جَبْءٌ

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جَبْءٌ sing. of جِبَأَةٌ, like as فَقْعٌ is of فِقَعَةٌ, and غَرْدٌ of غِرَدَةٌ: or i. q. كَمْأَةٌ: or n. un. of جَبْأَةٌ , which is a coll. gen. n., like كَمْأَةٌ: (MF and TA, voce قَعْبٌ:) [J says,] جِبَأَةٌ signifies Red كَمْأَة [or truffles]: or, accord. to El-Ahmar, those [truffles] that incline to redness; كَمْأَةٌ signifying those that incline to dust-colour and blackness; and فِقَعَةٌ, the white; and بَنَاتُ أَوْبَرَ, the small: accord. to AHn, جَبْأَةٌ signifies a white thing resembling a كَمْء, of which no use is made: but accord. to IAar, the black كَمْأَة; which, he says, are the best of كمأة: the pl. of جَبْءٌ is أَجْبُؤٌ, a pl. of pauc., and جِبَأَةٌ, [as mentioned above,] or, accord. to Sb, this is a quasi-pl. n., and جَبَأٌ , or this also is a quasi-pl. n.
2 I. q. أَكَمَةٌ [q. v., i. e. A hill, or mound, &c.]: pls. as above.
3 A hollow, or cavity, in a mountain, in which the water of the rain stagnates, or collects: pl. as above.

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