قَتُوبَةٌ
Root: قتب
Full Definition
قَتُوبَةٌ
Camels upon which the [kind of saddle called] قَتَب
is bound: or a camel upon which the
قَتَب
may be put: the ة is affixed because the word is similar to حَلُوبَةٌ and رَكُوبَةٌ, having the signification of a pass. part. n.; but one may elide the ة, saying
قَتُوبٌ . It is said in a trad., لَا صَدَقَةَ فِى الإِبِلِ القَتُوبَةِ, meaning There is no poor rate in the case of the working camels, but only in the case of the pasturing. And you say, كَأَنِّى لَهُمْ قَتُوبَةٌ وَكَأَنَّ
مَؤُونَتَهُمْ عَلَىَّ مَكْتُوبَةٌ
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