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1 جَعَبَهُ جعب جعبه جعبة (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. جِعْبَآءٌ. (S, TA [in the latter, in one place, probably by a mistake of a copyist, written جعباة].) ― -b2- He in verted it, or him; he turned it, or him, upside down, or over, or inside out; syn. قَلَبَهُ. (K.) ― -b3- 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.)

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