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2 تَجْبِيبٌ تجبيب The reaching of the [whiteness termed] تَحْجِيل, in a horse, to the knee and the hock: (S:) or the rising of the whiteness to [the extent of] what is termed الجَبَبُ. (K.) You say of a horse, فِيهِ تَجْبِيبٌ [In him is a rising of the تحجيل to the knee and the hock]: and in this case, the horse is said to be مُجَبَّبٌ: and the subst. is ↓ جَبَبٌ [meaning a whiteness of the legs rising to the knee and the hock]. (S.) [See مُجَبَّبٌ.] -A2- The act of shrinking [from a thing]; or the being averse [from it]; or the act of withdrawing; (S, K, TA;) outwardly or inwardly. (TA.) You say of a man, جَبَّبَ فَذَهَبَ [He shrank, or was averse, or withdrew, and went away]. (S.) And جَيَّبَ النَّاسُ عَنْ طَاعَةِ ا@للّٰهِ The people forsook, or relinquished, the obeying of God. (TA from a trad.) ― -b2- The act of fleeing. (K.) You say of a man, جبَب He fled. (TA.) El-Hotei-ah says, “ وَنَحْنُ إِِذَا جَبَّبْتُمُ عَنْ نِسَائِكُمْ
كَمَا جَبَّبَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَوْلَادِهَا الحُمُرْ
” [And we, when ye flee from your women, like as the wild asses have fled from the presence of their young ones]. (TA.) And ↓ جَبَّ , said of a man, [if not a mistranscription for جَبَّبَ,] signifies He went quickly, fleeing from a thing. (TA.) -A3- The act of satisfying with water (K, TA) the earth, (الجَبُوب, TA,) or cattle. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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