وحب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to primarily denote a specific disease affecting camels. The term is noted as being omitted by some lexicographers but defined by others.

Derived headwords

الوُحَابnoun

1.
camel diseaseclassical
A disease that afflicts camels.

Parallel reading

بالضم

with dammah

والحاء مهملة

and the ha' is unpointed

أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان

Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan omitted it

وقال الصاغاني: (داء يأخذ الإبل)

And Al-Saghani said: (a disease that affects camels)

ومن المحشين من ضبطه بالجيم، وهو من البعد بمكان

And among the annotators, some vocalized it with a jim, which is quite far-fetched.