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Form 1قَابَ الأَرْضَ5 senses · 3 main
maṣdarقَوْبٌmuḍāriʿيَقُوبُهَا

Core sense — he dug a round hollow in the ground; he drew near; he fledgenerated

1.1he dug a hollow in the ground, or he dug a round hollow in the ground—قوّبها

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Maṣdar تَقْوِيبٌ.

ISd explains both phrases in this way.

1.1.1it broke its eggs open—قاب بَيْضَهُ

Said of a bird. Maṣdar as above.

1.2apparently: his skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows—قاب

Used intransitively, meaning تقوّب جِلْدُهُ.

[See the explanation of form 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-passive.]

1.2.1

قابت البَيْضَةُ: see form 7.

1.3he was, or became, near; he drew near; and also, he fled—قاب

. The verb thus has two opposite meanings.

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, aor. يَقُوبُهَا , (S, O,) inf. n. قَوْبٌ ; (K;) and قوّبها , (S, O,) inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ ; (S, O, K;) He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground: (K:) or he dug a round hollow in the ground; (S, O, TA;) thus both phrases are expl. by ISd. (TA.) And قاب بَيْضَهُ , (S, O,) inf. n. as above, (K,) It (a bird) broke asunder its eggs. (S, O, K.) قاب is also intrans., signifying تقوّب جِلْدُهُ [app. His skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-pass.]. (O.) قابت البَيْضَةُ : see 7. Also ( قاب ) He was, or became, near; drew near; or approached: and He fled: (O, K, TA:) inf. n. قَوْبٌ : (TA:) thus it has two contr. significations. (K, TA.)
Form 2قَوَّبَ5 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَقْوِيبٌ

Core sense — he made hollows, or marks, in the ground; he uprooted itgenerated

2.1

See form 1, first sense.

2.1.1I made marks, or traces, on the ground by treading, and made signs at its drinking-places—قَوَّبْتُ الأَرْضَ
they made marks, or traces, on the ground by their treading and their alighting—قَوَّبوا الأَرْضَ

Said of persons alighting; also فِى الأَرْضِ.

2.1.2the mange, or scab, made pits, bare of fur, in the skin of the camel—قوّب الجَرَبُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ

See also form 5.

2.1.3apparently: he, or it, became sullied with dust—قُوِّبَ مِنَ الغُبَارِ

That is, اِغْبَرَّ.

2.1.4he pulled it out by the root, he uprooted it—قوّبهُ

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see above, first sentence. One says also, قَوَّبْتُ الأَرْضَ meaning I made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, (O, K, TA,) by treading; and made indications [thereby, or thereof,] at its drinking-places. (TA.) And قَوَّبوا الأَرْضَ , (A, TA,) or فِى الأَرْضِ , (O,) They (i. e. persons alighting, A, TA) made impressions, marks, or traces, upon the ground, (A, O, TA,) by their treading and their alighting. (O.) And قوّب الجَرَبُ جِلْدَ البَعِيرِ The mange, or scab, made pits, or small hollows, bare of fur, in the skin of the camel. (Lth, TA.) See also 5. قُوِّبَ مِنَ الغُبَارِ means اِغْبَرَّ [i. e., app., He, or it, became sullied with dust]. (Th, TA.) And قوّبهُ , inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ , He pulled it out or up, by the root; eradicated, or uprooted, it. (K, * TA.)
Form 5تقوّبت الأَرْضُ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the ground became hollowed out; it became peeled, or stripped baregenerated

5.1

See form 7.

5.1.1

تقوّب جِلْدُهُ: see form 1.

5.1.2it became peeled, or excoriated, in several or many places—تقوّب

In the saying of Dhu-r-Rummeh,

shāhid
تَقَوَّبَ عَنْ غِرْبَانِ أَوْرَاكِهَا الخَطْرُ

, تَقَوَّبَ may stand for قَوَّبَ, or the phrase may be inverted, for تَقَوَّبَتْ غِرْبَانُهَا عَنِ الخَطْرِ.

some places in his head became excoriated—تقوّب مِنْ رَأْسِهِ مَوَاضِعُ

See the article خطر; and see غُرَابٌ in the article غرب.

5.1.3it became, in parts, stripped of trees and herbage—انقاب

Said of a place; the form 5 verb has this meaning too.

5.1.4

It also means: it was pulled out by the root, it was uprooted.

5.1.5

تقوّبت البَيْضَةُ: see the next entry.

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: see 7. تقوّب جِلْدُهُ : see 1. تقوّب also signifies It became peeled, or excoriated, or became so in several, or many, places. (TA.) One says, تقوّب مِنْ رَأْسِهِ مَوَاضِعُ Some places in his head became excoriated. (S.) In the saying of Dhn-r-Rummeh, 1 تَقَوَّبَ may be for قَوَّبَ [q. v.]: or the phrase may be inverted, for تَقَوَّبَتْ غِرْبَانُهَا عَنِ الخَطْرِ . (S in art. خطر . [See غُرَابٌ , in art. غرب .]) تَقَوَّبَ عَنْ غِرْبَانِ أَوْرَاكِهَا الخَطْرُ It is also said of a place as meaning It became, in parts, stripped of trees and herbage; and so انقاب . (TA.) And it signifies also It was pulled out or up, by the root; was eradicated, or uprooted. (S, O, K. *) تقوّبت البَيْضَةُ : see the next paragraph.
Form 7اسقابت الأَرْضُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the ground was hollowed out in a round form; the egg broke opengenerated

7.1the ground was hollowed out in a round form—تقوّبت
7.1.1

See also form 5.

7.1.2figurative · مجازthe egg broke open and disclosed the young bird inside it—انقابت البَيْضَةُ

Also تقوّبت and قَابَت.

the sons of such a one revealed their affair, case, or state—اِنْقَابَتْ بِيْضَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ عَنْ أَمْرِهِمْ

[Literally: the egg of the sons of such a one broke asunder, and disclosed their affair, case, or state.] A phrase like أَفْرَخَتْ بَيْضَتُهُمْ.

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The ground was hollowed out in a round form; (S, ISd, O, TA;) as also تقوّبت . (ISd, TA.) See also 5. انقابت البَيْضَةُ , and تقوّبت , (S, A, O, K, TA,) and قَابَت , (TA,) The egg broke asunder, (S, A, O, K, TA,) and disclosed the young bird within it. (TA.) [Hence] one says اِنْقَابَتْ بِيْضَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ عَنْ أَمْرِهِمْ [lit. The egg of the sons of such a one broke asunder, and disclosed their affair, case, or state]: meaning the sons of such a one revealed, or manifested, their affair, case, or state; a phrase like أَفْرَخَتْ بَيْضَتُهُمْ . (A, TA.)
Form 8اقتابهُ1 sense

Core sense — he chose him, he selected him, he preferred himgenerated

8.1

He chose, selected, or preferred, him, or it.

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He chose, made choice of, selected, elected, or preferred, him, or it. (O, K.)

Derived nouns 13

Nounقَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — the part of a bow between the grip and the curved end; a measure, or spacegenerated

1between the two of them is the measure of a bow—بَيْنَهُمَا قَابُ قَوْسٍ

The portion of a bow that is between the part grasped by the hand and the curved end; every bow has قَابَانِ.

El-Khafājī: it is the space between the string and the part of the bow grasped by the hand; also قِيبٌ.

In the Qurʾān 53:9, فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ, according to some, is an inverted phrase meaning فكان قَابَىْ قَوْسٍ [that is, and he was at the distance of the measure of the two portions between the part grasped by the hand and each of the curved ends of a bow].

قَابٌ also means a measure, or space, and so does قِيبٌ.

Also قِيبُ قَوْسٍ, and likewise قَادُ قُوْسٍ and قِيدُ قَوْسٍ.

at the distance of the length of two bows—قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ

Or, as Fr says, at the distance of the measure of two Arabian bows.

[قابُ قَوْسٍ is also a term often used in astronomy for the distance between two stars, and seems to be the same as ذِرَاعٌ in that use, so meaning a cubit, which is the measure of each قاب of a bow, or nearly so.]

Qur’ānic occurrences قَاب
53:9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ

And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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The portion, of a bow, that is between the part that is grasped by the hand and the curved extremity: to every bow there are قَابَانِ : (S, O, Msb, K:) or, accord. to El-Khafájee, it is [the space] between the string and the part that is grasped by the hand, of the bow; as also قِيبٌ : (TA:) in the Kur [liii. 9], فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ accord. to some, is an inverted phrase, meaning فكان قَابَىْ قَوْسٍ [i. e. And he was at the distance of the measure of the two portions between the part that is grasped by the hand and each of the curved extremities of a bow]: (S, O:) [but] قَابٌ signifies also a measure, or space; and so قِيبٌ : (S, O, K:) one says, بَيْنَهُمَا قَابُ قَوْسٍ and قِيبُ قَوْسٍ , [Between them two is the measure of a bow], and likewise قَادُ قُوْسٍ and قِيدُ قَوْسٍ : (S, O: *) and it is said that قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ [in the case mentioned above] means at [the distance of] the length of two bows: or as Fr says, at [the distance of] the measure of two Arabian bows. (TA.) [ قابُ قَوْسٍ is also a term often used in astronomy to denote the distance between two stars; and seems to be syn. with ذِرَاعٌ (q. v.) as so used, thus meaning A cubit; which is the measure of each قاب of a bow, or nearly so.]
Nounقُوبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a young bird; an egg; a calamitygenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredan egg became freed from a young bird, or a young bird from an egg—بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ

A young bird; also قَائِبَةٌ and قَابَةٌ.

Or قَائِبَةٌ means, or also means, an egg; and so does قَابَةٌ.

قَائِبَةٌ is used in this latter sense, meaning ذَاتُ قُوبٍ, that is, ذَاتُ فَرْخٍ; or it is like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ [meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ]. [Or it may be originally the ism mafʿūl of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةُ; and it may be used in the former sense as being originally the ism fāʿil of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةَ, said of a hen-bird.]

قَاوِبَةٌ means an egg from which the young bird has come out; or قُوبٌ means an egg, and قَابَةٌ a young bird.

The plural of قُوبٌ is أَقْوَابٌ.

A proverb, also said as تَخَلَّصَتْ قَائَبِةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ or قَابَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ, applied to one who has become separated from his companion.

when I have brought you to such a place, I shall be clear of the obligation to protect you—إِذَا بَلَغْتُ بِكَ مَكَانَ كَذَا بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ

Said by an Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Asad, or Asd, to a merchant who asked him to be his safeguard.

El-Kumeyt says: [To them, that is, to women, and to hoariness and the man upon whom it has come, the proverb “An egg and a young bird” relates]

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لَهُنَّ وَلِلْمَشِيبِ وَمَنْ عَلَاهُمِنَ الأَمْثَالِ قَائِبَةٌ وَقُوبُ

. He likens the fleeing of women from old men to the fleeing of the قُوب, or young bird, from the قَائِبَة, or egg, and means that the beautiful woman will not return to the old man any more than the young bird returns to the egg.

Aboo-ʿAlee El-Kālee mentions the saying لَا وَالَّذِى أَخْرَجَ قَائِبَةً مِنْ قُوبٍ, meaning [No, by Him who has brought out] a young bird from an egg; but Aboo-ʿObeyd El-Bekree says that this is inverted.

1.1calamity, or misfortune—أُمُّ قُوبٍ

[Said to be بالفتح, a mistranscription for بِالضَّمِّ.]

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A young bird; (S, A, O, K;) as also قَائِبَةٌ and قَابَةٌ : (K:) or قَائِبَةٌ signifies, (S, A, O,) or signifies also, (K,) an egg; (S, A, O, K;) and so does قَابَةٌ : (K;) قَائِبَةٌ is used in the latter sense as meaning ذَاتُ قُوبٍ , i. e. ذَاتُ فَرْخٍ : (Az, * O, TA: *) or it is like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ [meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ ]: (A:) [or as being originally the part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةُ : and it may be used in the former sense as being originally the act. part. n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةَ said of a hen-bird:] and قَاوِبَةٌ signifies an egg from which the young bird has come forth: (Az, TA:) or قُوبٌ signifies an egg: and قَابَةٌ , a young bird: (AHeyth, TA:) the pl. of قُوبٌ is أَقْوَابٌ . (K.) It is said in a prov., بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ , (S, A, O,) or تَخَلَّصَتْ قَائَبِةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ , (K,) or قَابَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ , An egg became or has become, freed from a young bird [that was in it]: (S, A, O, K:) or a young bird, from an egg: (AHeyth, TA:) applied to him who has become separated from his companion. (A, * K.) An Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Asad, (S,) or Asd, (O,) said to a merchant who asked him to be his safeguard, إِذَا بَلَغْتُ بِكَ مَكَانَ كَذَا بَرِئَتْ قَائِبَةٌ مِنْ قُوبٍ , meaning [When I shall have reached with thee such a place,] I shall be clear of obligation to protect thee. (S, O.) El-Kumeyt says 1 [To them (i. e. women), and to hoariness and him upon whom it has come, relates, among the proverbs, “ An egg and a young bird ”]: he likens the fleeing of women from old men to the fleeing of the قُوب , or young bird, from the قَائِبَة , or egg; and [virtually] says that the beautiful woman will not return to the old man, like as the young bird will not return to the egg. (TA.) And Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee mentions the saying, لَا وَالَّذِى أَخْرَجَ قَائِبَةً مِنْ قُوبٍ , as meaning [No, by Him who has produced] a young bird from an egg: but Aboo-'Obeyd El-Bekree says that this is inverted. (MF, TA.) لَهُنَّ وَلِلْمَشِيبِ وَمَنْ عَلَاهُ | مِنَ الأَمْثَالِ قَائِبَةٌ وَقُوبُ أُمُّ قُوبٍ [in the TA said to be بالفتح , a mistranscription for بِالضَّمِّ ,] Calamity, or misfortune. (O, K.)
Nounقُوَبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — hollows in the ground; pits in the skin; egg-shellsgenerated

1in the ground are hollows—فِى الأَرْضِ قُوَبٌ

[In the two phrases here following it is probably the plural of قُوبَةٌ.]

[Apparently meaning round hollows: see form 1, first sense.]

in his head and his skin are pits—فِى رَأْسِهِ وَجِلْدِهِ قُوَبٌ
1.1

And hence القُوَبَآءُ.

See قُوَبَآءُ, in two places.

1.2

It also means egg-shells.

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[in the two phrases here following is probably pl. of قُوبَةٌ ]. You say, فِى الأَرْضِ قُوَبٌ In the ground are hollows [app. meaning round hollows: see 1, first sentence]. (A.) And فِى رَأْسِهِ وَجِلْدِهِ قُوَبٌ In his head and his skin are pits. (A, TA.) And hence القُوَبَآءُ . (A.) See قُوَبَآءُ , in two places. It signifies [also] Egg-shells. (O, K.)
Nounقِيبٌ1 sense

Core sense — an egg; a young birdgenerated

1

See قَابٌ, in three places.

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: see قَابٌ , in three places.
Nounقُابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an egg; a young birdgenerated

1

See قُوبٌ, in four places.

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: see قُوبٌ : in four places.
Nounقُوبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a young bird, or an egg; ringwormgenerated

1

See قُوَبٌ.

1.1

And see also قُوَبَآءُ, in three places.

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: see قُوَبٌ : and see also قُوَبَآءُ , in three places.
Nounقُوَبَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — one who stays constantly in his abode; ringwormgenerated

1

See قُوَبَآءُ, in three places.

2

Applied to a man who is مَلِىْءٌ [apparently meaning rich, or wealthy]: one who remains constantly in his abode and does not leave it.

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: see قُوَبَآءُ , in three places. Also, (K,) applied to a man such as is termed مَلِىْءٌ [app. as meaning “ rich, ” or “ wealthy ”], One who remains constantly in his abode, (S, K,) not quitting it. (S.)
Nounقُوَبَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — ringworm, a skin disease in which scabs peel off and the hair comes offgenerated

1ringworm, or tetter, a well-known skin disease—قُوْبَآءٌ

The headword is feminine and imperfectly declinable; the other form is masculine and perfectly declinable, as quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ.

ISk says it is the only word of the measure فُعْلَآءٌ except خُشَّآءٌ, both originally of the measure فُعَلَآءُ; but to these may be added مُزَّآءٌ [and perhaps some other instances].

Fr says that قُوَبَةٌ and قُوْبَةٌ both mean the same as قُوَيَآءُ.

So called in the present day. It is marked by excoriation and spreading, and is cured by spittle, or by the spittle of one who is fasting or hungry. [See an example in a verse cited under فِلْقٌ.]

A skin eruption in which scabs peel off from the skin and the hair comes off: see قُوَبٌ above.

قُوَبٌ is also plural of تُوَبَآءُ [like as نُفَسٌ is of نُفَسَآءُ], and so is قَوَابِىُّ.

ISd says that, according to IAar, قُوَبَآءُ is the singular of قُوْبَةٌ and قُوَبَةٌ, but he does not know how this can be; IAar also says that قُوَبٌ is the plural of قُوْبَةٌ and قُوَبَةٌ, and this is clear.

The diminutive of قُوَبَآءُ is قُوَيْبَآءُ, and that of قُوْبَآءٌ is قُوَيْبِىٌّ.

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) fem., and imperfectly decl., (S, O,) and قُوْبَآءٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) which is masc., and perfectly decl., as quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ , said by ISk to be the only word of the measure فُعْلَآءٌ except خُشَّآءٌ , (S, O,) both originally of the measure فُعَلَآءُ , (O,) but to these may be added مُزَّآءٌ , (S, O,) [and perhaps some other instances,] and قُوَبَةٌ and قُوْبَةٌ , (O, K,) both of which are said by Fr to signify the same as قُوَيَآءُ , (O,) [Ringworm, or tetter; so called in the present day;] a well-known disease, (S, O, Msb,) characterized by excoriation and spreading, and cured by spittle, (S, O, TA,) or by the spittle of one who is fasting or hungry; (TA; [see an ex. in a verse cited voce فِلْقٌ ;]) a cutaneous eruption, in which scabs peel off from the skin, and the hair comes off: (K, TA:) see قُوَبٌ , above: قُوَبٌ is [also] pl. of تُوَبَآءُ [like as نُفَسٌ is of نُفَسَآءُ ], (S,) [and] so is قَوَابِىُّ : (KL:) ISd says, accord. to IAar, قُوَبَآءُ is sing. of قُوْبَةٌ and قُوَبَةٌ ; but I know not how this can be: and he [i. e. IAar] also says that قُوَبٌ is pl. of قُوْبَةٌ and قُوَبَةٌ ; and this is clear. (TA.) The dim. of قُوَبَآءُ is قُوَيْبَآءُ ; and that of قُوْبَآءٌ is قُوَيْبِىٌّ . (S, O.)
Nounقُوبِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who is fond of eating young birdsgenerated

1

Fond of, or addicted to, eating young birds, which are termed أَقْوَاب [plural of قُوبٌ].

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Fond of, or addicted to, the eating of young birds, (O, K, TA,) which are termed أَقْوَاب [pl. of قُوبٌ ]. (TA.)
Nounقُوَيْبَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — ringworm, in the diminutive formgenerated

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This and قُوَيْبِىٌّ: see قُوَبَآءُ, concluding sentence.

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and قُوَيْبِىٌّ : see قُوَبَآءُ , concluding sentence.
Nounقَائِبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an egg, an empty egggenerated

1an empty egg—قَائِبَةُ قُوبٍ

This and قَاوِبَةٌ: see قُوبٌ, the former in eight places and the latter in one place.

In a tradition Mekkeh is likened to such an egg when it is empty of pilgrims.

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and قَاوِبَةٌ : see قُوبٌ ; the former in eight places, and the latter in one place. قَائِبَةُ قُوبٍ means An empty egg: to such, in a trad., Mekkeh is likened when devoid of pilgrims. (O.)
Nounأَرْضٌ مقوبةٌ1 sense

Core sense — land whose trees have been carried away in places by raingenerated

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[The word is written without vowel signs, so it may be مَقُوبَةٌ or مُقَوَّبَةٌ.]

Land upon which rain has fallen, so that in some places the trees that were in it before have been carried away. Mentioned by AHn.

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[i. e. مَقُوبَةٌ or مُقَوَّبَةٌ , being written without any syll. signs,] Land upon which rain has fallen, and in consequence thereof, in some places, trees that were in it formerly have been carried away: mentioned by AHn. (TA.)
Nounمُتَقَوِّبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — peeled, or excoriated; one whose scabs have peeled offgenerated

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Peeled, or excoriated; or so in several or many places.

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And: one from whose skin scabs have peeled off, leaving marks on it, and whose hair has come off at those places.

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And: a serpent of the species termed أَسْوَدُ that has cast off its skin.

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Peeled, or excoriated; or so in several, or many, places. (K.) And One from whose skin scabs have peeled off, (A, K, TA,) leaving upon it marks, (A,) and whose hair has come off [at those places]. (K, TA.) And A serpent (S, O, K) of the species termed أَسْوَدُ (S, O) that has cast off its skin. (S, O, K.)