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ح ل ب ط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to terms for large numbers of livestock, specifically camels or sheep, around the hundred or two hundred mark. It also includes a term for a specific type of camel.

Derived headwords

الحِلْبِطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A hundred camelsclassical

    A term referring to one hundred camels, or a number of camels up to one hundred.

عِلْبَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A hundred sheepclassical

    A term referring to a hundred sheep, or a number of sheep around one hundred or two hundred.

Parallel reading

الحلبطة، كعلبطة، أهمله الجوهري، وقال شمر: هي المائة من الإبل إلى ما بلغت
Al-hilbaṭah, like 'ilbaṭah, was neglected by Al-Jawhari. Shammir said: it is one hundred of camels up to what they reach.
أو ضأن حلبطة وعلبطة وهي نحو المائة والمائتين
Or sheep, hilbaṭah and 'ilbaṭah, which is around one hundred and two hundred.
وهذا عن ابن عباد
And this is from Ibn 'Abbad.