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قُوبٌ

Root: قوب

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قُوبٌ A young bird; as also قَائِبَةٌ and : or قَائِبَةٌ signifies, or signifies also, an egg; and so does : قَائِبَةٌ is used in the latter sense as meaning ذَاتُ قُوبٍ, i. e. ذَاتُ فَرْخٍ: or it is like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ [meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ]: [or as being originally the part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةُ: and it may be used in the former sense as being originally the act. part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةَ said of a hen-bird:] and signifies an egg from which the young bird has come forth: or قُوبٌ signifies an egg: and , a young bird: the pl. of قُوبٌ is أَقْوَابٌ. It is said in a prov., بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ, or تَخَلَّصَتْ مِنْ قُوبٍ, or مِنْ قُوبٍ, An egg became or has become, freed from a young bird [that was in it]: or a young bird, from an egg: applied to him who has become separated from his companion. An Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Asad, or Asd, said to a merchant who asked him to be his safeguard, إِذَا بَلَغْتُ بِكَ مَكَانَ كَذَا بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ, meaning [When I shall have reached with thee such a place,] I shall be clear of obligation to protect thee. El-Kumeyt says لَهُنَّ وَلِلْمَشِيبِ وَمَنْ عَلَاهُ مِنَ الأَمْثَالِ قَائِبَةٌ وَقُوبُ [To them , and to hoariness and him upon whom it has come, relates, among the proverbs, “ An egg and a young bird ”]: he likens the fleeing of women from old men to the fleeing of the قُوب, or young bird, from the قَائِبَة, or egg; and [virtually] says that the beautiful woman will not return to the old man, like as the young bird will not return to the egg. And Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee mentions the saying, لَا وَالَّذِى أَخْرَجَ مِنْ قُوبٍ, as meaning [No, by Him who has produced] a young bird from an egg: but Aboo-'Obeyd El-Bekree says that this is inverted.
2 أُمُّ قُوبٍ [in the TA said to be بالفتح, a mistranscription for بِالضَّمِّ,] Calamity, or misfortune.


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