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كب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَبَّهُ ذ , aor. كَبُ3َ , (inf. n. كَبٌّ, TA;) and كَبْكَبَهُ; (K, TA;) He inverted it, or turned it upside-down. (K.) ― -b2- كَبَّ الاـِنَاآءَ, aor كَبُ3َ , inf. n. كَبٌّ, [ He inverted, or turned down, the vessel, so as to pour out its contents ]: (TA:) he turned the vessel over upon its head. (Msb.) ― -b3- كَبَّ القَصْعَةَ He turned over the wooden bowl upon its face. (TA.) ― -b4- كَبَّهُ, (K,) or كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ, (S,) [or عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (see 4),] and ↓ اكبّه (K) and ↓ كَبْكَبَهُ, (S, K,) He prostrated him; threw him down upon his face. (S, K.) [One says,] كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ [ May God overthrow, or prostrate, the enemy of the Muslims! ]: but one should not say ↓ اكبّ. (S.) See also 4. ― -b5- He cut, or wounded, a camel in the legs. (TA.) -A2- كَبَّ, (aor. كَبُ3َ , inf. n. كَبُّ, TA,) (tropical:) He [ convolved, or glomerated, thread, and likewise hair (see فَلِيلٌ), or he ] made thread [&c.] into كُبَب [or balls ]: (S, K:) or into a كُبَّة [or ball ]. (ISd.) [The verb is used in the present day to signify He wound thread into a ball, or balls. ] See 5. -A3- كَبَّ, [aor., app., كَبِ3َ ,] He, or it, was weighty, or heavy. (K.) See كُبَّةٌ -A4- He kindled, or set on fire, كُبّ, which is [ a plant, or tree, of the kind called ] حَمْض. (AA, K.)

Derived headwords

كَبَّهُverb
  1. 1.
كَبَّ الاـِنَاآءَ
كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ
عَلَى وَجْهِهِ
كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ