زبى

زُبْيَةٌ ذ A hill, or an elevated piece of ground, which the water does not overflow: (S, K:) pl. رُبًى. (S, TA.) Hence, (TA,) it is said in a prov., بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى [ The torrent reached the tops of the hills which they do not usually overflow ]: (S, TA:) or الزُّبَى is here pl. of الزُّبْيَةُ in the sense next following: [but the meaning is virtually the same:] (Meyd:) the prov. is applied to a thing, or an affair, or a case, exceeding the ordinary bounds or limit. (Meyd, TA.) ― -b2- A pitfall for a lion (S, Mgh, Msb, K) or a wolf (Mgh) &c., (Msb,) dug in a high place, (S, Mgh, Msb,) for which reason it is thus called: (S:) pl. as above. (Msb.) ― -b3- A hollow dug in the ground, in which a sportsman conceals himself [ from the objects of the chase ]. (TA.) ― -b4- A hollow dug in the ground, in which one roasts, or broils, for himself, and bakes bread. (ISd, TA.) ― -b5- A well: so where it is said in a trad. of an Arab of the desert, تَرَدَّى فِى زُبْيَةٍ [ He fell into a well ]. (Mgh.) ― -b6- The excavation made by ants; which they make not save in a high place. (TA.) ― -b7- Some include this word among those that have contr. significations. (TA.)