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مَبَآءَةٌ مبآءه مبآءة The nightly resting-place of camels; (T;) the resting-place of camels, where they are made to lie down, at the watering-place; (T, S, * M, * L, K; *) and of sheep or goats likewise; also termed ↓ مُتَبَوَّأٌ : (L, TA:) or the place to which camels return; (Mgh;) as also ↓ بَآءَةٌ : (Mgh, Msb:) this is the primary signification. (Mgh.) ― -b2- Hence, (Mgh,) A place of abode (T, S, M, K) of a people, in any situation; (T, S;) as also ↓ مُبَوَّأٌ (Bd and Jel in x. 93) and ↓ بِيْئَةٌ (M, K) and ↓ بَآءَةٌ ; (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, * K;) which last is hence applied in another sense, explained before, voce بآءَةٌ: (Mgh, Msb:) or a place where people alight and abide next to a valley, or to the face, or front, of a mountain, where it rises from its base; [see بَوَّأَهُمْ مَنْزِلًا;] as also ↓ بَآءَةٌ . (T.) [Hence,] هُوَ رَحِيبٌ المَبَآءَةِ (assumed tropical:) He is largely bountiful. (TA.) ― -b3- Also The covert of the wild bull. (S, K. *) ― -b4- A nest of bees in a mountain: (M, K:) or, accord. to the T, the nightly resting-place of bees; not there restricted by mention of the mountain. (TA.) ― -b5- The part of the womb where the child has its abode; (M;) the part thereof which is the child's ↓ مُتَبَوَّأ . (K.) ― -b6- A well has what are termed مَبَآءَتَانِ, which are The place where the water returns to [supply the place of] that which has [before] collected in the well [and been drawn], (M,) or the place where the water collects in the well; (TA voce مَآءَبَةٌ;) and the place where stands the driver of the سَانِيَة [q. v.]. (M.) [See also مَثَابَةٌ; and مَثَابٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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