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دب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دَبَّةٌ دب دبه دبة A single act [ of creeping, or crawling, or] of going, or walking, leisurely, or gently: pl. دِبَابٌ. (K.) -A2- A hill, or heap, or gibbous hill, syn. كَثِيب, (IAar, T, S, M, K,) of sand: (S, K:) and (in some copies of the K “ or ”) a tract of red sand: or an even tract of sand: (K:) or, as in some copies of the K, an even tract of land: (TA:) and a place abounding in sand: (T, L:) pl. as above. (TA.) Hence the prov., وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فِى دَبَّةً مِنَ الرَّمْلِ [lit. Such a one fell into, or upon, a place abounding in sand ]; meaning, (tropical:) into difficulty, or misfortune; for the camel in such a place suffers fatigue. (T.) -A3- A certain thing for oil, or ointment; (S;) a receptacle for seeds (بِزْر) and olive-oil: (M, K:) pl. as above. (Sb, M.) A kind of bottle, or pot, (بَطَّةٌ,) peculiarly of glass. (K.) [Form the Pers. دَبَّهْ.] ― -b2- See also دُبَّاآءٌ. -A4- And see دَبَبٌ, in three places.

Derived headwords

دَبَّةٌ
  1. 1.
وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ
فِى دَبَّةً مِنَ الرَّمْلِ