جوب

2 جوّب جوب : see 1. ― -b2- Also, said of the light of the moon, (assumed tropical:) It illumined, and rendered clear, [by penetrating, ] a dark night. (TA.) -A2- جوّب عَلَيْهِ [from جَوْبٌ “ a shield ”] He shielded him. (TA: so accord. to an explanation of the act. part. n.)