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غب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَبَبٌ ذ and ↓ غَبْغَبٌ The flesh that hangs down under the part beneath the chin and lower jaw: (K;) or what hangs down beneath that part of an ox or cow [i. e. the dewlap ], and beneath the beak of the cock: (S, O:) and the wrinkled skin of the part where the lower hairs of the chin grow: and the former word, what hangs down under the part beneath the lower jaw of the ox or cow and of the sheep or goat: and the غبغب is [ what hangs down under the part beneath the lower mandible ] of the cock and of the bull [i. e. the wattle of the cock and the dewlap of the bull ]: (Lth, TA:) and this is also used in relation to an old woman: (Ks, TA:) and, metaphorically, in relation to the chameleon: and in like manner in relation to the stallion-camel, [as meaning the part below the under jaw, ] as the camel has really no غبغب: (TA:) [the pl. of غَبَبٌ is أَغْبَابٌ: see طِمْطِمٌ.]

Derived headwords

غَبَبٌ
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