غَيْهَبٌ
Root: غهب
Full Definition
غَيْهَبٌ
Darkness; as also
غَيْهَبَانٌ : pl. of the former غَيَاهِبُ.
2 And A horse, and night, intensely black: or, instead of وَاللَّيْلِ in the K, we may read وَاللَّيْلُ; so that the meaning may be, a horse intensely black: and night: agreeably with the A, in which this latter meaning [as well as the former] is assigned to the word; and it is added that one says, أَحْسَنُ مِنْ بَيَاضِ الكَوْكَبِ فِى سَوَادِ الغَيْهَبِ [More beautiful than the whiteness of the star in the blackness of night]: or it signifies intense blackness of the night and of a camel and the like: you say جَمَلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a deep-black camel: and also أَسْوَدُ غَيْهَبٌ and غَيْهَمٌ: and رَجُلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a black man; likened to the darkness of night: and لَيْلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a dark night: and فَرَسٌ أَدْهَمُ غَيْهَبٌ a horse intensely black: and it is said in “ the Book of Horses ” by A 'Obeyd that غَيْهَبِىٌّ أَدْهَمُ signifies [a horse] of the deepest black hue: that the fem. is غَيْهَبَةٌ; and the pl., غَيَاهِبُ: and that دَجُوجِىٌّ is less than غَيْهَبٌ in blackness, signifying “ of a clear black hue. ”
def.2 Also, applied to a man, Unmindful, negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless: and weak, and timid: or a heavy, troublesome man: or stupid, dull, or wanting in intelligence; or inert, or wanting in vigour. And Lacking ability to seek his blood-revenge, or retaliation; as also عَيْهَبٌ. (TA in art. عهب.)
def.3 And A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء having much wool; very woolly; as also عَيْهَبٌ.
2 And A male ostrich.
2 And A horse, and night, intensely black: or, instead of وَاللَّيْلِ in the K, we may read وَاللَّيْلُ; so that the meaning may be, a horse intensely black: and night: agreeably with the A, in which this latter meaning [as well as the former] is assigned to the word; and it is added that one says, أَحْسَنُ مِنْ بَيَاضِ الكَوْكَبِ فِى سَوَادِ الغَيْهَبِ [More beautiful than the whiteness of the star in the blackness of night]: or it signifies intense blackness of the night and of a camel and the like: you say جَمَلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a deep-black camel: and also أَسْوَدُ غَيْهَبٌ and غَيْهَمٌ: and رَجُلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a black man; likened to the darkness of night: and لَيْلٌ غَيْهَبٌ a dark night: and فَرَسٌ أَدْهَمُ غَيْهَبٌ a horse intensely black: and it is said in “ the Book of Horses ” by A 'Obeyd that غَيْهَبِىٌّ أَدْهَمُ signifies [a horse] of the deepest black hue: that the fem. is غَيْهَبَةٌ; and the pl., غَيَاهِبُ: and that دَجُوجِىٌّ is less than غَيْهَبٌ in blackness, signifying “ of a clear black hue. ”
def.2 Also, applied to a man, Unmindful, negligent, inattentive, inadvertent, inconsiderate, or heedless: and weak, and timid: or a heavy, troublesome man: or stupid, dull, or wanting in intelligence; or inert, or wanting in vigour. And Lacking ability to seek his blood-revenge, or retaliation; as also عَيْهَبٌ. (TA in art. عهب.)
def.3 And A [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء having much wool; very woolly; as also عَيْهَبٌ.
2 And A male ostrich.
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