حدب

أَحْدَبُ ذ Humpbacked; (S, Mgh, Msb;) having a prominent, or protuberant, back, and a hollow, or receding, chest and belly; (K;) and ↓ حَدِبٌ signifies the same: (Sb, S, K:) fem. of the former حَدْبَاآءُ: (Msb:) and pl. حُدْبٌ. (Msb, TA.) اِبْنَةٌ ↓ حُدَيْبَاآءُ (dim. of حَدْبَاآءُ), meaning A little humpbacked daughter, occurs in a trad. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, اآلَةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ, (see a verse of Kaab Ibn-Zuheyr, voce اآلَةٌ, in art. اول,) (assumed tropical:) A gibbous bier: (A, * TA:) or (as used in that verse) it means a distressing state, or condition: or an elevated apparatus. (TA.) And رَمْلَةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) [ A gibbous tract of sand ]. (ISh, K in art. دبح, &c.) And نَاقَةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ, (S, A,) or دَابَّةٌ حدبَاآءُ, (K,) (tropical:) A she-camel, (S, A,) or a beast, (K,) the prominent parts of whose hips, (S, A, K,) and the bone of whose back, (TA,) appear, (S, A, K,) by reason of her leanness. (A, TA.) And حَدْبَاآءُ حِدْبِيرٌ and حِدْبَارٌ are expressions used in the same sense: (L, TA:) pl. حُدْبٌ حَدَابِيرُ. (S, L, TA.) ― -b3- الأَحْدَبُ is the name of A vein (عِرْق) penetrating into, or lying within, the bone (عَظْمَ [app. a mistranscription for عَظَمَة the upper portion ]) of the fore-arm. (K.) ― -b4- أَمْرٌ أَحْدَبُ (A) and خُطَّةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ (A, TA) (tropical:) A difficult affair: (A, TA:) and أُمُورٌ حُدْبٌ (A, TA) and حُدْبُ الأُمُورِ (K) (tropical:) difficult affairs; (A, K, TA;) sing. حَدْبَاآءُ [for خُطَّةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ or the like]. (K.) And سَنَةٌ حَدْبَاآءُ (tropical:) A severe, cold year. (A, TA.) [Hence,] وَسِيقٌ أَحْدَبُ (assumed tropical:) A quick driving. (TA.) ― -b5- [Hence, also,] الأَحْدَبُ [used as a subst.] (assumed tropical:) Vehemence, severity, difficulty, or distress; syn. الشِّدَّةُ. (K.) -A2- [Also (assumed tropical:) More, and most, affectionate, favourable, or kind. ] أَحْدَبُهُمْ عَلَى المُسْلِمِينَ, said of Aboo-Bekr, in a trad. of 'Alee, means (assumed tropical:) The most affectionate, favourable, or kind, of them, to the Muslims. (TA.)