Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَيَابٌ

Root: سيب

Full Definition

سَيَابٌ and سُيَّابٌ and [Unripe dates in the state in which they are called] بَلَح: or [in the state in which they are called] بُسْر: or green بُسْر: As says that the flowers of the palm-tree when they have become بَلَح are termed سَيَابٌ, without teshdeed: [but see بُسْرٌ:] the n. un. is سَيَابَةٌ and سُيَّابَةٌ [and سَيَّابَةٌ]: Sh says that they are called سَدَآء in the dial. of ElMedeeneh, and one is called سيابة in the dial. of Wádi-l-Kurà: and he adds, I have heard the Bahránees say and سُيَّابَة.


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