Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

قَلُوبٌ

Root: قلب

Full Definition

قَلُوبٌ , as an epithet applied to a man, i. q. مُتَقَلِّبٌ كَثِيرُ التَّقَلُّبِ [app. meaning Who employs himself much in journeying, for traffic or otherwise, or in the disposal, or management, of affairs: or who practises much versatility, &c.: see 5, last sentence but one].
2 See also قِلِّيبٌ.

def.2 قَلُوبُ الشَّجَرِ means What are soft, or tender, of succulent herbs: these, and locusts, [it is said,] were eaten by John the son of Zachariah.


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