ك • ل • ت • ب

kltb · Vol. 5 , p. 2628 · Lane (vols 1–5)

كَلْتَبٌ

and كُلْتُبٌ Dissimulation, or craftiness, or deceit, in affairs: (K:) [or i. q. كَلْثَبٌ, q. v.]

كَلْتَبَ

, inf. n. كَلْتَبَةٌ, He acted as a pimp. (IAar.) See كَلْتَبَانٌ. [Freytag assigns to this verb the signification Dissimulations, astutia, usus est in rebus; as from the K, with the same inf. n.: but I do not find it in any copy of that work. See, however, the next para.]

كَلْتَبَانٌ

A pimp: (K:) from الكَلَبُ: [see كَلِبَ]. (TA.)