Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

خَابٌّ

Root: خب

Full Definition

خَابٌّ , in one copy of the K خَابَّةٌ, [as in the CK,] but the former is the more correct, Relationship; and affinity, syn. صِهْرٌ: pl. خَوَابُّ. You say, لِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ خَوَابُّ [I have ties of relationship, or affinity, to such a one].


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