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هلب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

هُلْبٌ ذ , [a coll. gen. n.,] Hair, absolutely: or coarse hair; (K;) as the hair of the tail of a she-camel: (Az:) or hair of the tail: or pigs' bristles, with which skins and the like are sewed: (K:) J gives this last signification to ↓ هُلْبَةٌ: and also, coarse hair of the tail &c.: (so in the S:) but هُلْبَةٌ is the n. un. (TA.) ― -b2- هُلْبٌ, The eyelashes. (TA.) ― -b3- هُلْبٌ, call. gen. n., Hair that one plucks from the tail: n. un. with ة. (TA.) ― -b4- هُلَبٌ [pl. of هُلْبَةٌ] Tails and manes plucked out. (TA.) -A2- هُلْبٌ Continuance, or constant succession, of rain. (TA.)

Derived headwords

هُلْبٌ
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