قُوَبَآءُ
Root: قوب
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قُوَبَآءُ
, fem., and imperfectly decl., and قُوْبَآءٌ, which is masc., and perfectly decl., as quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ, said by ISk to be the only word of the measure فُعْلَآءٌ except خُشَّآءٌ, both originally of the measure فُعَلَآءُ, but to these may be added مُزَّآءٌ, [and perhaps some other instances,] and
قُوَبَةٌ and
, both of which are said by Fr to signify the same as قُوَيَآءُ, [Ringworm, or tetter; so called in the present day;] a well-known disease, characterized by excoriation and spreading, and cured by spittle, or by the spittle of one who is fasting or hungry; (TA; [see an ex. in a verse cited voce فِلْقٌ;]) a cutaneous eruption, in which scabs peel off from the skin, and the hair comes off: see قُوَبٌ, above:
قُوَبٌ is [also] pl. of تُوَبَآءُ [like as نُفَسٌ is of نُفَسَآءُ], [and] so is قَوَابِىُّ: ISd says, accord. to IAar, قُوَبَآءُ is sing. of
and
قُوَبَةٌ ; but I know not how this can be: and he [i. e. IAar] also says that
قُوَبٌ is pl. of
and
قُوَبَةٌ ; and this is clear. The dim. of قُوَبَآءُ is
قُوَيْبَآءُ ; and that of قُوْبَآءٌ is
.
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