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كَبَّهُ

Root: كب

Form: 1

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كَبَّهُI , Present.T كَبُبَ (Verbal.Noun كَبٌّ, TA;) and كَبْكَبَهُ; He inverted it, or turned it upside-down.
2 كَبَّ الإِنَآءَ, aor كَبُبَ Verbal.Noun كَبٌّ, [He inverted, or turned down, the vessel, so as to pour out its contents]: he turned the vessel over upon its head.
3 كَبَّ القَصْعَةَ He turned over the wooden bowl upon its face.
4 كَبَّهُ, or كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ, [or عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ,] and and كَبْكَبَهُ , He prostrated him; threw him down upon his face. [One says,] كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ [May God overthrow, or prostrate, the enemy of the Muslims!]: but one should not say . See also 4.
5 He cut, or wounded, a camel in the legs.

def.2 كَبَّ, (Present.T كَبُبَ Verbal.Noun كَبُّ, TA,) He [convolved, or glomerated, thread, and likewise hair (see فَلِيلٌ), or he] made thread [&c.] into كُبَب [or balls]: or into a كُبَّة [or ball]. [The verb is used in the present day to signify He wound thread into a ball, or balls.] See 5.

def.3 كَبَّ, [Present.T, app., كَبِبَ ] He, or it, was weighty, or heavy. See كُبَّةٌ

def.4 He kindled, or set on fire, كُبّ, which is [a plant, or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض.
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