هيب

مَهِيبٌ ذ and ↓ مَهُوبٌ, (S, K,) the former agreeable with rule, (TA,) and ↓ هَيُوبٌ, (K) [respecting which see also هَائِبٌ,] and ↓ هَيْبَانٌ, (Th, IM, K,) [ Regarded with reverence, veneration, respect, honour, dread, or awe; with fear; with cautious fear, or caution; ] a man whom others regard with reverence, &c.; (S;) a man whom others fear. (K.) ― -b2- مَكَانٌ مَهُوبٌ, formed from the verb هُوبَ, the original ى being changed into و (S, K,) A place regarded with awe, or fear; (S;) a place in which one is impressed with awe, or fear: as also ↓ مَكَانٌ مَهَابٌ: (S, K:) مَهَابٌ signifies a place of awe, or fear. (IB.) ― -b3- المَهِيبُ and المَهُوبُ and ↓ المُتَهَيَّبُ (assumed tropical:) The lion: (K:) because regarded with awe, or fear, by men. (TA.)