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جُبْنٌ جاب جبن جبنن and ↓ جُبُنٌ and ↓ جُبُنٌّ , (S, Msb, K,) the first of which is the most approved, and the last the most rare, and said by some to be used only in a case of necessity in poetry, (Lth, Msb,) [Cheese;] a certain thing that is eaten, (S, Msb,) well known: (K:) n. un. جُبْنَةٌ, (TA,) a word having a more particular signification than جُبْنٌ, (S,) meaning a قُرص [or round, flattened, loaf] thereof, (Mgh,) [or a cheese, or piece of cheese,] as also جُبُنَةٌ (TA) and جُبُنَّةٌ. (S, TA.) -A2- Also جُبْنٌ and ↓ جُبُنٌ , [inf. ns. of جَبُنَ, used as simple substs.,] Cowardice; weak-heartedness;] the quality denoted by جَبَانٌ. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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