ج • ع • ب

(S, K,) aor. جَعَبَ , (K,) inf. n. جَعْبٌ, (TA,) He prostrated him; he threw him down upon the ground; (S, K, TA;) like جَعَفَهُ; (S;) as also ↓ جعّبهُ, (K,) ing. n. تَعْجِيبٌ; (TA;) and ↓جَعْمَاهُ (S, K, [in the CK erroneously written جَعْبَأَه,]) like سَلْقَاهُ from سَلَقَهُ, (S,) inf. n. جِعْبَاءٌ. (S, TA [in the latter, in one place, probably by a mistake of a copyist, written جعباة].) He in verted it, or him; he turned it, or him, upside down, or over, or inside out; syn. قَلَبَهُ. (K.) He collected it; (K;) mostly used in relation to that which is small in quantity, paltry, or inconsiderable. (TA.) -A2- جَعَبَ, (A, K,) and جَعَبَ جَعْبَةٌ, (A,) He made a quiver of the kind called جعبة. (A, K.)

and ↓ تجعّب (K) and ↓ تَجَعْبَى (S, K) He became prostrated, or thrown down upon the ground. (S, K.)

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A كِنَانَة [or quiver] (A, K) for arrows (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) of the kind called نُشَّاب (S, A, Msb, K) and for those that are called نَبْل also: (Ham p. 154:) but some make a distinction between جَعْبَةٌ and كِنَانَةٌ: the former, they say, is for نشّاب; and the latter, for نبل: (Mz, MF:) accord. to IDrd, the كنانة is only for نبل, and is of leather: that which is of wood is called جَفِير: and that which is of two pieces [of wood] joined together is called قرن [i. e. قَرَنٌ]: (Ham ubi suprà:) accord. to ISh, the جعبة is round and wide, with a cover on the top, over its mouth: the وَفْضَة is smaller, and its upper and lower parts are of equal size; whereas the جعبة is wide in its upper part, and contracted in its lower part; wide in its upper part that the feathers of the arrows [having ample room] may not become detached; for the arrows are put in the quiver with the points downwards: each of these two kinds is made of two corresponding pieces of wood: (TA:) the pl. is جِعَابٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and جَعَبَاتٌ. (Msb.) You say, نَكَبُوا الجِعَابَ وَسَكَبُوا النُّشَّابَ [They inverted, or inclined, the quivers, and poured forth the arrows]. (A, TA.) And مَعَهُ جَعْبَةٌ فِيهَا بَنَاتُ المَوْتِ [With him is a quiver in which are the daughters of death; i. e., deadly arrows]. (A, TA.) Also The largest of drinking-vessels. (MF, TA.)

[and app. ↓ جِعَابِىٌّ also, as seems to be indicated in the K, where it is mentioned as a surname, but in the CK written جَعّابىّ,] A maker of quivers of the kind called جِعَاب. (A, K.)

The art of making quivers of the kind called جِعَاب, pl. of جَعْبَةٌ. (A, K.)

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A man (S) short, and ugly, or contemptible; or ugly, and small in body: (S, K:) or weak, and destitute of good: or vile, or mean, and despicable: (K:) or a low, mean, or sordid, and weak man: pl. جَعَابِيبُ. (TA.)

One who often prostrates, or throws down, others, (صِرِّيعٌ, [in some copies of the K, erroneously, صَرِيع,]) but is not himself prostrated, or thrown down. (K, TA.)

or مُتَجَعِّبٌ (accord. to different copies of the K) Dead, or dying; syn. مَيِّتٌ. (K.)

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