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عثب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry is noted as being omitted by the authors, with a single personal name derived from it being mentioned. The entry discusses a potential misspelling of this name.

Derived headwords

عُوثبانname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a male individual.

عَثَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be crookedclassical

    This verb form is mentioned as potentially being a misspelling.

Parallel reading

هذه المادة أسقطها المؤلف والصاغاني
This entry was omitted by the author and Al-Saghani.
وقد جاء منها عوثبان اسم رجل
And from it came 'Uthban, a man's name.
كذا في لسان العرب
Thus it is in Lisan al-Arab.
وهو تصحيف صوابه عوبثان بتقديم الموحدة على المثلثة كما سيأتي
And it is a misspelling; its correct form is 'Awthaban, with the 'b' preceding the 'th', as will be mentioned later.