حلب

حُلْبَةٌ حلب حلبه حلبة [ Fenugreek; trigonella fænumgræcum of Linn.;] a certain grain, (S, Mgh, Msb,) well known, (S, Mgh,) which is eaten; also pronounced ↓ حُلُبَةٌ: (Msb:) a certain plant, (AHn, K,) having a yellow grain, used medicinally; and made to germinate [in a vessel of water], and eaten; (AHn, TA;) useful as a remedy for diseases of the chest, for cough, asthma, phlegm, and hæmorrhoids, for giving strength to the back, for the liver and the bladder, and as a stimulant to the venereal faculty, (K, * TA,) alone or compounded; and a common article of food of the people of El-Yemen: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ حُلْبٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- The [ plant otherwise called ] عَرْفَج. (AHn, K.) ― -b3- The قَتَاد [or tragacantha ]. (AHn, K.) ― -b4- The leaves of the عِضَاه when they have become harsh and dry, and dusty or dustcoloured, and when its branches and thorns have become thick: (TA:) or it is [ what is in a similar state ] of the fruit of the عضاه: (IAth, TA:) the word is sometimes pronounced ↓ حُلُبَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- The kind of food called فَرِيقَة, (K, TA,) which is given to women when childbearing; (TA;) as also ↓ حُلُبَةٌ. (K.) -A2- A pure black colour. (K.) [See حُلْبُوبٌ.]