قُوبٌ
1.
A young bird; (S, A, O, K;) as also
قَايءِبَةٌ and
قَابَةٌ: (K:) or
قَايءِبَةٌ signifies, (S, A, O,) or signifies also, (K,) an egg; (S, A, O, K;) and so does
قَابَةٌ: (K;)
قَايءِبَةٌ is used in the latter sense as meaning ذَاتُ قُوبٍ, i. e. ذَاتُ فَرْخٍ: (Az, * O, TA: *) or it is like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ [meaning مَرْضِيَّةٌ]: (A:) [or as being originally the particle n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةُ: and it may be used in the former sense as being originally the act. particle n. of قَابَت in the phrase قَابَتِ البَيْضَةَ said of a hen-bird:] and
قَاوِبَةٌ signifies an egg from which the young bird has come forth: (Az, TA:) or قُوبٌ signifies an egg: and
قَابَةٌ, a young bird: (AHeyth, TA:) the plural of قُوبٌ is أَقْوَابٌ. (K.) It is said in a prov., مِنْ قُوبٍ
بَرِيءَتْ قَايءِبَةٌ, (S, A, O,) or مِنْ قُوبٍ
تَخَلَّصَتْ قَايءَبِةٌ, (K,) or مِنْ قُوبٍ
قَابَةٌ, (tropical:) An egg became or has become, freed from a young bird [that was in it]: (S, A, O, K:) or a young bird, from an egg: (AHeyth, TA:) applied to him who has become separated from his companion. (A, * K.) An Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Asad, (S,) or Asd, (O,) said to a merchant who asked him to be his safeguard, مِنْ
إِذَا بَلَغْتُ بِكَ مَكَانَ كَذَا بَرِيءَتْ قَايءِبَةٌ
قُوبٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [When I shall have reached with thee such a place,] I shall be clear of obligation to protect thee. (S, O.) El-Kumeyt says
[To them (i. e. women), and to hoariness and him upon whom it has come, relates, among the proverbs, “ An egg and a young bird ”]: he likens the fleeing of women from old men to the fleeing of the قُوب, or young bird, from the قَايءِبَة, or egg; and [virtually] says that the beautiful woman will not return to the old man, like as the young bird will not return to the egg. (TA.) And Aboo-'Alee El-Kálee mentions the saying, مِنْ قُوبٍ لَا وَالَّذِى أَخْرَجَ قَايءِبَةً, as meaning [No, by Him who has produced] a young bird from an egg: but Aboo-'Obeyd El-Bekree says that this is inverted. (MF, TA.)لَهُنَّ وَلِلْمَشِيبِ وَمَنْ عَلَاهُوَقُوبُ مِنَ الأَمْثَالِ قَايءِبَةٌ