اِبْنُ
Root: بنى
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اِبْنُ
and اِبْنُ الطَّرِيقِ
The thief, or robber. Also the former, The wayfarer, or traveller; and so اِبْنُ السَّبِيلِ. اِبْنُ حَرْبٍ
A warrior: and اِبْنُ الحَرْبِ [the warrior; or] he who suffices for war, and who defends. اِبْنُ
الدُّنْيَا
The rich man.
2 اِبْنُ آوَى [The jackal;] a certain beast of prey. اِبْنُ عِرْسٍ The سُرْعُوب [or weasel].
3 اِبْنُ أَدِيمٍ A skin for water or milk made of one hide; and اِبْنُ أَدِيمَيْنِ one made of two hides; and اِبْنُ ثَلَاثَهِ آدِمَةٍ one made of three hides.
4 اِبْنَةُ الجَبَلِ The echo.
5 بَنَاتُ بِئْسٍ and بَنَاتُ طَبَقٍ and بَنَاتُ بَرْحٍ and بَنَاتُ أَوْدَكَ Calamities, or misfortunes.
6 Ru-beh said of a man who was mentioned to him, كَانَ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِ مَسَاجِدِ ٱللّٰهِ; as though he asserted that He was one of the pebbles of the mosque [or rather of the mosques of God].
2 اِبْنُ آوَى [The jackal;] a certain beast of prey. اِبْنُ عِرْسٍ The سُرْعُوب [or weasel].
3 اِبْنُ أَدِيمٍ A skin for water or milk made of one hide; and اِبْنُ أَدِيمَيْنِ one made of two hides; and اِبْنُ ثَلَاثَهِ آدِمَةٍ one made of three hides.
4 اِبْنَةُ الجَبَلِ The echo.
5 بَنَاتُ بِئْسٍ and بَنَاتُ طَبَقٍ and بَنَاتُ بَرْحٍ and بَنَاتُ أَوْدَكَ Calamities, or misfortunes.
6 Ru-beh said of a man who was mentioned to him, كَانَ إِحْدَى بَنَاتِ مَسَاجِدِ ٱللّٰهِ; as though he asserted that He was one of the pebbles of the mosque [or rather of the mosques of God].
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