Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

لُبَابُ

Root: لب

Full Definition

لُبَابُ [He is the choice one, or best, of his people]: and in like manner, هُمْ لُبَابُ قَوْمِهِمْ: and هِىَ لُبَابُ قَوْمِهَا.
2 لُبَابُ الإِبِلِ The best of the camels.
3 لُبَابُ الدَّقِيقِ The best and purest of flour; which is white flour. (TA, voce حُوَّارَى.)
4 لُبَابٌ Finely-ground flour, or meal.
5 See لُبٌّ.
6 حَسَبٌ لُبَابٌ Pure nobility, or the like.


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