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حبش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُبَيْشٌ ذ dim. of حَبَشٌ, q. v. (Msb.) ― -b2- Also A certain well-known bird; [the Numidia; which comprises the species commonly called the Guineahen, and pintado: so applied in the present day:] the word is thus, [without the article ال, apparently as a proper name, and] in the dim. form, like كُمَيْتٌ and كُعَيْتٌ: (S, TA:) it is strangely omitted in the K. (TA.)

Derived headwords

حُبَيْشٌ
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