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لَبُؤَةٌ

Root: لبأ

Full Definition

لَبُؤَةٌ and لَبْأَةٌ and and and لَبْوَةٌ and لِبْوَةٌ and لَبَةٌ and لَبُوَةٌ and لَبَاةٌ A lioness. Accord. to Fei., it has no masc. of the same root; but this is at variance with the authority of the L. Pl. (of لَبُؤَةٌ, TA,) لَبُؤٌ [or this is a quasi-pl. n., or a coll. gen. n.] and (of [لَبْأَةٌ and] لَبَاةٌ, لَبْآتٌ [or, app., accord. to the L, if لَبَاةٌ be a word of a particular dial., not formed by alleviation of hemzeh from لَبْأَةٌ, its pl. is لَبَآتٌ,] and (of لُبَأَةٌ, TA,) لُبَأٌ and (of لَبْوَةٌ, TA,) لَبُوَاتٌ (K, accord. to the TA, but accord. to MF لَبْوَاتٌ). [These plurals, with their corresponding singulars, are thus given in the TA &c. In the CK, the pls. are given as follows: لَبْآتٌ and لُبُوْءٌ and لُبُؤٌ and لَبُوَاتٌ.] Each of the singulars may have a perfect, or sound, pl., ending with ات.
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