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دَبَّ aor.
دَبِ3َ , inf. n. دَبِيبٌ (T, S, M, Msb, K,
&c.) and دَبٌّ (M, K,) and مَدَبٌّ, (S, K,) [and
perhaps دَبَبٌ also, q. v.,] It, or he, (the ant, T,
M, and any animal, M, and in like manner a
party moving towards the enemy, T, or an army,
and a child, Msb,) [crept; crawled; or] went, or
walked, leisurely, or gently, (T, M, Msb, K,)
without haste, (T,) عَلَى الأَرْضِ [upon the ground]:
(S:) and [simply] he walked: (IAar, T:) he (an
old man) [crept along; or] walked leisurely,
softly, or gently: (S:) and ↓ دبّب, also, he walked
leisurely, by slow degrees. (TA.) Hence, أَكْذَبُ
مَنْ دَبَّ وَدَرَجَ The most lying of those who have
walked and died, or passed away, or perished:
(T:) i. e., of the living and the dead. (T, S, K.)
And يَدِبُّ مَعَ القُرَادِ [He creeps about with ticks];
said of a man who brings a small worn-out skin
containing ticks, and ties it to the tail of a camel;
in consequence of which, when one of the ticks
bites it, the camel runs away, and the other
camels run away with it; and thereupon he steals
one of them: whence it is said of a thief, or stealer
of cattle &c. (TA.) And هُوَ يَدِبُّ بَيْنَنَا بِالنَّمَائِمِ
(tropical:) [He creeps among us with calumnies, or slanders].
(A, TA.) And دَبَّتْ عَقَارَبُهُ [lit. His scorpions
crept along]; meaning (tropical:) his calumnies, or slanders, and mischief, (M, A, K,) crept along; syn.
سَرَتْ. (M, K [See also art. عقرب.]) And the
same phrase is also used to signify (tropical:) His downy
hair crept [along his cheeks]. (MF in art. عقرب.)
And دَبَّ قَمْلُهُ [lit. His lice crept]; meaning
(tropical:) he became fat: said of a man. (Ham. p. 633.)
And دَبَّ الجَدْوَلُ (tropical:) [The rivulet, or streamlet for
irrigation, crept along]. (A.) And دَبَّ فِيهِ (tropical:) It
crept in, or into, it, or him; syn. سَرَى; (M, A,
K;) namely, wine, or beverage, (T, M, A, K,)
in, or into, the body, (M, K,) or in, or into, a
man, (T,) and into a vessel; (M;) and a disease,
or malady, (M, A, K,) in, or into, the body, (M,
K,) or فِى عُرُوقِهِ [in his veins]; (A;) and wear
in a garment, or piece of cloth; (M, K;) and
the dawn in the darkness of the latter part of the
night. (M.) ―
2-b2- دِبِّى حَجَلْ (in the CK حَجَلُ) is
the name of A certain game of the Arabs: (K,
TA:) the ل is quiescent. (TA.) ―
2-b3- دُبَّ used as
a noun: see below. ＝
1-A2- دَبَّ [second pers. دَبِبْتَ,]
aor. يَدَبُّ, inf. n. دَبَبٌ, He (a camel) was, or became, such as is termed أَدَبُّ; (IAar, T, TA;)
i. e., had much hair, or much fur (وَبَر), or much
fur upon the face. (TA.)