اب

أَبٌّ ذ Herbage, (M, K,) whether fresh or dry: (M, * K, * TA:) or pasture, or herbage which beasts feed upon, (Fr, AHn, Zj, T, S, M, A, Msb, K,) of whatever kind, (AHn, Zj,) [or] not sown by men: (Msb:) it is, to cattle and other beasts, what fruit is to men: (Mujáhid, T, Msb:) or whatever grows upon the face of the earth; (Atà, Th, T, M;) whatever vegetable the earth produces: (K, * TA:) and also, green herbage, or plants: (K, * TA:) and, as some say, straw, (Jel in lxxx. 31, and TA,) because cattle eat it: (TA:) or herbage prepared for pasture and for cutting: (TA:) accord. to IF, (Msb,) dried fruits; because prepared for winter (Bd in lxxx. 31, and Msb) and for journeying: (Msb:) pl. [of pauc.] أَوُبٌّ, originally أَأْبُبٌ. (I' Ak p. 367.) You say, فُلَانٌ رَاعَ لَهُ الحَبُّ وَطَاعَ لَهُ الأَبُّ, meaning Such a one's seed-produce [or grain ] increased, and his pasture became ample. (A.) -A2- Also a dial. var. of أَبٌ, A father. (T, and MF from the Tes-heel of Ibn-Málik.) -A3- أَبَّ أَبَّهُ: see 1.