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كالبهُ

Root: كلب

Form: 3

Full Definition

كالبهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُكَالَبَةٌ and كِلَابٌ, He acted in an evil manner, or injuriously, towards him; or contended against him: he straitened, or distressed, him, as dogs do, one to another, when set upon each other: he acted with open enmity, or hostility, to him: and is syn. with مُكَالَبَةٌ.

def.2 كَالَبَتِ الإِبِلُ, (Verbal.Noun مُكَالَبَةٌ, TA,) The camels fed upon كَلَالِيب, i. e., the thorns of trees.
2 Also sometimes signifying The camels pastured upon dry, or tough, حش [app. a mistake for خَشّ “ what is very rough ”].
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