قُوَبَآءُ

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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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