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جَبْءٌ جبء sing. of جِبَأَةٌ, like as فَقْعٌ is of فِقَعَةٌ, and غَرْدٌ of غِرَدَةٌ: (S:) or i. q. كَمْأَةٌ: (K:) or n. un. of ↓ جَبْأَةٌ , which is a coll. gen. n., like كَمْأَةٌ: (MF and TA, voce قَعْبٌ:) [J says,] جِبَأَةٌ signifies Red كَمْأَة [or truffles]: or, accord. to El-Ahmar, those [truffles] that incline to redness; كَمْأَةٌ signifying those that incline to dust-colour and blackness; and فِقَعَةٌ, the white; and بَنَاتُ أَوْبَرَ, the small: (S:) accord. to AHn, ↓ جَبْأَةٌ signifies a white thing resembling a كَمْء, of which no use is made: but accord. to IAar, the black كَمْأَة; which, he says, are the best of كمأة: (TA:) the pl. of جَبْءٌ is أَجْبُؤٌ, (S, K,) a pl. of pauc., (S,) and جِبَأَةٌ, [as mentioned above,] or, accord. to Sb, this is a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) and ↓ جَبَأٌ , (K,) or this also is a quasi-pl. n. (TA.) ― -b2- I. q. أَكَمَةٌ [q. v., i. e. A hill, or mound, &c.]: pls. as above. (K.) ― -b3- A hollow, or cavity, (T, K,) in a mountain, (TA,) in which the water (T, K) of the rain (TA) stagnates, (T,) or collects: (K:) pl. as above. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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