Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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كبث كبح كبد


1. ⇒ كبح

كَبَحَ الدَّابَّةَ, (aor. ـَ {يَكْبَحُ}, inf. n. كَبْحٌ, L,) He pulled in the horse, or the like, by the bridle and bit, (and struck its mouth with the bit, L,) in order that it might stop, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and not run; (Ṣ, L;) as alsoأَكْبَحَهَا↓; (Yaạḳoob, Ḳ;) or you say اكمحها and اكفحها and كبحها [only]; the last alone without ا: (Aṣ, Ṣ:) or he (the rider) pulled its head towards him, and prevented its being refractory, and its overcoming him, and going quickly: so in the Nh, the explanation in which is incorrectly given by Mullà ʼAlee Káree: (TA:) orاكبحه↓ signifies he pulled up his head by the bridle, so as to make it upright, or erect; (Mṣb;) and so كَبَحَهُ. (A.)

Root: كبح - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

كَبَحَ فُلَانًا عَنْ حَاجَتِهِHe turned such a one back from, or made him to revert from, or relinquish, the thing that he wanted. (L, Ḳ.)

Root: كبح - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

كَبَحَ الحَائِطُ السَّهْمَThe wall made the arrow, striking it, to turn from its course, without its sticking in it. (L.)

Root: كبح - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

كَبَحَهُ He struck him with a sword, (Ḳ,) upon his flesh, not upon a bone. (Mṣb.)


3. ⇒ كابح

كابحهُ: see قابحه.


4. ⇒ اكبح

see 1, in two places.


كَابِحٌ

كَابِحٌ That which presents itself before thee, (Ḳ,) or he who presents himself before thee, (T, L,) of such objects as are of evil omen, (T, L, Ḳ,) as a he-goat, &c.; (L;) because it turns him back from his course: (TA:) pl. كَوَابِحُ. (L, Ḳ.)


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