يَبَابٌ
Root: يب
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يَبَابٌ
Vacant; in which there is nothing; in which there is no one. أَرْضٌ يبابٌ
A land that is in a state of rain, or waste, uninhabited, depopulated, deserted, desolate, in a state the contrary of flourishing: an uninhabited land, accord. to some. خَرَابٌ يبابٌ: in this case, the latter word is merely an imitative sequent to the former: or it is not so; [and therefore the meaning is A very desolate waste, or the like;
يباب being added to strengthen the signification of خراب: or merely a waste, or the like;
يباب being an explicative adjunct]. دَارُهُمْ خَرَابْ
يَبَابْ لَا حَارِسَ وَلَا بَابْ [Their dwelling is desolate, vacant; there is neither guard nor door]. حَوْضٌ يبابٌ
A tank, or cistern, that is empty; containing no water. أَمْسَى مِنَ
الأَنِيسِ يبابًا
It became devoid of inhabitants: occurring in a verse of Ibn-Abee-Rabee'ah.
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