لُوبَةٌ

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لُوبَةٌ and لَابَةٌ A stony tract, of which the stones are black and worn: syn. حَرَّةٌ: لُوبَةٌ and نُوبَةٌ signify a tract of land covered, or strewed, with black stones; and hence a negro is called لُوبِىٌّ and نُوبِىٌّ, [and negroes collectively are called لُوبَةٌ and نُوبَةٌ: the former, however, are evidently the Lybians, the latter, the Nubians:] or a لوبة is a very black, rugged, lengthened tract of ground, only at, or by, [so فِى seems here to signify] the projecting part of a mountain, or the lower and thinner, or finer, part of a sand-hill, or the foot (عرض) of a mountain: or it may be a difficult ascent, or acclivity, up a mountain, rising to the greatest height: pl. of لوبة and لُوبٌ لابة and لَابٌ and لَابَاتٌ: or لُوبٌ is pl. of لابة: [not, as implied above, of لوبة:] for a number from three to ten, the pl. used is لابات; and more than then are termed لاب and لوب: [or these last two words are coll. gen. ns., of which لابة and لوبة are the ns. un.]
2 مَا بَيْنَ لَابَتَيْهَا مِثْلُ فُلَانٍ [Between its two tracts of black stones, there is not the like of such a one: i. e., within its limits, there is not, &c.]: only said with reference to El-Medeeneh and El-Koofeh: or said originally with reference to El-Medeeneh, and fig. with reference to any other city.
3 بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّابَتَيْنِ, said by 'Áïsheh, describing her father, Freehearted; of ample endowments, app. as to wealth, or possessions, and as to mind, or disposition: syn. وَاسِعُ الصَّدْرِ وَاسِعُ العَطَنِ.
4 لُوبَةٌ A people that is with another people, but of which advice or counsel is not asked [by the latter] with respect to anything, whether good or evil.

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