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حُوبٌ حوب (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ حَوْبٌ , (Msb, * K,) said by some to be two dial. vars., (Msb, [see 1, first sentence,]) and ↓ حَابٌ (S, K) and ↓ حَوْبَةٌ (A 'Obeyd, K) and ↓ حُوبَةٌ (A 'Obeyd, TA) and ↓ حَابَةٌ (K) and ↓ حِيبَةٌ , (TA,) Sin, or crime: or a sin, or a crime: (S, A, Msb, K:) accord. to A 'Obeyd, the first and second signify any sin or crime; (TA;) [as also, app., حَابٌ;] and حوبة [i. e. حَوْبَةٌ and حُوبَةٌ, the former particularly mentioned in the Msb, and app. حَابَةٌ also], a single sin or crime: (Msb, TA:) accord. to Fr, حُوبٌ signifies great sin, or a great sin: accord. to Katádeh, wrong, injustice, or tyranny: thus in the Kur iv. 2; where El-Hasan read ↓ حَوْبًا instead of حُوبًا. (TA.) One says, رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِى ↓ وَا@غْسِلْ حَوْبَتِى (T, TA) i. e. [O my Lord, accept my repentance, and wash away] my sin, or crime. (A 'Obeyd, TA.) El-Mukhabbal Es-Saadee says, “ ↓ فَلَا تُدْخِلَنَّ الدَّهْرَ قَبْرَكَ حَوْبَةً
يَقُومُ بِهَا يَوْمًا عَلَيْكِ حَسِيبُ
” [Then introduce not thou, ever, into thy grave, a sin with which a reckoner, or taker of vengeance, may one day rise up against thee]. (TA.) -A2- حُوبٌ also signifies Perdition, destruction, or death. (K.) [Hence, app.,] اِبْنَةُ حوبٍ A quiver; syn. كِنَانَةٌ. (TA. [The vowel of the ح is not indicated.]) ― -b2- Disease. (K.) ― -b3- A trial, a trouble, or an affliction. (K.) You say, هٰؤُلَآءِ عِيَالُ أَبِى حُوبٍ [These are the family of the father of trouble; i. e., of one who is in trouble]. (TA.) ― -b4- See also حَوْبٌ. -A3- And see حَوْبَآءُ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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