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شَبَبٌ ذ and ↓ شَبُوبٌ , applied to a [bovine antelope of the species called the] wild bull, (As, S, K,) and to a sheep or goat, (K,) and ↓ مُشِبٌّ , applied to the former, and ↓ مِشَبٌّ , (As, S, K,) sometimes, applied to the former, (As, S,) or to both, (K,) Advanced in age, or full-grown, (مُسِنٌّ, S, K,) whose state termed إِِسْنَان [q. v.] has ended; (As, S;) and ↓ مُشِبَّةٌ is in like manner applied to a she-camel as meaning مُسِنَّةٌ: (TA:) or ↓ شبُوبٌ , (AA, K,) applied to both, (K,) as also ↓ مُشِبٌّ , (TA,) or to a bull, (AA,) is syn. with ↓ شابٌّ [meaning youthful, or in the prime of life]: (AA, K, TA:) and accord. to AO, شَبَبٌ, applied to a bull, means that has attained to the end of شَبَاب [i. e. youthfulness, or the prime of life]: (S, TA:) or, as some say, that has attained to the end of his full growth and strength; as also ↓ شَبُوبٌ , which is likewise applied to the female; or, accord. to AHát and ISh, when he is a year old, and weaned, he is called دَبَبٌ; and then, شَبَبٌ [meaning more than a year old]; and the female, شَبَبةٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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