[1]
غَلَبَهُ , (S, Msb,) [and
غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ,] aor.
غَلِبَ ,
(Msb,) inf. n.
غَلَبٌ and
غَلْبٌ, (S, K, TA,) the
former of which is the more chaste, (TA,) or the
latter is an inf. n. and the former is a simple
subst., (Msb,) and
غَلَبَةٌ, (S, K, TA,) [the most
common form,] or this is a simple subst. like
غَلَبٌ, (Msb,) which is perhaps formed from it
by the elision of the
ة, (Fr, S,) and
مَغْلَبٌ and
مَغْلَبَةٌ, (K, TA,) which last is rare, (TA,) and
غَلَابِيَةٌ and [in an intensive sense]
غُلُبَّى and
غِلِبَّى
(K, TA) and
غُلُبَّةٌ (Lh, K, TA, said in the S to
be syn. with
غَلَبَةٌ) and
غَلُبَّةٌ, with fet-h to the
غ,
(K, TA, in the CK
غلَبَّة,) and
غِلِبَّآءُ, (Kr, TA,)
He, or
it, overcame, conquered, subdued, overpowered, mastered, or
surpassed, him, or
it;
gained ascendency or
the mastery, prevailed, or
predominated, over him, or
it; or
was, or
became,
superior in power or
force or
influence, to him, or
it. (A, MA, K, PS, TK, &c.) [See also 5.] ―
2-b2-
One says,
غَلَبْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ meaning [
I overcame him
in contending for it; i. e.]
I took it, or
obtained
it, from him [
by superior power or
force]. (A.)
And
غُلِبَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ Such a one had the
thing taken from him by superior power or
force.
(Mgh.) Hence the saying,
لَا تُغْلَبُوا عَلَى صَلَاةٍ
قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا Be not ye overcome
and anticipated by others
in performing prayer
before the rising of the sun and before its setting,
so that the opportunity for your doing so escape
you. (Mgh.) ―
2-b3- And
غَلَبَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ He forced
him, or
constrained him against his will. (A, TA.)
―
2-b4- [And
غَلَبَهُ الأَمْرُ The affair overcame, defeated,
or
baffled, him.] ―
2-b5- And
غَلَبَهُ بِالخَوْفِ He exceeded him in fear. (S in art.
خوف.) ―
2-b6- And
غَلَبَ عَلَى فُلَانٍ الكَرَمُ Generosity was, or
became,
the predominant quality of such a one. (TA.) ―
2-b7-
And
غَلَبَ أَنْ يُخْطَمَ [
He refused to have the
خِطَام (or
leading-rope)
put upon him]; said of a
camel. (TA in art.
خطم.) ―
2-b8- And
أَيُغْلَبُ أَحَدُكُمْ
أَنْ يُصَاحِبَ النَّاسَ مَعْرُوفًا meaning
أَيَعْجِزُ [i. e.
Is
any one of you unable to associate with men
kindly?]. (A.) ＝
1-A2-
غَلِبَ, aor.
غَلَبَ , (K, TA,) inf. n.
غَلَبٌ, (S, * TA,)
He was, or
became, thick-necked:
(K, TA:) or
thick and short in the neck: or
thick
and inclining in the neck: from disease or other
cause. (TA.)