جَأْبٌ

1.
Thick, gross, big, or bulky: (S, K:) or strong: (A:) applied to an ass, (A, K,) or to a wild ass: (S, K:) as also جَابٌ, without ء: (S:) plural جُوءُوبٌ. (TA.) Accord. to the K [and the A], it signifies also Whatever is rude, or coarse; thick, gross, big, or bulky: (كُلُّ جَافٍ غَلِيظٍ:) but in the L, we find كَاهِلٌ جَأْبٌ غَلِيظٌ [meaning that جَأْبٌ applied to the part of the back termed كاهل signifies thick, or big]: and خَلْقٌ جَأْبٌ as meaning a thick, gross, big, or bulky, make. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] الجَأْبُ The lion. (A, Sgh, K.)
3.
And جَأْبَةُ المِدْرَى, (S, A, K,) or, according to AO (S) and the Mj (TA) and Sh, (TA in article جوب q. v.,) without ء, (S, TA,) A doe-gazelle having her horn just come forth; because the horn when it first comes forth is thick, and afterwards becomes slender; (S, K;) thus showing her to be young: (S:) or a doe-gazelle, and a cow, strong in the horn. (A.) [See also article جوب.]
4.
You say also, فُلَانٌ شَخْتُ الالِ جَأْبُ الصَّبْرِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is slender in body, or person, [but] great in patience. (S.)
5.
The navel. (K.)
6.
Red ochre; synonym مَغْرَة [read by Golius معزة]; (Mj, K;) with and without ء, (Mj, TA.)

Perseus ID: n4875