دب

دُبَّ دب and شُبَّ are used as nouns, by the introduction of مِنْ before them, though originally verbs. (S and K * and TA in art. شب.) One says, أَعْيَيْتَنِى مِنْ شُبَّ اـِلَى دُبَّ, (M, K, *) by way of imitation [of a verbal phrase], (M,) and من شُبٍّ الى دُبٍّ, Thou hast wearied me from the time of thy becoming a youth until thy walking gently, [or creeping along, resting] upon a staff: (M, K, * TA:) a prov.: (M, TA:) said alike to a man and to a woman. (TA in art. شب.) And فَعَلْتَ كَذَا مِنْ شُبَّ اـِلَى دُبَّ and من شُبٍّ الى دُبٍّ Thou hast done thus from youth until thy walking gently, [or creeping along, resting] upon the staff. (S.) -A2- دُبٌّ: see دُبَّةٌ, in two places. -A3- Also [The bear; ] a certain beast of prey, (S, M, K,) well known; (K;) a certain foul, or noxious, animal: (Msb:) a genuine Arabic word: (M:) fem. with ة: pl. [of mult.] دِبَبَةٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَدْبَابٌ. (M, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الدُّبُّ (assumed tropical:) The constellation of the Greater Bear: and, accord. to some, that of the Lesser Bear: the former, for distinction, being called الدُّبُّ الأَكْبَرُ; and the latter, الدُّبُّ الأَصْغَرُ. (M, K.)