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دبس
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaدُبْسِىٌّ دبس دبسى دبسي A certain bird, (S, K,) of small size, (TA,) of a colour inclining to black, that cooes (يُقَرْقِرُ): (K, TA:) hence said by some to be the male of the يَمَام [or dove ]: (TA:) or a species of pigeons: (M:) or a pigeon of a colour between black and red: (Mgh:) or a species of the فَوَاخِت [or collared turtle-doves ]: (Msb:) fem. with ة: (Mgh, K:) [pl. دَبَاسِىٌّ:] a rel. n. from طَيْرٌ دُبْسٌ: (S, M, Msb, K: *) [see أَدْبسُ:] or from دِبْس of fresh ripe dates, but made to deviate from the form of the original, like دُهْرِىٌّ and سُهْلِىٌّ: (S:) or it has the form of a rel. n. without being such. (M, TA.)
Derived headwords
دُبْسِىٌّ
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طَيْرٌ دُبْسٌ