قنب

1 قَنَبَ فِيهِ ذ , (JK, A, O, K,) aor. قَنُبَ , (JK, O,) inf. n. قُنُوبٌ, (JK,) (tropical:) He entered into it, (JK, A, O, K,) namely, his house, or tent; as also ↓ تقنّب. (JK, A.) ― -b2- And قَنَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ, (A, K,) aor. as above, (TA,) and so the inf. n., (K,) (tropical:) The sun set, (A, K, TA,) so that nothing thereof remained. (TA.) ― -b3- قَنَبَ بِمِخْلَبِهِ, aor. قَنِبَ , inf. n. قَنْبٌ, He (a lion) withdrew his claw into its receptacle. (O.) -A2- قَنَبَ الكَرْمَ, (A,) or العِنَبَ, (JK, K,) inf. n. قَنْبٌ, (JK,) He cut off from the grape-vine what would be injurious (A, K) to its produce; (K;) as also ↓ قنّبهُ: (A:) or he cut off from its upper part what would not bear and what would perhaps injure its produce: (En-Nadr, TA:) or he cut off some of the shoots thereof in order to thin it and that others might receive the whole of its strength. (AHn, TA.) -A3- قَنَبَ الزَّهْرُ The flowers, or blossoms, came forth from their calyxes. (K.)