كهب
1 كَهِبَ, (
S,
K,) and كَهُبَ, (
K,)
inf. n. كَهَبٌ and كُهْبَةٌ, (
TA,) He (a camel,
S,) was, or became, of the colour called كُهْبَة. (
S,
K.)
Q. Q. 4 إِكْهَأَبَّ لَوْنُهُ His complexion was, or became, changed, [or darkened by the sun &c.]. (
TA.) كَهْبٌ A buffalo (or camel, A; and so in the
CK;) advanced in years. (
K.) كَهَبٌ: see كُهْبَةٌ كُهْبَةٌ The colour which is also called قُهْبَة: (
As,
S,
K:) or that which is called دُهْمَة: or dust-colour intermixed, or tinged over, with black: (
K:) used absolutely, (
TA,) or only with reference to camels, (
K,) i. e., to their colours: (
TA:) or a colour not purely red, but applied specially to a red colour: (
AA,
S:) or any colour inclining to that of dust: (Yaakoob, who does not particularize anything [to which it is applied] exclusively:
TA):
Az says, I have not heard كهبة as a colour of camels on the authority of any one but
Lth; and perhaps it is used as a colour of clothes: (
TA:) it is also said that ↓ كَهَبٌ signifies the colour of the buffalo. (
IAar, cited by
Az.) بَنُو كُهَيْبَةَ, an expression used by the poet Hassán Ibn-
Thábit, meaning (
tropical:) Sons of a base, or an ignoble, woman: كهيبة being thus used as though it were a proper name. (RA.) كَاهِبٌ: see أَكْهَبُ.
أَكْهَبُ (
Az,
S,
K) and ↓ كَاهِبٌ (
K) A camel (
Az,
S) of the colour called كُهْبَة: (
Az,
S,
K)
fem. of the former كَهْبَاءٌ, (
Az) [and
pl. كُهْبٌ].
b2: رَجُلٌ أَكْهَبُ اللَّوْنِ (
tropical:) A man whose complexion is changed, [or darkened by the sun &c.]. (
TA.)
