Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تأبّاهُ

Root: ابو

Form: 5

Full Definition

تأبّاهُV He adopted him as a father; as also ; (M in art. اب;) and so تأبّاهُ أَبًا, accord. to A'Obeyd: [or,] accord. to A'Obeyd, you say, تَأَبَّيْتُ أَبًا I adopted a father: and you say also, اِسْتَأَبَّ أَبًا and اِسْتَأْبَبَ أَبًا he adopted a father.


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