Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَبٌ

Root: عبو

Full Definition

عَبٌ The light of the sun; (IAar, TA, and O and K in art. عبأ;) as also عَبْوٌ , which is the original form; and so عَبْءٌ, (IAar, and O and K in art. عبأ,) and عَبٌّ; (O and K in art. عب;) and IAar says that عَبْوَةٌ signifies the same: (TA in art. عبأ:) or the light and beauty thereof: (TA in art. عبى:) pl. عِبًى.


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