Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَابِهٌ

Root: جبه

Full Definition

جَابِهٌ , applied to a gazelle, or to a bird or a wild animal, That meets one with its face or forehead; and such is of evil omen: contr. of قَعِيدٌ.
2 Coming to water: so in a saying cited and explained in art. اذن, conj. 2.


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