قَهَوْبَةٌ
Root: قهب
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قَهَوْبَةٌ
, or قَهُوبَةٌ, like رَكُوبَةٌ, and قَهَوْبَاةٌ, (O, K, TA, [in the O, in which it is restricted to the last of the following meanings, carelessly written قَهُوْبَاء, but there said to be with fet-h to the ه, and with ه, by which is meant ة,]) accord. to MF with damm to the ف, but this is a mistake, An arrow-head having three
شُعَب [i. e. barbs]: and in some instances having two pieces, or two small pieces of iron, (حَدِيدَتَانِ, O, or حديّدتان, TA,) which sometimes contract, and sometimes diverge, or open: or a small arrow, that hits the butt: or قَهُوبَاتٌ, which is the pl., signifies short arrows, that hit the butt: this is said by Az to be the right explanation: and IDrd has mentioned قَهَوْبَاةٌ as signifying broad heads of arrows or the like: accord. to Sb, there is no other instance [than قَهْوْبَاةٌ] of a word of which the [primitive] measure is فَعَوْلَى. (K, TA. [شَجَوْجًى and similar words are of the measure فَعَوْعَلٌ.])
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