Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قَحْبَةٌ

Root: قحب

Full Definition

قَحْبَةٌ fem. of قَحْبٌ [q. v.]

def.2 And A cough: [and so قُحَابٌ used as a simple subst.:] thus in the phrase بِهِ قَحْبَةٌ [In him is a cough]: and thus in the phrase بِالدَّابَّةِ قَحْبَةٌ [In the beast, or horse or the like, is a cough].


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