muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarكَبٌّ كَبُّ
Core sense — he turned it upside down; he prostrated him; he wound thread into ballsgenerated
1.1he inverted it, he turned it upside-down—كَبْكَبَهُ
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1.1.1[he inverted, or turned down, the vessel, so as to pour out its contents]—كَبَّ الإِنَآءَ
He turned the vessel over on its head.
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1.1.2he turned the wooden bowl over on its face—كَبَّ القَصْعَةَ
1.1.3he prostrated him, he threw him down on his face—كَبَّهُ
Also كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ, [or عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (see form 4),] and اكبّه and كَبْكَبَهُ.
[May God overthrow, or prostrate, the enemy of the Muslims!]—كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ
But one should not say اكبّ.
on this sense See also form 4.
1.1.4
He cut, or wounded, a camel in the legs.
1.2figurative · مجازhe wound thread into balls—كَبَّ
In the present day the verb means: he wound thread into a ball, or balls.
See form 5.
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He [wound thread, and likewise hair, or he] made thread [and the like] into كُبَب [or balls], or into a كُبَّة [or ball].
1.3he, or it, was weighty, or heavy—كَبَّ
Muḍāriʿ, apparently, كَبِبَ.
See كُبَّةٌ.
1.4
He kindled, or set on fire, كُبّ, which is [a plant, or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
27:90
وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَAnd if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the Fire: "Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by your deeds?"
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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, aor. كَبُبَ , (inf. n. كَبٌّ , TA;) and كَبْكَبَهُ ; (K, TA;) He inverted it, or turned it upside-down. (K.) كَبَّ الإِنَآءَ , aor كَبُبَ , inf. n. كَبٌّ , [He inverted, or turned down, the vessel, so as to pour out its contents]: (TA:) he turned the vessel over upon its head. (Msb.) كَبَّ القَصْعَةَ He turned over the wooden bowl upon its face. (TA.) كَبَّهُ , (K,) or كبّه لِوَجْهِهِ , (S,) [or عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (see 4),] and اكبّه (K) and كَبْكَبَهُ , (S, K,) He prostrated him; threw him down upon his face. (S, K.) [One says,] كَبَّ اللّٰهُ عَدُوَّ المُسْلِمِينَ [May God overthrow, or prostrate, the enemy of the Muslims!]: but one should not say اكبّ . (S.) See also 4. He cut, or wounded, a camel in the legs. (TA.) كَبَّ , (aor. كَبُبَ , inf. n. كَبُّ , TA,) He [convolved, or glomerated, thread, and likewise hair (see فَلِيلٌ ), or he] made thread [&c.] into كُبَب [or balls]: (S, K:) or into a كُبَّة [or ball]. (ISd.) [The verb is used in the present day to signify He wound thread into a ball, or balls.] See 5. كَبَّ , [aor., app., كَبِبَ ,] He, or it, was weighty, or heavy. (K.) See كُبَّةٌ He kindled, or set on fire, كُبّ , which is [a plant, or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض . (AA, K.)