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حَابِسٌ حابس [act. part. n. of حَبَسَ; Confining; restricting; limiting; &c.]: pl. حُبَّسٌ. (IAth, TA.) [Hence,] حَابِسُ الفِيلِ The Restrainer of the Elephant: an epithet applied to God; alluding to the case of Abrahah. [See Kur ch. cv.] (TA.) And زِقٌّ حَابِسٌ A skin that retains the water [&c.]. (TA.) And كَلَأْ حَابِسٌ Herbage that is abundant, and retaining the water. (TA.) ― -b2- See also حِبْسٌ. -A2- Also i. q. مَحْبُوسٌ, or ذُو حَبْسٍ. (Ham p. 188.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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