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دب
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 أَدْبَبْتُهُ ذ [third pers. أَدَبَّ] I made him (namely, a child, S) [ to creep, or crawl, or] to go, or walk, leisurely, or gently. (S, K. [For the correct explanation, حَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى الدَّبِيبِ, Golius seems to have found حملته على الدَّابَّةِ.]) ― -b2- ادبّ البِلَادَ (assumed tropical:) He filled the country, or provinces, with justice, so that the inhabitants thereof walked at leisure (دَبَّ أَهْلُهَا [whence Golius has supposed دَبَّ to signify “ juste se habuit populus ”] M, K, TA) by reason of the security and abundance and prosperity that they enjoyed. (M, TA.)
Derived headwords
أَدْبَبْتُهُverb
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حَمَلْتُهُ عَلَى الدَّبِيبِ
حملته على الدَّابَّةِ
ادبّ البِلَادَ
دَبَّ أَهْلُهَا