هدب

هَدِبٌ ذ A horse having a long forelock. The هدبان [pl. of هَدِبٌ, but whether هِدْبَانٌ or هُدْبَانٌ is not shown,] are among those horses that are held in high estimation among the Arabs, and are distinguished as belonging to different tents, or house. (TA.) ― -b2- الهُدبُ (assumed tropical:) The lion. (K.) But accord. to Lth, ↓ أَهْدَبُ, as an epithet applied to felt and the like, signifies (assumed tropical:) Having long nap, or villous substance (TA,) and as an epithet applied to a lion, accord. to the A, it signifies (tropical:) Having long shag [or shaggy hair ]: (TA:) whence it is seen that the correct word [applied to the lion [أَهْدَبُ, q. v.] and هَدِبٌ. (TA.)