دب

دِبَّةٌ دب دبه دبة A mode, or manner, [ of creeping, or crawling, or] of going, or walking, leisurely, or gently. (M, K. *) You say, هُوَ خَفِىُّ الدِّبَّةِ [ He has a soft, or stealthy, mode, or manner, of creeping along, &c.]. (M, K:) And دَبَبْتُ دِبَّةً خَفِيَّةً [ I crept along in a soft, or stealthy, mode, or manner, of creeping ]. (T, S.) -A2- Also i. q. ↓ دَبِيبٌ [as meaning Anything that creeps, or crawls, upon the earth; and used as a coll. gen. n.]. (K.) One says, مَا أَكْثَرَ دِبَّةً هٰذَا البَلَدِ [ How many are the creeping, or crawling, things of this country, or town! ]. (TA.)