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كَعَبَ الثَّدْىُ ذ , aor. كَعِبَ and كَعُبَ , (it seems to be implied in one place in the K, that the aor. is كَعَبَ ; but this is not the case; TA,) inf. n. كُعُوبٌ and كِعَابَةٌ (by MF written كَعَابَةٌ) and كُعُوبَةٌ; and ↓ كعّب , inf. n. تَكْعِيبٌ; The girl's breast swelled, or became prominent or protuberant, (K,) and round: (TA:) [or began to swell, &c.: see كَاعِبٌ]: or they use the term تَفْلِيكٌ; then نُهُودٌ; and then تَكْعِيبٌ; [as applied to the successive stages of growth of the breast]. (TA.) كَعَبَتِ الجَارِيَةُ, aor. كَعُبَ , (and كَعِبَ , TA,) inf. n. كُعُوبٌ; and ↓ كعّبت ; [and ↓ تكعّبت ; (A, TA in art. عج;)] The girl had breasts beginning to swell, or become prominent, or protuberant: (IAth, S:) [or had swelling, prominent, or protuberant, breasts: see كَاعِبٌ]. -A2- كَعَبَهُ, inf. n. كَعْبٌ, He beat him on a hard, or tough, part; as the head, and the like: (TA:) [and so ↓ كعّبه : for it is mentioned in the TA, that a certain king was surnamed المُكَعِّبُ from his beating the protuberances of people's heads]. -A3- كَعَبَ, aor. كَعَبَ ; (K;) and ↓ كعّب , inf. n. تَكْعِيبٌ; (TA;) He filled a vessel (K) &c. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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