زقب

1 زَقَبَهُ فِى جُحْرِهِ, (JK, S, K, *) and فِىالكُوَّةِ, (TA,) He made him (a field-rat, S, TA) to enter [into his hole, and into the aperture in a wall]. (S, K, TA.) A2: See also 7.2 زقّب, (Az, TA,) inf. n. تَزْقِيبٌ, (Az, K, TA,) He (the bird called مُكَّآء) sent forth his voice, or cry. (Az, K.) 7 انزقب He entered (T, S, K) into his hole, (JK, S, K,) said of a field-rat; (JK, S;) as also ↓ زَقَبَ; (K;) or into a thing; as also انزبق: (T, TA:) or he entered into it and concealed himself. (IKtt, TA in art. نمس.) زَقَبٌ, (K,) and طَرِيقٌ زَقَبٌ, (Lh, S,) [in which the latter word may be either a substitute for the former or an epithet,] A narrow road or way: (Lh, S, K:) pl. زُقُبٌ: (TA:) and n. un. with ة; or this and the pl. are alike. (K, TA.) The phrase مَطَارِبٌ زَقَبٌ occurs in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb cited voce مَطْرَبٌ; [the former word being with tenween for the sake of the measure;] or, as some relate it, زُقُبٌ: (S, TA:) in this instance, زقب is a substitute for مطارب: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, مطارب signifies narrow roads or ways, and زقب signifies narrow: (TA:) or طَرِيقٌ زَقَبٌ signifies an obscure narrow road or way. (JK.) b2: One says also, رَمَيْتُهُ مِنْ زَقَبٍ, meaning I threw, or shot, at him, or it, from a near spot. (JK, K.)