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قَبْقَبٌ

Root: قب

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قَبْقَبٌ The belly; as also قَبْقَابٌ : from قَبْقَبَةٌ , [an Verbal.Noun of R. Q. 1, q. v., and] a word imitative of the sounding [or rumbling] of the belly.

def.2 And The wood of a horse's saddle: so in the saying, يُطَيِّرُ الفَارِسُ لَوْ لَا قَبْقَبُهُ [He would make the horseman to fly off, were it not for the wood of his saddle]. (M. [But in this sense it is app. a mistranscription for قَيْقَبٌ.])
2 And A species of trees; as also قَبْقَبَانٌ . (M. [But in this sense both are app. mistranscriptions, for قَيْقَبٌ and قَيْقَبَانٌ.])
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