هَلِبَ

, aorist هَلَبَ , verbal noun هَلَبٌ, He had much hair [of the kind termed هُلْب]; was very hairy. (K.)

هَلَبَ ذَنَبَ الفَرَسِ, and هَلَبَ الفَرَسَ, aorist هَلُبَ , verbal noun هَلْبٌ, He shore the tail of the horse: (Msb:) shore it, or cut it off, utterly. (TA.) هَلَبَهُ; (S, K;) and ↓ هلّبه, (K,) verbal noun تَهْلِيبٌ; (TA;) He plucked from him (i. e. a horse, S,) his هُلْب [or coarse hair, of the tail &c.]. (S, K.)

هُلِبَ It (a tail) was entirely cut off. (TA.)

-A2- هَلَبَهُمْ بِلِسَانِهِ, aorist هَلِبَ ; and ↓ هلّبهم, (verbal noun تَهْلِيبٌ, TA;) (tropical:) He satirized and reviled them: (K:) he carped at them severely with his tongue. (TA.)

-A3- هَلَبَ, aorist هَلُبَ ; and ↓ اهلب, (verbal noun إِهْلَابٌ, TA) ; He (a horse) prosecuted, or continued, his course, or run, uninterruptedly; synonym تَابَعَ الجَرْىَ: (K:) and, the latter verb, he (a horse,) was ardent, or impetuous, in his course, or running; as also أَلْهَبَ. (As, in TA, article لهب.) [See also ضَهبَ القَوْمُ]

-A4- هَلَبَتِ السَّمَاءُ القَوْمَ The sky wetted the people with dew (نَدًى): or, with continual rain. (K.) هَلَبَتْنَا السَّمَاءُ The sky wetted us with dew (ندى) or the like; (TA;) as also ↓ أَهْلَبَتْنَا: (T:) the sky rained upon us a copious, or an excellent, rain. (TA.)