دعب
1 دَعَبَ, (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. دُعَابَةٌ (
S, *
Mgh,
MF) and دُعْبُبٌ, (
MF,) [see the former of these two ns. below,] He jested, or joked; (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb,
K;) as also دَعِبَ,
aor. ـَ (
Mgh,
Msb:) or he jested, or joked, with playing, or sporting. (
TA.)
b2: And
i. q. دَفَعَ [He impelled, pushed, thrust, &c.]. (
K.)
b3: And Inivit [feminam]. (
A,
K.)
b4: [The last, perhaps, from the same verb signifying He trod a road; mentioned by Freytag as used in this sense in the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
3 داعبهُ, (
A,
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. مُدَاعَبَةٌ, (
S,
A,
Msb,) He jested, or joked, with him: (
S,
A,
Msb,
K:) [or he did so, playing, or sporting, with him: see 1.]
5 تدعّب عَلَيْهِ He acted, or behaved, presumptuously, or boldly, towards him;
syn. تَدَلَّلَ, (
K,
TA,) from الدَّلَالُ. (
TA.) 6 تداعبوا They jested, or joked, [or they did so, playing, or sporting,] one with another. (
A,
Msb,
K.) دَعِبٌ: see دَاعِبٌ.
دُعْبُبٌ: see دُعَابَةٌ.
A2: See also دَاعِبٌ:
b2: and دُعْبُوبٌ.
b3: Also A good, or an excellent, singer. (
K.)
b4: A youth soft or tender, thin-skinned, or fine-shinned, and plump. (
K.)
A3: The fruit of a certain plant: (
K:) or (
K,
TA) the plant itself, namely, (
TA,) عَنِبُ الثَّعْلَبِ; [see art. ثعلب;] (
K,
TA;) of the
dial. of El-Yemen. (
TA.) دُعْبُوبٌ, (
K,
TA,) applied to a man, (
TA,) Brisk, lively, or sprightly. (
K.)
b2: Stupid, or foolish; as also ↓ أَدْعَبُ, (
K,
TA,) and ↓ دُعْبُبٌ: (
TA:) and stupid, or foolish, and jesting, or joking. (
TA.)
b3: Weak, (
S,
K,) and an object of ridicule. (
K.)
b4: Short and ugly and contemptible. (
K, *
TA.)
b5: I. q. مُخَنَّثٌ, (
CK, and so in my
MS. copy of the
K,) or مُخَنِّثٌ, of the form of the
act. part. n., (
TA,) [Effeminate, &c.]
b6: Applied to a horse, Tall, or long-bodied;
syn. طَوِيلٌ. (
K.)
A2: A road beaten, or trodden, (
S,
K,) travelled, (
TA,) and plain, or conspicuous. (
K,
TA.)
A3: A dark night. (
K.)
A4: Black ants; as also ↓ دُعَابَةٌ. (
K.)
b2: A certain black esculent grain: or the stem, or root, (أَصْل,) of a certain herb, or leguminous plant, (بَقْلَة,) which is peeled and eaten. (
K.) رِيحٌ دُعْبِيَّةٌ: see دَاعِبٌ.
دُعَابَةٌ A jesting, or joking; (
S,
Msb;) such as is deemed pleasing, or facetious: (
Msb:) or play, or sport; (
A,
K;) as also ↓ دُعْبُبٌ: (
K:) both of which words are also used as
inf. ns.: and the latter is also used as an
epithet; [as explained below,
voce دَاعِبٌ;]
app. in an intensive sense [because originally an
inf. n.]. (
MF.) and Speech that causes laughter. (
Har p. 18.)
b2: Also Stupidity, or foolishness. (
K.)
A2: See also دُعْبُوبٌ.
دَعَّابٌ: see the next paragraph.
دَعَّابَةٌ: see the next paragraph.
دَاعِبٌ and ↓ دَعِبٌ (
A,
Msb,
K) and [in a sense thought by
MF to be intensive (see دُعَابَةٌ)]
↓ دُعْبُبٌ (
K) and [in an intensive sense] ↓ دَعَّابٌ (
S [there coupled with لَعَّابٌ, perhaps as an explicative adjunct,]) and [in a sense doubly intensive] ↓ دَعَّابَةٌ (
K) Jesting, or joking, (
A,
Msb,) and saying what is deemed pleasing, or facetious: (
A:) or playing, or sporting: (
K:) [in the case of the third,
app., and of the fourth, much, or often: and in the case of the last, very much, or very often.]
b2: [Hence,] مَآءٌ دَاعِبٌ (
tropical:) Water playing in its course, or running hither and thither: (
A,
K:)
pl. مِيَاهٌ دَوَاعِبُ. (
A.) And رِيحٌ دَاعِبَةٌ A wind, (
A,) or violent wind, (
TA,) that carries away everything; as it were, making sport with it:
pl. رِيَاحٌ دَوَاعِبٌ: (
A,
TA:) and ↓ رِيحٌ دُعْبِيَّةٌ signifies the same; (
TA;) or [simply] a violent wind. (
K.) أَدْعَبُ: see دُعْبُوبٌ.
