قبص

قِبْصٌ ذ A great number (AO, S, M, K) of men or people; (S, K;) as also ↓ قَبْصٌ: (M, TA:) thus applied it is like a dim. applied to that which is esteemed great. (El-Fáïk, O.) You say, اـِنَّهُمْ لَفِى قِبْصِ الحَصَى Verily they are numerous as the pebbles. (TA.) And هُوَ فِى قِبْصِ الحَصَى, and ↓ قَبْصِهَا, He is in, or among, a multitude that cannot be numbered. (O, TA.) [See also a verse of ElKumeyt cited in the first paragraph of art. ثرو.] ― -b2- A place where a number is collected together of ants; as also ↓ قَبْصٌ: (M:) and of bees; as also the latter word: (TA:) or where a great number of ants is collected together: (El-'Eyn, TA:) or where a great quantity of sand is collected together; as also the latter word. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)