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لب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

لَبَّةٌ ذ and ↓ لَبَبٌ The stabbing-place in an animal; (S, L, K;) the middle of the breast: (L:) the pit above the breast, between the collar-bones; the place where camels are stabbed: (see لَبَّهُ:) or the bones [probably a mistake for the part next above the bones ] that are above the breast, and below the throat, between the collar-bones, where camels are stabbed: he who says that it is the pit in the throat errs: (IKt:) [for it is just beneath the throat:] pl. of the former لَبَّاتٌ (S) and لِبَابٌ; and of the latter أَلْبَابٌ. (TA.) Also, both words, (the latter ↓ accord. to the S and K, and the former accord. to the TA,) and ↓ مُتَلَبَّبٌ, (TA,) The place of the breast where the necklace or collar lies, or hangs, (S, K,) in anything; (S;) [i. e., in a human being or a beast:] or the pit above it: (TA:) pl. of لَبَبٌ, أَلْبَابٌ. (S.) Lh mentions the phrase اـِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَهُ اللَّبَّاتِ [ Verily she is beautiful in the upper part of the breast ]: as though the sing. were applied to each portion of it, and the pl. formed to denote the whole. (TA.)

Derived headwords

لَبَّةٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَهُ