Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

لَابَ

Root: لوب

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَابَI , Present.T يَلُوبُ, Verbal.Noun لَوْبٌ and لُوبٌ and لُؤُوبٌ and لُوَابٌ and لُؤَابٌ and لَوَبَانٌ or لُوبَانٌ He thirsted; was thirsty; or he, thirsting, went round about the water, not reaching it: or he went round about the water, by reason of thirst.
2 لَوْبٌ signifies The camels' going round about the tank, or cistern, and not being able to get at the water, on account of the crowding, or pressing.


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