Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ك

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كُبَّةٌ ذ : see كَبَّةٌ passim. -A2- الكبّ [a mistranscription for الكُبَّةُ, as is shown by the next sentence,] What is collected together, of dust, or earth, and of other things. (TA [See also سَفَاةٌ, voce سَفًا.] ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) كُبَّةٌ (tropical:) A جَرَوْهَق (which is not an Arabic word, TA, [but arabicized, from the Persian كُرُوهَهْ guróhah, signifying a ball] of spun thread: (S, K:) or such as is collected together, [or convolved, so as to form a ball,] of spun thread: (TA: [see 5:]) pl. كُبَبٌ. (S, K.) [And it is likewise of hair: see فَلِيلٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence,] كُبَّةٌ (S, K) and ↓ كُبْكُبَةٌ (S) or ↓ كَبْكَبَةٌ (K) (tropical:) A company, congregated body, or troop, (K,) of horses, (S,) or of men. (TA.) كبكبةٌ مِنْ بَنِى إِِسْرَائِيلَ A company of the Children of Israel. (TA, from a trad.) كُبَّةُ السُّوقِ The company of the market: said in a trad. to be the company of Satan. (TA.) رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them] his troop, or company. (TA.) See also below. ― -b4- A herd of great camels. (K.) إِِنَّكَ لَكَا@لبَائِعٍ الكُبَّةَ بِالهُبَّةِ Verily thou art like the seller of a herd of great camels for wind. A proverb, thus related by AZ: but, as related by some, الكبة بالهبة, without teshdeed: see arts. كبو and هبو. (TA.) ― -b5- كُبَّةُ الخَيْلِ The greater number, or main part, of the troop of horses. (Th.) ― -b6- I. q. عِيَالٌ: so in the phrase عَلَيْهِ كبّةٌ [He has a family, or household, dependant upon him]. (TA.) ― -b7- كُبَّةٌ (K) and ↓ كَبَّةٌ (S, K) (tropical:) A pressing, or crowding, together. (S, K.) -A3- كُبَّةٌ Weight. (K.) So in the saying رَمَاهُمْ بِكُبَّتِهِ [He threw upon them his weight]. (TA.) (But see above.) And أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ كُبَّتَهُ He threw his weight upon him. (TA.)