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لهب

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Form 1لَهِبَ1 sense
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarلَهَبٌ

Core sense — he thirsted, he was thirstygenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز

He thirsted, he was thirsty [probably, burned with thirst].

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, aor. لَهَبَ , (inf. n. لَهَبٌ , S,) He thirsted; was thirsty: (S, K:) [probably, burned with thirst].
Form 2لهّب النَّارَ1 sense

Core sense — he made the fire blaze fiercelygenerated

2.1

[The same as أَلْهَبَهَا except that it is intensive: he made the fire flame, or blaze, fiercely; or made it flame, or blaze, without smoke, fiercely.]

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[same as أَلْهَبَهَا , except that it has an intensive signification; He made the fire to flame, or blaze, fiercely, or intensely: or, to flame, or blaze, without smoke, fiercely, or intensely.] (K.)
Form 4الهب النَّارَ5 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِلْهَابٌ

Core sense — he made the fire blaze; he was impetuous in runninggenerated

4.1

He made the fire flame, or blaze; or made it flame, or blaze, free from smoke.

4.1.1it flashed without interruptionالهب

Said of lightning. See also أَهْلَبَ.

4.1.2he was ardent, or impetuous, in his runningالهب

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Said of a horse or of anything else that runs.

Also اهلب in the same sense.

Or he ran with energy, or effort, so as to raise the dust; or he ran violently, raising the لَهَبَ, or dust.

4.1.3figurative · مجازhe spoke rapidly [and forcefully]الهب فِى الكَلَامِ

From this comes the following usage.

4.1.4figurative · مجازthe thing, or affair, excited him and inflamed himالهبهُ الأَمْرُ
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He made the fire to flame, or blaze: (S:) or made it to flame, or blaze, free from smoke. (K.) الهب It (lightning) flashed uninterruptedly. (K.) See also أَهْلَبَ . الهب , inf. n. إِلْهَابٌ , He (a horse, As, or other thing that runs, Lh,) was ardent, or impetuous, in his course, or running; (As, S;) as also اهلب : (As:) or he ran with energy, or effort, so as to raise the dust: (K:) or he ran violently, raising the لَهَبَ , or dust. (TA.) Hence, الهب فِى الكَلَامِ He spoke rapidly [and with vehemence]. (TA.) الهبهُ الأَمْرُ The thing, or affair, excited him, and inflamed him. (TA.)
Form 5تلهّبت النَّارُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the fire blazed fiercely; he burned with hunger or ragegenerated

5.1

Quasi-passive of لَهَّبَ; the same as إِلْتَهَبَتْ except that it is intensive.

The fire flamed, or blazed, fiercely; or it flamed, or blazed, without smoke, fiercely.

5.1.1figurative · مجازhe burned with hungerتلهّب جُوعًا
he burned with hungerالتهب جوعا
5.1.2he burned, and became hot, with wrath or rageتلهّب غَيْظًا

So in art. وغر. See Form 8.

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, quasi-pass. of لَهَّبَ , (K,) [same as إِلْتَهَبَتْ , except that it has an intensive signification;] The fire flamed, or blazed, (S,) [fiercely, or intensely, or flamed, or blazed, burned without smoke, fiercely, or intensely]. تلهّب جُوعًا , and التهب جوعا , He burned with hunger. (TA.) تلهّب غَيْظًا He burned, and was or became hot, with wrath, or rage. (TA, art. وغر .) See 8.
Form 8التهبت النَّارُ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the fire blazed; he was inflamed with angergenerated

8.1

Quasi-passive of أَلْهَبَ: the fire flamed, or blazed; or flamed, or blazed, free from smoke.

8.1.1figurative · مجازhe was incensed, or inflamed with anger, against himالتهب عَلَيْهِ
8.1.2[it became inflamed]التهب
[it became inflamed]تلهّب

on this sense Said of any part of the body.

8.1.3

See Form 5.

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, quasi-pass. of أَلْهَبَ , (K,) The fire flamed, or blazed: (S:) or flamed, or blazed, free from smoke. (K.) التهب عَلَيْهِ He was incensed, or inflamed with anger, against him. (TA.) التهب and تلهّب [It (any part of the body) became inflamed]. See 5.

Derived nouns 12

Nounلَهْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — the flame, or blaze, of firegenerated

1

See لَهَبٌ.

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: see لَهَبٌ .
Nounلِهْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a gap between two mountains; a cleft in a mountaingenerated

1

A gap, or space, between two mountains; or a cleft, or fissure, in a mountain.

Or a small gap, or ravine, of the kind called شِعْبٌ, in a mountain; or a cleft in a mountain that afterwards widens like a road.

Aboo-Sa'eed-Es-Sukkaree: a لِصْب and a شَقّ are smaller than a لهب, like a small road.

Or a face of a mountain, like a wall, that cannot be climbed; and the لهب of the sky at the horizon is similar to this.

Or, as some say, an underground excavation, or dwelling; synonym سَرَبٌ فِى الأَرْضِ.

Plural أَلْهَابٌ, لُهُوبٌ, لِهَابٌ, and لِهَابَةٌ.

See an example under كَرَبَة.

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A gap, or space, between two mountains: (S, K:) or a cleft, or fissure, in a mountain: (Lh, K:) or a small gap, or ravine, such as is termed شِعْبٌ , in a mountain: (K:) or a cleft in a mountain, afterwards widening like a road: a لِصْب and a شَقّ are smaller than a لهب ; like a small road: (Aboo-Sa'eed-Es-Sukkaree:) or a face of a mountain, resembling a wall, that cannot be ascended: (K:) and similar to this is the لهب of the sky at the horizon: or, as some say, a subterranean excavation, or habitation: syn. سَرَبٌ فِى الأَرْضِ : (TA:) pl. أَلْهَابٌ and لُهُوبٌ and لِهَابٌ (S, K) and لِهَابَةٌ . (K.) See an ex. voce كَرَبَة .
Nounلَهَبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the flaming, or blazing, of fire; dust rising like smokegenerated

1

And لَهْبٌ, لَهِيبٌ, لُهَابٌ, and لَهَبَانٌ.

[These are maṣdars whose verb, لَهِبَ, does not appear to have been used in the classical ages.]

The flaming, or blazing, of fire; or its flaming, or blazing, free from smoke.

Or لَهَبٌ means the flame, or blaze, of fire, and لَهِيبٌ its heat.

1.1dust rising like smokeلَهَبٌ
Qur’ānic occurrences لَهَب 2 shown of 3
77:31
لَّا ظَلِيلٍ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ

"(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze.

111:3
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!

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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and لَهْبٌ (K) and لَهِيبٌ and لُهَابٌ and لَهَبَانٌ (S, K), [inf. ns., of which the verb, لَهِبَ , aor. لَهَبَ , does not appear to have been used in the classical ages,] The flaming, or blazing, of fire: (S:) or its flaming, or blazing, free from smoke: (T, K:) or لَهَبٌ signifies the flame, or blaze, of fire: (S, K:) and لَهِيبٌ , its heat. (K.) لَهَبٌ Dust rising (K) like smoke. (TA.)
Nounلُهْبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a clear white colour; brightness of the skin; thirstgenerated

1

A clear white colour; brightness of the complexion, or of the colour of the skin.

1.1figurative · مجازthirstلُهْبَةٌ

In two copies of the S written لَهْبَةٌ, but in the K expressly said to be with ḍammeh.

thirstلُهَابٌ
thirstلَهَبَانٌ

on this sense [Probably burning thirst.]

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A clear white colour: (K:) brightness of the complexion, or colour of the skin. (TA.) لُهْبَةٌ (in two copies of the S, لَهْبَةٌ ; but in the K expressly said to be with dammeh;) and لُهَابٌ and لَهَبَانٌ (K) Thirst: (S, K:) [probably burning thirst].
Nounلَهَبَانٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the burning of embers without flame; intense heat on hot groundgenerated

1

See لَهَبٌ and لُهْبَةٌ.

1.1

Also, the burning of coals, or embers, without blazing.

1.2

The burning of heat upon heated ground.

1.3

Violence of heat upon heated ground and the like.

1.4

A hot day.

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: see لَهَبٌ and لُهْبَةٌ . Also, The burning of coals, or embers, without blazing. (T.) The burning of heat upon heated ground. (TA.) Vehemence of heat (K) upon heated ground and the like. (ISd.) A hot day. (K.)
Nounلَهْبَانُ1 sense

Core sense — thirsty, burning with thirstgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

Thirsty [probably, burning with thirst]; an adjective applied to a man or a woman.

Feminine لَهْبَى; plural لِهَابٌ.

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, fem. لَهْبَى , Thirsty: (S, K:) [probably burning with thirst:] an epithet applied to a man or woman: (S:) pl. لِهَابٌ . (K.)
Nounلُهَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — thirst, burning thirstgenerated

1

See لَهَبٌ and لُهْبَةٌ.

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: see لَهَبٌ and لُهْبَةٌ .
Nounلَهِيبٌ1 sense

Core sense — the flaming, or blazing, of firegenerated

1

See لَهَبٌ.

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: see لَهَبٌ .
Nounلُهَابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a garment holding a stone, used to balance a loadgenerated

1

A garment in which a stone is put, and with which one side of the kind of camel-litter called هَوْدَج, or one side of a load, is balanced.

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A garment ( كِسَاءٌ ) in which a stone is put, and with which one side of the kind of camel-litter called هَوْدَج , or one side of a load, is balanced. (Th.)
Nounأُلْهُوبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the impetuosity of a horse in running; a violent run raising dustgenerated

1

A noun: the ardour, or impetuosity, of a horse in his running; or his energy, or effort, in running, so that he raises the dust; or a violent run by which the dust is raised; or the start of a horse's run.

1.1he runs violently, raising the dustلَهُ أُلْهُوبٌ

See also أُهْلُوبٌ.

1.2[a violent run, in which the dust is raised]شَدٌّ أُلْهُوبٌ

Also used as an adjective.

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, a subst., The ardour, or impetuosity, of a horse (&c., Lh) in his course, or running: (S:) or his energy, or effort, in his course, so that he raises the dust: or a violent run, by which the dust ( اللَّهَبُ ) is raised: (TA:) or the commencement of a horse's course, or run. (K.) لَهُ أُلْهُوبٌ He runs violently, raising the dust. (TA.) See also أُهْلُوبٌ . Also used as an epithet: you say شَدٌّ أُلْهُوبٌ [A violent run, in which the dust is raised]. (TA.)
Nounمِلْهَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — pleasing in beauty; having much hairgenerated

1

Pleasing in beauty; and having much hair. An adjective applied to a man.

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Pleasing in beauty: (IAar, K:) and having much hair: an epithet applied to a man. (IAar.)
Nounمُلَهَّبٌ1 sense

Core sense — imperfectly dyed with redgenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A garment, or piece of cloth, not saturated with red dye; imperfectly dyed.

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A garment, or piece of cloth, not saturated with red dye: (K:) imperfectly dyed. (TA.)