كَاعِبٌ
Root: كعب
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كَاعِبٌ
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مُكَعِّبٌ , and كَاعِبَةٌ, and, as written by some, , A girl whose breasts are beginning to swell, or become prominent, or protuberant: or having swelling, prominent, or protuberant, breasts: see 1: pl. of the first كَوَاعِبُ and [of the first or second] كِعَابٌ; the latter mentioned by Th; the former occurring in the Kur lxxviii. 33.
2 ثَدْىٌ كَاعِبٌ. and مُكَعِّبٌ , and مُكَعَّبٌ , (in some copies of the K, مُكْعَبٌ, in either case extr., the forms being those of pass. part. ns., and the signification that of an act. part. n.,]) and مُتَكَعِّبٌ , A girl's breast that is swelling, prominent, or protuberant: [or beginning to swell, &c,: see 1, and see also كُعْبٌ].
2 ثَدْىٌ كَاعِبٌ. and مُكَعِّبٌ , and مُكَعَّبٌ , (in some copies of the K, مُكْعَبٌ, in either case extr., the forms being those of pass. part. ns., and the signification that of an act. part. n.,]) and مُتَكَعِّبٌ , A girl's breast that is swelling, prominent, or protuberant: [or beginning to swell, &c,: see 1, and see also كُعْبٌ].
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