a prov., respecting which see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 587; where غُبًّا is put for غِبًّا]. [See another ex. voce تَرَجَّلَ, last sentence.] The saying of Zeyd-el-Fawáris
means [The enemy will see me] after the day of meeting with him by a day.يَرَانِى العَدُوُّ بَعْدَ غِبِّ لِقَائِهِ
4 And The coming, or attacking, of a fever one day and intermitting one day: from the same word used in relation to camels.
5 And A tertian fever; that attacks one day and intermits one day: you say حُمَّى غِبٌّ [a tertian fever]; using it as an epithet: and حُمَّى الغِبِّ. (Msb in art. ثلث.)
6 And The end; conclusion; latter, or last, part or state; issue; or result; syn. عَاقِبَةٌ, and آخِرٌ; of an affair, of any kind, or of a thing; as also , and مِغَبٌّ . And [hence] غِبَّ means After; syn. بَعْدَ: thus in the phrases غِبَّ الأَذَانِ [After the call to prayer] and غِبَّ السَّلَامِ [After salutation or the salutation]: and one says,
[After daybreak, the party commend nightjourneying: but more commonly, عِنْدَ الصَّبَاحِ: see art. سرى].غِبَّ الصَّبَاحِ يَحْمَدُ القَوْمُ السُّرَى
7 مَآءٌ غِبٌّ means Distant water: and مِيَاهٌ أَغْبَابٌ distant waters.
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