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ابد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تأبّد ذ : see 1, in two places. ― -b2- He (a man) was long distant from his home; expl. by طَالَتْ غُرْبَتُهُ; (K;) or was long in a state of celibacy; طالت عُزْبَتُهُ, as in one copy of the K; (TA;) and became little in need, or little desirous, of women. (K.) ― -b3- It (a place of abode or sojourning) became deserted [ by mankind ]: (T, M, K:) and became inhabited by wild animals. (T, M, A.)

Derived headwords

تأبّدverb
  1. 1.
طالت عُزْبَتُهُ