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1 قَابَ الأَرْضَ ذ , aor. يَقُوبُهَا, (S, O,) inf. n. قَوْبٌ; (K;) and ↓ قوّبها , (S, O,) inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ; (S, O, K;) He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground: (K:) or he dug a round hollow in the ground; (S, O, TA;) thus both phrases are expl. by ISd. (TA.) ― -b2- And قاب بَيْضَهُ, (S, O,) inf. n. as above, (K,) It (a bird) broke asunder its eggs. (S, O, K.) -A2- قاب is also intrans., signifying جِلْدُهُ ↓ تقوّب [app. His skin became pitted, or marked with small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which تقوّب is quasi-pass.]. (O.) ― -b2- قابت البَيْضَةُ: see 7. -A3- Also (قاب) He was, or became, near; drew near; or approached: and He fled: (O, K, TA:) inf. n. قَوْبٌ: (TA:) thus it has two contr. significations. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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