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1 دَأَبَ ذ , (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. دَاَ^َ , (T, M, A, K,) inf. n. دَأْبٌ (T, S, M, A, K) and دَأَبٌ (T, M, A, K) and دُؤُوبٌ, (T, S, M, A, K,) He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself; (T, S, A, K;) and wearied himself, or became wearied; (S, A, K;) in his work, (S, A, K,) or in a thing, (T,) and in a journey or journeying; (T, A;) in which last case, دَأَبَتْ is said of a she-camel, (T,) or of a دَابَّة [or horse or the like]: (A:) or he held on, or continued, (M, and Bd in viii. 54,) in his work, and his way. (Bd ibid.) See also 4. Hence, اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ يَدْأَبَانِ فِى ا@عْتِقَابِهِمَا (tropical:) [The night and the day hold on their course in their alternating]. (A.) ― -b2- دَأْبٌ (K) and دُؤُوبٌ (TA) also signify The act of driving vehemently; and i. q. طَرْدٌ [the act of driving away, hunting, &c.]. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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