هدب
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaأَهْدَبُ ذ A man having long, or large, eyelashes. (K.) Lth explains it by the words طَوِيلُ أَشْفَارِ العَيْنِ كَثِيرُهَا; [and J in a similar manner;] but Az disapproves of this expression, because اشفار العين signifies “ the edges of the eyelids, ” whence the eyelashes grow: (TA:) أَهْدَبُ الأَشْفَارِ, and الاشفار ↓ هَدِبُ, [the same;] having long eyelashes. (TA.) عَيْنٌ هَدْبَاءُ An eye having long lashes. (TA.) ― -b2- شَجَرَةٌ هَدْبَاءُ A tree having long and pendulous branches. (K.) ― -b3- أُذُنٌ هَدْبَاءُ (tropical:) A pendulous, flabby, ear. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b4- لِحْيَةٌ هَدْبَاءُ (tropical:) A lank, not crisp, beard: and so ↓ عُثْنُونٌ هَدِبٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- نَسْرٌ أَهْدَبُ (tropical:) A vulture having long feathers which reach to the ground. (TA.) See هَدِبٌ.
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