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حبل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaحُبْلَى حبل حبلى حبلي حبليي Pregnant; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَابِلَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ حَبْلَانَةٌ also occurs in the same sense: (ISd, K) applied to a woman, (S, Mgh,) or, accord. to AZ, to any animal having a nail, (S,) or to any beast, as, for instance, a sheep, or goat, and a cat: (Msb:) pl. of the first حَبَالَى (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حُبْلَيَاتٌ (Msb, K) and حَبَالَيَاتٌ, (S, TA,) which last is pl. of حَبَالَى: (TA:) and the pl. of حَابِلَةٌ is ↓ حَبَلَةٌ, (K,) which is extr. (TA.) One says, اللَّيْلُ حُبْلَى لَسْتَ تَدْرِى مَا تَلِدُ (assumed tropical:) [ The night is pregnant: thou knowest not what it will bring forth ]: meaning that the events of the night are not to be trusted. (TA.) ― -b2- See also حَبْلَانَةٌ.
Derived headwords
حُبْلَى
- 1.
اللَّيْلُ حُبْلَى لَسْتَ تَدْرِى
مَا تَلِدُ