ككبQ. Q. 1 كَوْكَبَ, (S, K,) inf. n. كَوْكَبَةٌ (K) It (iron) glistened; was lustrous, or bright. (S, K.) See also مُكَوْكِبٌ.كَوْكَبٌ i. q.نَجْمٌ, A star; an asterism; a constellation: as also ↓ كَوْكَبَةٌ: (S, K:) or الكوكبة is an appellation given to the planet Venus; and for the rest of the stars, the masc. word كوكب is used: (Az:) but Venus is called also الكوكب. (MF.) [Pl. كَوَاكِبُ.] b2: Accord. to Lth, كوكب is a quadriliteral-radical word; the و being a radical letter: it is also said to be from وكب, or from كوب; though ك is not one of the letters of augmentation; so that here it must be augmentative contrary to rule. (TA.) [But I rather think that it is an arabicized word, from the Hebrew כוֹכָב; and that ignorance of its being so has caused the Arabs to dispute respecting its formation.] b3:  ذَهَبُوا تَحْتَ كُلِّ كَوْكَبٍ They became dispersed [as though under every tract of heaven]. (AO, S, K.) b4: كَوْكَبٌ (assumed tropical:)  Drops [of dew] that fall upon herbage in the night, (K,) and become like stars. (TA.) b5:  The source, or spring, of a well. (K.) b6:  Water. (El-Muärrij, K.) b7:  (assumed tropical:)  The lustre, or brightness, or glistening, of iron. (S, K.) b8:  (assumed tropical:)  A sword. (K.) b9:  A nail: (K:) [or more probably, (assumed tropical:)  its head, as in Golius]b10:  كَوْكَبٌ (Az, K) and ↓ كَوْكَبَةٌ (TA) (assumed tropical:)  A whiteness in the eye: (K:) a whiteness in the black part of the eye, whether the sight be gone in consequence thereof, or not. (Az.) b11:  كَوْكَبٌ A tract, such as is termed خِطَّة, differing in colour from the land in which it lies. (K.) b12:  (assumed tropical:)  A youth nearly of the age of puberty: (K:) a youth who has attained the period of adolescence, and whose face has become beautiful, is called كَوْكَبٌ مُمْتَلِئٌ (a full star), like as he is called بَدْرٌ. (TA.) [See شَادِخٌ, and مُطَبِّخُ.]b13:  (assumed tropical:)  The chief, lord, or prince, and horseman, or cavalier, of a people. (K.) b14:  (assumed tropical:)  A man with his arms; an armed man. (K.) b15:  (assumed tropical:)  What is tall of plants. (K.) b16:  A mountain: (K [but Freytag mentions, that in some copies, for جَبَلٌ, is read خَيْلٌ, horses and horsemen, or a troop of horse:]) or the main part thereof. (TA.) b17:  The greater part, chief part, main, gross, mass, or bulk, of a thing: (S, K:) as of herbage, water, an army. (TA.) b18:  (tropical:)  The flower, or flowers, of a garden, or meadow. (TS, K.) b19:  The فُطْر [toadstool, or mushroom], a well-known  plant: (AHn, K:) I do not mention it, says AHn, from a learned man: but كوكب is [explained by lexicologists only as] the name of a well-known plant, called كوكبُ الأَرْضِ: (L:) perhaps a species of the فُطْر. (El-Mak- disee, cited by MF.) A2:  Vehemence of heat: (K:) the greater part of the heat. (TA.) b2:  The medicament called طَلْق, q. v., [which defends the person who is anointed therewith from the burning of fire]. (K: explained  by the words الطَّلْقُ مِنَ الأَدْوِيَةِ: in some copies of the K, من الأَوْدِيَةِ. [This is wrong: كَوْكَبُ الأَرْضِ means Talc: see طَلَقٌ.]) A3:  يَوْمٌ ذُو كَوَاكِبَ A day of difficulties, distresses, or calamities. (K.) A4:  كَوْكَبٌ A place of con-finement. (K.) كَوْكَبَةٌ see كَوْكَبٌ.A2:  An assembly; a company; a congregated body. (K.) Said by some to be figurative in this sense.دَعَوْا دَعْوَةً كَوْكَبِيَّةً [They uttered an imprecation like that of Kowkebeeyeh]: a proverb.الكَوْكَبِيَّةُ was a town the people of which were oppressed by its governor, wherefore they uttered an imprecation against him, and he died immediately after it. (K.) أَمْعَزُ مُكَوْكِبٌ (assumed tropical:)  A hard tract with glistening pebbles: also called ضُحًى مُكَوْكِبٌ. (TA.)