غلب

أَغَْلَبُ ذ [ More, and most, overcoming or conquering &c.: fem. غَلْبَاآءُ: and pl. غُلْبٌ]. One says قَبِيلَةٌ غَلْبَاآءُ A [ most overcoming or] mighty, resistive, tribe. (K.) And عِزَّةٌ غَلْبَاآءُ [ Most overpowering might ]. (S.) ― -b2- See also غَالِبٌ. -A2- Also Thick-necked, (S, TA,) applied to a man: (S:) [or thick and short in the neck: or thick and inclining in the neck: (see 1, last sentence:)] fem. غَلْبَاآءُ, applied to a she-camel: and pl. غُلْبٌ. (TA.) And Thick, applied to a neck. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] حَدِيقَةٌ غَلْبَاآءُ (tropical:) [ A garden, or walled garden, &c.,] of tangled and luxuriant, or abundant and dense, trees: (S:) or of compact and dense trees; as also ↓ مُغْلَوْلِبَةٌ. (K, TA.) In the phrase حَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا in the Kur [lxxx. 30], the epithet is expl by Bd as meaning (tropical:) Large. (TA.) And the fem. is applied to a [mountain, or hill, such as is termed] هَضْبَة, (S, TA,) meaning (tropical:) Lofty and great. (TA.) ― -b3- And الأَغْلَبُ means The lion [app. because of the thickness of his neck]. (K.)