Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

لُوبِىٌّ

Root: لوب

Full Definition

لُوبِىٌّ (and نُوبِىٌّ, TA,) [Very black]: derived from لُوبَةٌ, as signifying “ a tract covered, or strewed, with black stones ”: or from اللُّوبُ as a syn. of النُّوبُ, meaning [“ the Nubians, ” but see above] “ a certain race, or nation, of the negroes. ”
2 لُوبىٌّ: see لُوبَةٌ.


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