Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُدَبَّبٌ

Root: دب

Full Definition

مُدَبَّبٌ , like مُعَظَّمٌ, or مِدْبَبٌ, an epithet applied to a camel, signifying الذى يمشى دبادب [app. دَبَادِبَ, and if so it seems to mean That walks quickly, with short steps: or that makes a sound with his feet, like دُبْ دُبْ: see دَبْدَبَةٌ: but in the TT it is written دَباْ دَباْ; perhaps correctly دَبًّا دَبًّا, creeping and creeping].


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