ball of thread, reel, spool

, aor. , (inf. n. كَبٌّ, TA;) and كَبْكَبَهُ; (K, TA;) He inverted it, or turned it upside-down. (K.) ― -b2- كَبَّ الإِنَآءَ, aor , inf. n. كَبٌّ, [He inverted, or turned down, the vessel, so as to pour out its contents]: (TA:) he turned the vessel over upon its head. (Msb.) ― -b3- كَبَّ القَصْعَةَ He turned over the wooden bowl upon its face. (TA.) ― -b4- كَبَّهُ, (K,) or كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ, (S,) [or عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (see 4),] and ↓ اكبّه (K) and ↓ كَبْكَبَهُ, (S, K,) He prostrated him; threw him down upon his face. (S, K.) [One says,] كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ [May God overthrow, or prostrate, the enemy of the Muslims!]: but one should not say ↓ اكبّ. (S.) See also 4. ― -b5- He cut, or wounded, a camel in the legs. (TA.) -A2- كَبَّ, (aor. , inf. n. كَبُّ, TA,) (tropical:) He [convolved, or glomerated, thread, and likewise hair (see فَلِيلٌ), or he] made thread [&c.] into كُبَب [or balls]: (S, K:) or into a كُبَّة [or ball]. (ISd.) [The verb is used in the present day to signify He wound thread into a ball, or balls.] See 5. -A3- كَبَّ, [aor., app., ,] He, or it, was weighty, or heavy. (K.) See كُبَّةٌ -A4- He kindled, or set on fire, كُبّ, which is [a plant, or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض. (AA, K.)

, inf. n. تَكْبِيبٌ, (tropical:) He made كَبَاب, or meat cut up, &c. (K.)

See 1. -A2- اكبّ He bent his head down towards the ground; [as also إِلَى الأَرْضِ ↓ انكبّ, occurring in the TA, art برز;] bent himself down; stooped. (TA.) [See Kur, lxvii, 22.] ― -b2- اكبّ, (K,) or اكبّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ, (S) and ↓ انكبّ, (TA,) quasi-pass. of كَبَّ; He fell prostrate or prone; fell upon his face: (S, K:) the former verb extr. with respect to analogy, (S,) [as quasipass. of كَبَّ: see أَحْجَمَ, and أَحْنَجَ]: [and ↓ كَبَّ, aor., app., , inf. n. كَبٌّ, he fell, having stumbled: for] كَبٌّ is the contr. of اِنْتِعَاشٌ. (S, art. تعش.) ― -b3- اكبّ لَهُ (i. e., لِلشَّىْءِ, TA) i. q. تَحَانَى (as in some copies of the K) or تَجَانَأَ (as in others): the latter [meaning He bent down towards it] is probably the correct reading. (TA.) -A3- اكبّ عَلَيْهِ, (i. e., على الشَّىْءِ, TA,) and ↓ انكبّ, (assumed tropical:) He fell to, or set about, doing it. (K.) اكبّ على الأَمْرِ يَفْعَلُهُ, and ↓ انكبّ, [He fell to, or set about, the thing, to do it]. (S.) -A4- اكبّ عَلَيْهِ, (i. e., على عَمَلٍ, TA,) and ↓ انكبّ, (tropical:) He kept, or adhered, to it; (K;) i. e., to a work. (TA.)

The camels were prostrated by disease (S, K) or emaciation. (S.) -A2- تكبّب (tropical:) It (sand) became contracted (by reason of its moisture, TA,) into a compact mass: (S:) or became moist, and, in consequence, compact: whence كُبَّةُ غَزْلٍ [a ball of spun thread], as indicated by Z in the A. (TA.) ― -b2- تكبّب (tropical:) He wrapped himself up in his garment: (A:) [as also ↓ تكبكب: ex.] جَاءَ مُتَكَبْكِبًا فِى ثِيَابِهِ He came wrapped up in his garment. (S.)

(tropical:) They pressed together, or crowded together, upon it. (TA.) [See تَّكَاتُّوا, in art. كت.]

It (a jug, or the like) was, or became, inverted, or turned down, so as to pour out its contents. (IB, in TA, voce غَرَبٌ.) ― -b2- See 4, in five places.

He turned him over, one part upon another: or threw him from the top of a mountain or wall. (TA.) See 1, in two places. ― -b2- كَبْكَبَهُ, inf. n. كَبْكَبَةٌ, He threw him into a deep place, or hollow. (K.) فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا [Kur, xxvi, 9 4,] And they shall be thrown prostrate therein: [i. e., into the fire of hell:] (S:) or they shall be collected together and thrown down into it, namely, the abyss of hell-fire: (Lth:) lit., they shall be thrown so as to turn over and over until at length they come to a stop therein: (TA:) or they shall be thrown into it, one upon another: (Zj:) or they shall be collected together therein. (TA.) ― -b3- كبكب المَالَ He collected together, and brought or put back, the extremities of what was scattered of the wealth or property: [meaning, he collected the camels &c. by driving together those that were dispersed:] like كَمْهَلَهُ and دَبْكَلَهُ &c. (L.)

(tropical:) They collected themselves together. (TA.) ― -b2- See 5.

, [coll. gen. n., A plant or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض; (K;) a kind of tree excellent for kindling, the leaves of which make the tails of horses beautiful and long; it has joints and thorns, and grows in fine, or soft, and plain soil: n. un. with ة: or, accord. to some, it is [a plant, or tree,] of the kind called نَجِيلُ الفَلَاةِ: but IAar says, among the [plants, or trees, called] حَمْض, are the نجيل and the كبّ. (TA.)

and ↓ كُبَّةٌ A charge, an assault, or an onslaught, in war. (K) [And] كَبَّةٌ (S, K) and ↓ كُبَّةٌ (K) A single impetus [in some copies of the S, دَفْعَة; in others, and in my copies of the K, دُفْعَة: I prefer the former reading:] in fighting and in running [in the CK, والجَرْىُ, which is doubtless a mistake]: (S, K:) and vehemence thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- كَبَّةٌ and ↓ كُبَّةٌ A collision between two troops of horses: in the K, بِيْنَ الجَبَلَيْنِ; but correctly, بَيْنَ الخَيْلَيْنِ, as in other lexicons. (TA.) ― -b3- كَبَّةٌ (S, K) and ↓ كُبَّةٌ (K) A letting loose, or setting free, horses, (S, K,) upon the race-course, or field, to run, or to charge. (S.) [This is evidently meant in the S as an explanation of the words rendered here “ a single impetus ” &c.] ― -b4- كَبَّةٌ (S, K) and ↓ كُبَّةٌ (K) The vehemence and assault [in some copies of the S, دَفْعَة: in others, and in my copies of the K, دُفْعَة: I prefer the former reading:] of winter. (S, K) ― -b5- كَبَّةُ النَّارِ A dash, or dashing of the fire [of hell]. (TA.) -A2- كَبَّةٌ and ↓ كُبَّةٌ and ↓ كَبْكَبَةٌ and ↓ كِبْكِبَةٌ and ↓ كِبْكِبٌ or (accord. to the TA) ↓ كَبْكَبٌ, A throwing into a deep place, or hollow. (K.) See كَبْكَبَ. -A3- See also كُبَّةٌ.

: see كَبَّةٌ passim. -A2- الكبّ [a mistranscription for الكُبَّةُ, as is shown by the next sentence,] What is collected together, of dust, or earth, and of other things. (TA [See also سَفَاةٌ, voce سَفًا.] ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) كُبَّةٌ (tropical:) A جَرَوْهَق (which is not an Arabic word, TA, [but arabicized, from the Persian كُرُوهَهْ guróhah, signifying a ball] of spun thread: (S, K:) or such as is collected together, [or convolved, so as to form a ball,] of spun thread: (TA: [see 5:]) pl. كُبَبٌ. (S, K.) [And it is likewise of hair: see فَلِيلٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence,] كُبَّةٌ (S, K) and ↓ كُبْكُبَةٌ (S) or ↓ كَبْكَبَةٌ (K) (tropical:) A company, congregated body, or troop, (K,) of horses, (S,) or of men. (TA.) كبكبةٌ مِنْ بَنِى إِسْرَايأِيلَ A company of the Children of Israel. (TA, from a trad.) كُبَّةُ السُّوقِ The company of the market: said in a trad. to be the company of Satan. (TA.) رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them] his troop, or company. (TA.) See also below. ― -b4- A herd of great camels. (K.) إِنَّكَ لَكَٱلبَايأِعٍ الكُبَّةَ بِالهُبَّةِ Verily thou art like the seller of a herd of great camels for wind. A proverb, thus related by AZ: but, as related by some, الكبة بالهبة, without teshdeed: see arts. كبو and هبو. (TA.) ― -b5- كُبَّةُ الخَيْلِ The greater number, or main part, of the troop of horses. (Th.) ― -b6- I. q. عِيَالٌ: so in the phrase عَلَيْهِ كبّةٌ [He has a family, or household, dependant upon him]. (TA.) ― -b7- كُبَّةٌ (K) and ↓ كَبَّةٌ (S, K) (tropical:) A pressing, or crowding, together. (S, K.) -A3- كُبَّةٌ Weight. (K.) So in the saying رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them his weight]. (TA.) (But see above.) And أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ كُبَّتَهُ He threw his weight upon him. (TA.)

i. q. طَبَاهَجٌ; (S;) i. e., (TA,) (tropical:) Flesh-meat cut up [into small pieces] (K) and roasted, or broiled; or thrown upon burning coals: (TA:) [small morsels of meat, generally mutton or lamb, roasted on skewers]. Asserted by El-Khafájee to be Persian; and thought to be so by Yaakoob. (TA.)