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أَحْبَنُ ذ Having the dropsy; (S, Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ مَحْبُونٌ (KL) [and ↓ حَبِينٌ ; so in the Lex. of Golius; and so in the present day]: having a disease in the belly, whereby it becomes large and swollen: (K:) fem. حَبْنَآءُ, (S, K,) applied to a woman: (S:) pl. حُبْنٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) the fem., (tropical:) Big-bellied; (K, TA;) applied to a woman. (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A foot (قَدَمٌ) having much flesh in the بَخَصَةٌ [app. here meaning the pulpy portion of the sole]; (K;) as though it were swollen. (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A pigeon (حَمَامٌ) that does not lay eggs: pl. حُبْنٌ. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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