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حُبَيْشٌ

Root: حبش

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حُبَيْشٌ dim. of حَبَشٌ, q. v.
2 Also A certain well-known bird; [the Numidia; which comprises the species commonly called the Guineahen, and pintado: so applied in the present day:] the word is thus, [without the article ال, apparently as a proper name, and] in the dim. form, like كُمَيْتٌ and كُعَيْتٌ: it is strangely omitted in the K.
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