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عَبَآءَةٌ ذ , (Msb, K, TA,) as also عَبَايَةٌ, (Msb, TA,) a dial. var., with ى in the place of the ', (Msb,) or the ' is a substitute for ى, (TA,) and ↓ عَبَآءٌ , (K,) or this is a pl., like عَبَاآتٌ, (Msb,) [or rather the former of these two is a coll. gen. n. of which عَبَآءَةٌ is the n. un.,] A well-known [sort of woollen garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, (L, K, TA,) in which are [generally] stripes; and said to be a جُبَّة [q. v.] of wool. (TA.) [See also art. عبى: and for a description and representation of the عباية now most commonly worn in Egypt and Arabia and Syria, see my “ Modern Egyptians. ”]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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