Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِبَةٌ

Root: وأب

Full Definition

إِبَةٌ , in which the ة is a substitute for the [incipient radical] و, and تُؤَبَةٌ , in which the ت is originally و, and , A disgrace; a shame; a thing of which one should be ashamed: disgrace, or ignominy: shame; and a contracting of one's self, or shrugging: a vice; fault; or the like.
2 Ex. نَكَحَ فُلَانٌ فِى إِبَةٍ [Such a one married in a manner that was disgraceful; or, of which one should be ashamed: i. e., married a woman of low origin, or the like].
3 Dhu-r-Rummeh says, إِذَا المَرَئِىُّ شَبَّ لَهُ بَنَات عَصَبْنَ بِرَأْسِهِ إِبَةً وَعَارَا [When the Maraee has daughters that have attained to puberty, they bind upon his head disgrace and ignominy].
4 طَعَامُ (or طَعَامٌ ذُو تُؤَبَةٍ, as in the TA,) Food of which one should be ashamed to eat. Mentioned by AA on the authority of an eloquent Arab of the desert.


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