غُبَيْسٌ
Root: غبس
Full Definition
غُبَيْسٌ
means I will not come to thee ever: but the origin of this saying is unknown: IAar said that he knew it not: or, accord. to him, it means, while time lasts: it seems that he did not know it at first, and then thus explained it: accord. to some, غُبَيْسٌ is an abbreviated dim. of أَغْبَسُ, and means the wolf; and غَبَا is originally غَبَّ, the ا being substituted for one of the letters of duplication, as in تَقَضَّى for تَقَضَّضَ; and the saying means I will not come to thee as long as the wolf comes now and then (يَأْتِى غِبًّا) to the sheep or goats.
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