جُبَّأٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ جُبَّاءٌ? (Sb, K) Fearful, or cowardly: (S, K:) fem. with ة: and therefore the pl. is formed by the addition of و and ن. (Sb, TA.) Mafrook Ibn-' Amr Esh-Sheybánee says, “ فَمَا أَنَ مِنْ رَيْبِ المَنُونِ بِجُبَّأٍ
وَلَا أَنَا مِنْ سَيْبِ الإِِلٰهِ بِآيِسِ
” [But I am not fearful of the vicissitudes of fortune, nor despairing of the favour of God]. (S, TA.)
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