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خلب

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Arabic

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Root
خ ل ب (ḵ l b)
8 terms

Verb

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خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) I (non-past يَخْلِبُ (yaḵlibu) or يَخْلُبُ (yaḵlubu), verbal noun خَلْب (ḵalb))

  1. to scratch, to wound by cutting with the nail or the reaping-hook or in another fashion; to sting, to bite
  2. to snatch, to seize, to clutch, to rend
  3. (chemistry) to chelate

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خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) I (non-past يَخْلُبُ (yaḵlubu), verbal noun خِلابَة (ḵilāba))

  1. to allure, to charm, to fascinate, to coax, to captivate with blandishment, to deceive, to hoax

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خَلَّبَ (ḵallaba) II (non-past يُخَلِّبُ (yuḵallibu), verbal noun تَخْلِيب (taḵlīb))

  1. (chemistry) to chelate

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Noun

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خِلْب (ḵilbm (plural أَخْلَاب (ʔaḵlāb))

  1. claw, nail, talon

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Noun

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خَلْب (ḵalbm

  1. verbal noun of خَلَبَ (ḵalaba) (form I)
  2. (chemistry) chelation

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خُلَّب (ḵullabm (collective) (being the plural of خَالِب (ḵālib, deceiving))

  1. case, hull, shell, something which provides less than it suggests, sheet lightning, cloud bearing no rain

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Noun

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خُلْب or خُلُب (ḵulb or ḵulubm (collective, singulative حُلْبَة f (ḥulba) or حُلُبَة (ḥuluba))

  1. ligneous fibers from which the trunk of a palm is made; the medulla of a palm
  2. mud that agglutinates easily

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