Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَبَنَّتْ

Root: بنى

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَبَنَّتْV , said of a woman sitting, She became like a tent of the kind called مِبْنَاةٌ, i. e., a قُبَّة of skin; by reason of her fatness, and largeness, or fleshiness: or she parted her legs; as though from مِبْنَاة, i. e. a قُبَّة of skin, which, when pitched, is spread out by the ropes: so this woman, sitting cross-legged, spread apart her legs. And تبنّى, said of a camel's hump, It became fat.

def.2 تبنّاهُ He adopted him as a son: or he asserted him to be, or claimed him as, a son: and تبنّى بِهِ signifies the same.


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