Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أُشَابَةٌ

Root: اشب

Full Definition

أُشَابَةٌ A medley, or mixed or promiscuous multitude or assemblage, of men, or people; congregated from every quarter: pl. أَشَائِبُ. You say, هٰؤُلَآءِ أُشَابَةٌ These are a collection [of people] from different places.
2 Also Mixtures of unlawful and lawful kinds of property: or what is mixed with that which has been unlawfully acquired; that in which is no good; of gains: pl. as above.


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