qūbāʾ

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قُوباء

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • قَابَ الأَرْضَ Form I He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground
    , aor. يَقُوبُهَا, (S, O,) inf. n. قَوْبٌ; (K;) and ↓ قوّبها, (S, O,) inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ; (S, O, K;) He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground: (K:) or he dug a round hollow in the ground; (S, O, TA;) thus both phrases are expl. by ISd. (TA.) ― -b2- And قاب بَيْضَهُ, (S, O,) inf. n. as above, (K,) It (a bird) broke asunder its eggs. (S, O, K.) -A2- قاب is also intrans., signifying جِلْدُهُ ↓ تقوّب [app. His skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-pass.]. (O.) ― -b2- قابت البَيْضَةُ: see 7. -A3- Also (قاب) He was, or became, near; drew near; or approached: and He fled: (O, K, TA:) inf. n. قَوْبٌ: (TA:) thus it has two contr. significations. (K, TA.)
  • قَوَّبَ Form II I made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground
    see above, first sentence. ― -b2- One says also, قَوَّبْتُ الأَرْضَ meaning I made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, (O, K, TA,) by treading; and made indications [thereby, or thereof,] at its drinking-places. (TA.) And قَوَّبوا الأَرْضَ, (A, TA,) or فِى الأَرْضِ, (O,) They (i. e. persons alighting, A, TA) made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, (A, O, TA,) by their treading and their alighting. (O.) ― -b3- And قوّب الجَرَبُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ The mange, or scab, made pits, or small hollows, bare of fur, in the skin of the camel. (Lth, TA.) See also 5. ― -b4- قُوِّبَ مِنَ الغُبَارِ means اِغْبَرَّ [i. e., app., He, or it, became sullied with dust]. (Th, TA.) ― -b5- And قوّبهُ, inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ, He pulled it out or up, by the root; eradicated, or uprooted, it. (K, * TA.)
  • تقوّبت الأَرْضُ Form V It became peeled, or excoriated
    : see 7. ― -b2- تقوّب جِلْدُهُ: see 1. ― -b3- تقوّب also signifies It became peeled, or excoriated, or became so in several, or many, places. (TA.) One says, تقوّب مِنْ رَأْسِهِ مَوَاضِعُ Some places in his head became excoriated. (S.) In the saying of Dhn-r-Rummeh, " تَقَوَّبَ عَنْ غِرْبَانِ أَوْرَاكِهَا الخَطْرُ " تَقَوَّبَ may be for ↓ قَوَّبَ [q. v.]: or the phrase may be inverted, for تَقَوَّبَتْ غِرْبَانُهَا عَنِ الخَطْرِ. (S in art. خطر. [See غُرَابٌ, in art. غرب.]) ― -b4- It is also said of a place as meaning It became, in parts, stripped of trees and herbage; and so ↓ انقاب. (TA.) ― -b5- And it signifies also It was pulled out or up, by the root; was eradicated, or uprooted. (S, O, K. *) ― -b6- تقوّبت البَيْضَةُ: see the next paragraph.
  • اسقابت الأَرْضُ Form VII The ground was hollowed out in a round form
    The ground was hollowed out in a round form; (S, ISd, O, TA;) as also ↓ تقوّبت. (ISd, TA.) ― -b2- See also 5. ― -b3- انقابت البَيْضَةُ, and ↓ تقوّبت, (S, A, O, K, TA,) and ↓ قَابَت, (TA,) The egg broke asunder, (S, A, O, K, TA,) and disclosed the young bird within it. (TA.) [Hence] one says اِنْقَابَتْ بِيْضَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ عَنْ أَمْرِهِمْ [lit. The egg of the sons of such a one broke asunder, and disclosed their affair, case, or state]: meaning (tropical:) the sons of such a one revealed, or manifested, their affair, case, or state; a phrase like أَفْرَخَتْ بَيْضَتُهُمْ. (A, TA.)
  • اقتابهُ Form VIII He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it
    He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it. (O, K.)
  • قَابٌ portion
    The portion, of a bow, that is between the part that is grasped by the hand and the curved extremity: to every bow there are قَابَانِ: (S, O, Msb, K:) or, accord. to El-Khafájee, it is [the space] between the string and the part that is grasped by the hand, of the bow; as also ↓ قِيبٌ: (TA:) in the Kur [liii. 9], فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ accord. to some, is an inverted phrase, meaning فكان قَابَىْ قَوْسٍ [i. e. And he was at the distance of the measure of the two portions between the part that is grasped by the hand and each of the curved extremities of a bow]: (S, O:) [but] قَابٌ signifies also a measure, or space; and so ↓ قِيبٌ: (S, O, K:) one says, بَيْنَهُمَا قَابُ قَوْسٍ and قَوْسٍ ↓ قِيبُ, [Between them two is the measure of a bow], and likewise قَادُ قُوْسٍ and قِيدُ قَوْسٍ: (S, O: *) and it is said that قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ [in the case mentioned above] means at [the distance of] the length of two bows: or as Fr says, at [the distance of] the measure of two Arabian bows. (TA.) [قابُ قَوْسٍ is also a term often used in astronomy to denote the distance between two stars; and seems to be syn. with ذِرَاعٌ (q. v.) as so used, thus meaning A cubit; which is the measure of each قاب of a bow, or nearly so.]
  • قُوبٌ A young bird
    A young bird; (S, A, O, K;) as also ↓ قَايأِبَةٌ and ↓ قَابَةٌ: (K:) or ↓ قَايأِبَةٌ signifies, (S, A, O,) or signifies also, (K,) an egg; (S, A, O, K;) and so does ↓ قَابَةٌ: (K;) ↓ قَايأِبَةٌ is used in the latter sense as meaning ذَاتُ قُوبٍ, i. e. ذَاتُ فَرْخٍ: (Az, * O, TA: *) or it is like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ [meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ]: (A:) [or as being originally the part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةُ: and it may be used in the former sense as being originally the act. part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةَ said of a hen-bird:] and ↓ قَاوِبَةٌ signifies an egg from which the young bird has come forth: (Az, TA:) or قُوبٌ signifies an egg: and ↓ قَابَةٌ, a young bird: (AHeyth, TA:) the pl. of قُوبٌ is أَقْوَابٌ. (K.) It is said in a prov., مِنْ قُوبٍ ↓ بَرِيأَتْ قَايأِبَةٌ, (S, A, O,) or مِنْ قُوبٍ ↓ تَخَلَّصَتْ قَايأَبِةٌ, (K,) or مِنْ قُوبٍ ↓ قَابَةٌ, (tropical:) An egg became or has become, freed from a young bird [that was in it]: (S, A, O, K:) or a young bird, from an egg: (AHeyth, TA:) applied to him who has become separated from his companion. (A, * K.) An Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Asad, (S,) or Asd, (O,) said to a merchant who asked him to be his safeguard, مِنْ ↓ إِذَا بَلَغْتُ بِكَ مَكَانَ كَذَا بَرِيأَتْ قَايأِبَةٌ قُوبٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [When I shall have reached with thee such a place,] I shall be clear of obligation to protect thee. (S, O.) El-Kumeyt says " لَهُنَّ وَلِلْمَشِيبِ وَمَنْ عَلَاهُ وَقُوبُ ↓ مِنَ الأَمْثَالِ قَايأِبَةٌ " [To them (i. e. women), and to hoariness and him upon whom it has come, relates, among the proverbs, “ An egg and a young bird ”]: he likens the fleeing of women from old men to the fleeing of the قُوب, or young bird, from the قَايأِبَة, or egg; and [virtually] says that the beautiful woman will not return to the old man, like as the young bird will not return to the egg. (TA.) And Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee mentions the saying, مِنْ قُوبٍ ↓ لَا وَالَّذِى أَخْرَجَ قَايأِبَةً, as meaning [No, by Him who has produced] a young bird from an egg: but Aboo-'Obeyd El-Bekree says that this is inverted. (MF, TA.) ― -b2- أُمُّ قُوبٍ [in the TA said to be بالفتح, a mistranscription for بِالضَّمِّ,] Calamity, or misfortune. (O, K.)
  • قُوَبٌ In the ground are hollows
    [in the two phrases here following is probably pl. of ↓ قُوبَةٌ]. You say, فِى الأَرْضِ قُوَبٌ In the ground are hollows [app. meaning round hollows: see 1, first sentence]. (A.) And فِى رَأْسِهِ وَجِلْدِهِ قُوَبٌ In his head and his skin are pits. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And hence ↓ القُوَبَآءُ. (A.) See قُوَبَآءُ, in two places. ― -b3- It signifies [also] Egg-shells. (O, K.)
  • قِيبٌ Open entry
    : see قَابٌ, in three places.
  • قُابَةٌ Open entry
    : see قُوبٌ: in four places.
  • قُوبَةٌ Open entry
    : see قُوَبٌ: ― -b2- and see also قُوَبَآءُ, in three places.
  • قُوَبَةٌ who remains constantly in his abode
    : see قُوَبَآءُ, in three places. -A2- Also, (K,) applied to a man such as is termed مَلِىْءٌ [app. as meaning “ rich, ” or “ wealthy ”], One who remains constantly in his abode, (S, K,) not quitting it. (S.)

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