جُبْنٌ
Root: جبن
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جُبْنٌ
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جُبُنٌ and
جُبُنٌّ , the first of which is the most approved, and the last the most rare, and said by some to be used only in a case of necessity in poetry, [Cheese;] a certain thing that is eaten, well known: n. un. جُبْنَةٌ, a word having a more particular signification than جُبْنٌ, meaning a
قُرص [or round, flattened, loaf] thereof, [or a cheese, or piece of cheese,] as also جُبُنَةٌ and جُبُنَّةٌ.
def.2 Also جُبْنٌ and جُبُنٌ , [inf. ns. of جَبُنَ, used as simple substs.,] Cowardice; weak-heartedness;] the quality denoted by جَبَانٌ.
def.2 Also جُبْنٌ and جُبُنٌ , [inf. ns. of جَبُنَ, used as simple substs.,] Cowardice; weak-heartedness;] the quality denoted by جَبَانٌ.
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