Arabic

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Root
ه ذ ب (h ḏ b)
2 terms

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Noun

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هَيْذَبَى (hayḏabām

  1. quick, swift pace (of a horse etc.)
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, Diwan of Mutanabbi:
      أَلَا كُلُّ مَاشِيَةِ ٱلْخَيْزَلَى
      فِدَا كُلِّ مَاشِيَةِ ٱلْهَيْذَبَى
      وَكُلِّ نَجَاةٍ بُجَاوِيَّةٍ
      خَنُوفٍ وَمَا بِيَ حُسْنُ ٱلْمِشَى
      ʔalā kullu māšiyati l-ḵayzalā
      fidā kulli māšiyati l-hayḏabā
      wakulli najātin bujāwiyyatin
      ḵanūfin wamā biya ḥusnu l-mišā
      Indeed, all the mincing women are
      a ransom for all the fast she-camels
      and for all the fleet Bujawi rescuing camels
      straddling in gait for I don't possess elegance of gait either.

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