خَوْبَةٌ
Root: خوب
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خَوْبَةٌ
A state of utter destitution, in which nothing remains in possession: so in the saying, أَصَابَتْهُمْ خَوْبَةٌ [A state of utter destitution befell them].
2 Hunger: pl. خَوْبَاتٌ. So in the phrase, أَصَابَتْهُ خَوْبَةٌ [Hunger befell him]. Sh knew not this word, and thought it to be a mistake for حَوْبَةٌ; which latter signifies “ want. ” [See the latter word.]
def.2 A tract of land upon which rain has not fallen, between two tracts of land watered by rain.
2 Land that is bad, in which is no pasture nor water. So in the saying, نَزَلْنَا بِخَوْبَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [We alighted in bad land, without pasture or water]. [See also حُوبَةٌ.]
2 Hunger: pl. خَوْبَاتٌ. So in the phrase, أَصَابَتْهُ خَوْبَةٌ [Hunger befell him]. Sh knew not this word, and thought it to be a mistake for حَوْبَةٌ; which latter signifies “ want. ” [See the latter word.]
def.2 A tract of land upon which rain has not fallen, between two tracts of land watered by rain.
2 Land that is bad, in which is no pasture nor water. So in the saying, نَزَلْنَا بِخَوْبَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ [We alighted in bad land, without pasture or water]. [See also حُوبَةٌ.]
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