كَلْحَبَةٌ
Root: كلحب
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كَلْحَبَةٌ
: of this word, Az says, It is not known what it is: but it is related, on the authority of IAar, that it signifies The sound, and flame, of fire; or its sounding, and flaming: or, accord. to the RA, it signifies its sound, or sounding, in what is slender, or small, as a lamp and the like. [See also حَدْمٌ.]
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