أُبْنَةٌ

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أُبْنَةٌ A knot in wood, or in a branch; or in a staff, or stick; and in a bow, [i. e.] the place of the shooting forth of a branch in a bow, which is a fault therein; and in a rope, or cord: (M in art. اثل:) pl. أُبَنٌ.
2 Hence, A fault, defect, or blemish, in one's grounds of pretension to respect, and in speech, or language.
3 Particularly The enormity that is committed with one who is termed مَأْبُون.
4 And Rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite: and enmity: pl. as above. You say, بَيْنَهُمْ أُبَنٌ Between them are enmities.
5 Also The [part called] غَلْصَمَة [meaning the epiglottis] of a camel.

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