كلب

1 كَلِبَ ذ , aor. كَلَبَ , inf. n. كَلَبٌ, He (a dog) was seized with madness, in consequence of eating human flesh. (K.) See also كَلَبٌ and كَلِبٌ. ― -b2- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, He (a man) was seized with madness like that of dogs, in consequence of his having been bitten by a [ mad ] dog; [ was seized with hydrophobia ]. (K.) So also a camel. (S, K.) See also كَلَبٌ and كَلِبٌ. ― -b3- كُلِبَ, like عَنِىَ, [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] He lost his reason by the kind of madness termed كَلَب. (K.) See كَلَابٌ. ― -b4- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (assumed tropical:) He was angry (K) عَلَيْهِ with him; and thus resembled one afflicted with the disease called كَلَب. (TA.) ― -b5- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (assumed tropical:) He was light-witted; weak and stupid, or foolish; ignorant; deficient in intellect: syn. سَفِهَ: (K:) and thus resembled one afflicted with the disease called كَلَب. (TA.) ― -b6- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (assumed tropical:) He thirsted. (K.) From كَلِبَ signifying “ he was seized with the disease of dogs, and died of thirst: ” for the person afflicted with this disease thirsts, and when he sees water, is frightened at it. (TA.) ― -b7- كَلِبَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ, (TA,) inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (tropical:) He was eager for, or desired with avidity, a thing. (K, TA.) ― -b8- In like manner, النَّاسُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ ↓ تَكَالَبَ (tropical:) The people were eager for the thing, as though they were dogs. ― -b9- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (tropical:) He ate voraciously, without becoming satiated. (K.) ― -b10- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, He (a person bitten by a mad dog) cried out, [or barked ]. (K.) ― -b11- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ; (so accord. to the TA; but accord. to some copies of the K, كَلَبَ;) and ↓ استكلب; He (a dog) had the habit of eating men. (TA.) ― -b12- كَلَبَ, aor كَلِبَ ; (K: but in some copies, كَلِبَ, aor. كَلَبَ ; [which is evidently the right reading;]) and ↓ استكلب; He (a man in a desert place, TA,) barked, in order that dogs might hear him and bark, and that one might be guided thereby to him [ to receive or direct him ]. (K.) ― -b13- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ and مَكْلَبَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) He performed the office of a pimp. (As, IAar, K.) [This office seems to be thus compared with that which a dog performs, in inviting travellers, by his bark, to enjoy his master's hospitality.] ― -b14- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (assumed tropical:) It (a tree), not having sufficient watering, had rough leaves, without losing their moisture, so that they caught to the garments of those who passed by, thus annoying them like a dog. (ADk, K. *) ― -b15- كَلِبَ (assumed tropical:) It (a tree) became stripped of its leaves, and rugged, or scabrous, so that it caught to men's garments, and annoyed the persons passing by, like a dog. (TA.) -A2- كَلَبَ المَزادَةٌ, aor. كَلُبَ , (inf. n. كَلْبٌ, TA,) He inserted a strap, thong, or strip of leather, (كَلْب,) between the two edges of the مزادة, in sewing them: (S:) or الكَلْبُ is the action of a woman who sews a skin, when, finding the thong too short, she inserts into the hole a double thong, and puts through it [ i. e. through the loop thus formed ] the end of the deficient thong, and then makes it to come out [ on the other side of the skin, by pulling the loop through ]. (IDrd.) See كُلْبَةٌ. ― -b2- كَلَبَتِ السَّيْرِ aor. كَلُبَ , inf. n. كَلْبٌ, She (a female sewer of skins or the like), finding the thong [ with which she was sewing ] too short, doubled a thong, through which she put the end of the deficient thong [ in order to draw it through ]: (TA:) or كَلَبَ السَّيْرَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, signifies he sewed the thong, or strip of leather, between two other thongs, or strips. (IAar.) -A3- كَلِبَ عَلَيْهِ القِدُّ (tropical:) The strap or thong of untanned hide pressed painfully upon him, by his being exposed with it to the sun or air, and its drying. (TA.) كَلِبَ عَلَيْهِ الدَّهْرُ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (tropical:) Fortune pressed severely upon him. (TA, from a trad.) See also كَلِيبٌ, and 6. ― -b2- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, (tropical:) It (winter, S, K, cold, &c., S,) became severe, or intense: (S, K:) he (an enemy) pressed hard, or vehemently, upon him. (TA.) -A4- كَلِبَ, inf. n. كَلَبٌ, It (a rope) fell between the cheek and wheel of the pulley. (K.) -A5- كَلَبَهُ, aor. كَلُبَ , He struck him with a كُلَّاب, or spur. (S, K.)