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كبب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root كبب (k-b-b) primarily relates to the concept of falling, overturning, or collapsing, often forcefully or headlong. It extends to meanings of intense focus, sudden surges, and dense masses, as well as specific physical phenomena like sand formations and animal conditions.

Derived headwords

كَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to overturn, to throw downboth

    To cause something or someone to fall or be overturned, often forcefully.

أَكَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    he fell on his face.both

    he fell on his face.

  2. 2.
    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.both

    So-and-so applied himself to doing such-and-such.

انْكَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fall headlongboth

    To fall or be thrown down onto one's face, similar to أكبّ.

  2. 2.
    to be intensely focused onboth

    To apply oneself diligently and with great concentration to a task or matter, similar to أكبّ.

كَبْكَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to overturn, to throw downclassical

    To cause to fall or be overturned, often used in the context of a collective fall.

تَكَبَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be thrown downclassical

    To be caused to fall, often due to illness or weakness.

مُتَكَبْكِبadjective
  1. 1.
    wrapped upclassical

    Wrapped or bundled up in one's clothes.

كُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    God threw him down on his face.both

    God threw him down on his face.

كُبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    God threw him down on his face.both

    God threw him down on his face.

كَبَابnoun
  1. 1.
    roast meatboth

    Roasted meat, typically skewered and grilled.

كَبَابnoun
  1. 1.
    wrinkled sandclassical

    Sand that has become wrinkled or corrugated, likely due to wind.

كَبَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    medicineclassical

    A medicinal substance or remedy.

كَبْكَبname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific mountain.

Parallel reading

كبه الله لوجهه
May God cast him down upon his face.
أي صرعه، فأكب على وجهه
Meaning, he threw him down, and he fell upon his face.
كب الله عدو المسلمين
May God cast down the enemy of the Muslims.
فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاوون
And they were thrown down into it, they and the deviators.
وأكب فلان على الامر يفعله
And so-and-so became intensely focused on the matter, doing it.
وانكب، بمعنى
And he fell headlong, meaning the same.
جاء متكبكبا في ثيابه
He came wrapped up in his clothes.
وتكببت الابل، إذا صرعت من داء أو هزال
And the camels fell down, if they were thrown down by disease or emaciation.
والكبة أيضا: الجروهق من الغزل
And a 'kibbah' is also: a ball of spun thread.
والكبة بالفتح: الدفعة في القتال والجري
And a 'kabbah' (with fatha) is: the surge in fighting and running.
وكذلك كبة الشتاء: شدته ودفعته
And likewise the 'kabbah' of winter: its intensity and surge.
والكباب: الطباهج
And 'kabab' is: roast meat.
والكبابة: دواء
And 'kababah' is: medicine.
والكباب بالضم: ما تكبب من الرمل أي تجعد
And 'kabab' (with damma) is: what has become wrinkled from the sand.
فآخر منهم سالك بطن نخلة وآخر منهم جازع نجد كبكب
And another of them is taking the path of the interior of Nakhla, and another of them is crossing the highlands of Kabkab.