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هُلْبَةٌ

Root: هلب

Full Definition

هُلْبَةٌ The hair that is above the pubes, extending near to the navel. See هُلْبٌ.

def.2 هُلْبَةٌ Severity, or pressure, of fortune: like كُلْبَةٌ and جُلْبَةٌ.
2 Also, and هُلُبَّةٌ , Severity, or intenseness, of winter. أَتَيْتُهُ فِى هلبةِ الشِّتَاءِ I came to him during the severe, or intense, cold of winter.
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