▪ Prob. related to ↗
labab ‘breast collar (of a horse’s harness); martingale
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’; cf. also EgAr
libbaẗ ‘golden necklace’.
▪ Relation (if any) to ↗
lubb ‘kernel, core, essence, heart’ unclear.
▪ MSA has preserved the orig. meaning, which, according to WKAS II/1, is ‘upper part of the chest, low neckline; place on the throat where an animal is slaughtered’.
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