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▪ Counted as distinct item in DRS (#ḤLB-8), but perh. related to ↗ḥalab ʻmilk’ (and ʻmilking’) via a shared concept of *ʻconfluence (of streams of milk) from several directions (of the udder), with a common goal, contributing to achieving a common aim (filling the milking bowl)’. If this assumption is correct, we are facing a rather curious\strange line of development: *ʻmilk > to milk > to “milk” parts of a clan\several quarters\regions > to come together, assemble from several parts etc. to assist in achieving a common goal (i.e., filling the “milk bowl”) > to line up for that goal > race ground’ – see root entry ↗√ḤLB for more details.
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▪ DRS ḤLB-1-7 […]. -8 EgAr ḥalbaẗ ʻarène, ring’.
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▪ In ClassAr, the vb. I ^†ḥalaba (u, ḥalb, ḥulūb) is attested with the meaning ‘to come together from every quarter’, which seems to be fig. use of ʻmilking’ (coming together seen as a kind of confluence). Morphologically, ḥalbaẗ could thus be interpreted as a singulative of the vn. ḥalb, i.e., as an *ʻinstance of confluence (of several streams, from various directions)’, hence also the place where this confluence happens, and also the .
▪ DRS ḤLB-8 qualifies ḥalbaẗ as a specifically EgAr term. But this seems to be a mistake.
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►ḥalbaẗ al-raqṣ, n.f., dance floor
►ʔinnahū laysa min tilka ’l-ḥalbaẗ, expr., he is not made for that, he doesn’t belong there, it is not in his line
►farīs ḥalbaẗ bi-, n./adj., a master of, excelling or outstanding in.

For other values attached to the root, cf. ↗¹ḥalab, ↗ḥulbaẗ, ↗maḥlab, ↗ḥālib, ↗²Ḥalabᵘ, as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤLB.

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