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كبه

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the shape and form of the face, specifically the forehead and its characteristics. It also touches upon the idea of turning or inverting something, though this sense is less prominent in the provided text.

Derived headwords

الكُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    foreheadclassical

    The part of the face above the eyebrows; the brow.

  2. 2.
    shape, formclassical

    The general outline or configuration of something, particularly a rounded or convex shape.

كَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to turn over, invertclassical

    To cause something to turn upside down or inside out.

كُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    ball, globeclassical

    A rounded mass or sphere of something, like wool or hair.

Parallel reading

قال له رجل قد نعت لنا المسيح الدجال وهو رجل عريض الكبهة ، أراد الجبهة
A man said to him, 'The Antichrist has been described to us, and he is a man with a broad forehead, meaning the forehead.'
وأخرج الجيم بين مخرجها ومخرج الكاف، وهي لغة قوم من العرب
And he pronounced the 'j' sound between its [the forehead's] articulation point and the articulation point of the 'k', and this is the dialect of a group of Arabs.
ذكرها سيبويه مع ستة أحرف أخرى
Sibawayh mentioned it along with six other letters.
وقال: إنها غير مستحسنة ولا كثيرة في لغة من ترضى عربيته
And he said: 'It is not considered good nor is it common in the language of those whose Arabic is approved.'