دُبَّآءٌ
Root: دب
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دُبَّآءٌ
and
دَبَّةٌ The gourd: or round gourd: or dry gourd: but this is said by Ibn- Hajar to be a mistake of En-Nawawee; and he asserts it to be i. q.
يَقْطِينٌ [q. v.]: or it is the fruit of the
يقطين: n. un. of the former with ة. Accord. to F [and ISd] and several others, this is the proper art. of the former word, the ء being considered by them augmentative: accord. to Z and others, its proper art. is دبى: and some also allow its being written and pronounced دُبًّى: this is mentioned by Kz and 'Iyád as a dial. var. of دُبَّآء. [See an ex. voce رِشَآءٌ, in art. رشو.]
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