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muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarأَبٌّ وَبٌّ

Core sense — he prepared himself for a journey; he yearned for his homegenerated

1.1he prepared himself and equipped himself for departing, or for journeying—لِ

which agrees with analogy for an intransitive verb of this class, and اَبُبَ, which is contrary to analogy; maṣdar أَبٌّ, أَبِيبٌ, أَبَابٌ, أَبَابَةٌ, إِبَابَةٌ, and ٱئْتَبَّ [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَبَّ].

Or: he determined upon journeying, and prepared himself.

El-Aashà says: [I cut you]

shāhid

صَرَمْتُ وَلَمْ أَصْرِمْكُمُ وَكَصَارِمٍأَخٌ قَدْ طَوَى كَشْحًا وَأَبَّ لِيَذْهَبَا

— that is, I cut you in effect, while I did not really cut you; for a brother who has determined and prepared to go away is like one who cuts.

Hence the proverb لَا عَبَابَ وَ لَا أَبَابَ [or لا عَبَابِ ولا أَبَابِ], which is explained in art. عب.

he is engaged in his preparation for departing—هُوَ فِى أَبَابِهِ

he is engaged in his preparation for departing—أَبَابَتِهِ

he is engaged in his preparation for departing—إِبَابَتِهِ

he prepared himself to assault, or charge, in battle—وَبَّ

The hemzeh in أَبَّ is sometimes changed into و.

1.1.1his way, or course, of acting became rightly directed—أَبَّتْ أَبَابَتُهُ

his way, or course, of acting became rightly directed—إِبَابَتُهُ

1.1.2he directed his course towards him, or it—أَبَّ أَبَّهُ

The same as قَصَدَ قَصْدَهُ, as given in art. قصد.

Also: he followed another's course, doing as that other did.

1.1.3he yearned for, or longed for, his home—أَبَّدِ إِلَى وَطَنِهِ

Muḍāriʿ اَبِبَ and اَبُبَ; maṣdar أَبٌّ, إِبَابَةٌ, أَبَابَةٌ, and أَبَابٌ.

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, (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. اَبِبَ , (M, K,) agreeably with analogy in the case of an intrans. verb of this class, (TA,) and اَبُبَ , (AZ, T, S, M, K,) contr. to analogy, (TA,) inf. n. أَبٌّ (T, S, M, K) and أَبِيبٌ (M, K) and أَبَابٌ and أَبَابَةٌ (S, M, K) and إِبَابَةٌ ; (M;) and ٱئْتَبَّ [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَبَّ ]; (T, K;) He prepared himself, (AZ, S, M, A, K,) and equipped himself, (AZ, S, A,) for ( لِ ) departing, or going away, (AZ, S,) or for journeying: (M, A, K:) or he determined upon journeying, and prepared himself. (T.) El-Aashà says, 1 (T, S, M, TA,) i. e. I cut [in effect, while I did not really cut] you: for like one who cuts is a brother who has determined and prepared to go away. (TA.) [Hence,] لَا عَبَابَ وَ لَا أَبَابَ , [or لا عَبَابِ ولا أَبَابِ ,] a prov. [which see explained in art. عب ]. (TA.) [And hence the saying,] هُوَ فِى أَبَابِهِ , (S, M, K,) and أَبَابَتِهِ , and إِبَابَتِهِ , (M,) He is in his [state of, or he is engaged in his,] preparation or equipment [for departing or journeying]. (S, M, K.) The hemzeh in أَبَّ is sometimes changed into و ; and thus وَبَّ , inf. n. وَبٌّ , signifies He prepared himself to assault, or charge, in battle. (T, TA.) صَرَمْتُ وَلَمْ أَصْرِمْكُمُ وَكَصَارِمٍ | أَخٌ قَدْ طَوَى كَشْحًا وَأَبَّ لِيَذْهَبَا أَبَّتْ أَبَابَتُهُ , and إِبَابَتُهُ , His way, or course, of acting, or conduct, or the like, was, or became, rightly directed, or ordered. (M, K.) أَبَّ أَبَّهُ i. q. قَصَدَ قَصْدَهُ , (K,) which signifies He tended, repaired, betook himself, or directed his course, towards him, or it: (S and Msb in art. قصد :) and also, he pursued his (another‘s) course, doing as he (the latter) did. (L in art. وكد .) أَبَّدِ إِلَى وَطَنِهِ , (M, K,) aor. اَبِبَ (IDrd, M, K) and اَبُبَ , (K,) inf. n. أَبٌّ (AA, S, M, K) and إِبَابَةٌ and أَبَابَةٌ (M, K,) and أَبَابٌ , (TA,) He yearned for, longed for, or longed to see, his home. (AA, S, M, K.)

Form 8إِاْتَبَبَ1 sense

Core sense — he prepared himself and equipped himself for departinggenerated

8.1

Same as sense 1 of form 1: he prepared himself and equipped himself for departing.

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see 1, first signification.

Form 10اِسْتَأَبَّهُ1 sense

Core sense — he adopted him as a fathergenerated

10.1he adopted a father—استأبّ أَبًا

He adopted him as a father; an irregular form, from أَبٌّ, a dialectal variant of أَبٌ; the regular form would be اِسْتَأْبَاهُ.

Given in art. ابو.

he adopted a father—اِسْتَأْبَبَ أَبًا

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He adopted him as a father; an extr. form; (IAar, M;) from أَبٌّ , a dial. var. of أَبٌ : (TA:) regularly, اِسْتَأْبَاهُ . (M.) And استأبّ أَبًا and اِسْتَأْبَبَ أَبًا He adopted a father. (TA in art. ابو .)

Derived nouns 4

Nounأَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — a fathergenerated

See art. ابو.

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: see art. ابو .

Nounأَبٌّ3 senses

Core sense — herbage, fresh or dry; pasture not sown by men; a fathergenerated

1such a one's seed-produce increased, and his pasture became ample—فُلَانٌ رَاعَ لَهُ الحَبُّ وَطَاعَ لَهُ الأَبُّ

Herbage, whether fresh or dry; or pasture, herbage of whatever kind that beasts feed upon, not sown by men.

Mujáhid: to cattle and other beasts it is what fruit is to men.

Atà: whatever grows upon the face of the earth.

Or whatever vegetable the earth produces; also green herbage, or plants; and, as some say, straw, because cattle eat it; or herbage prepared for pasture and for cutting.

IF: dried fruits, because they are prepared for winter and for journeying.

Plural (of paucity) أَوُبٌّ, originally أَأْبُبٌ.

Lane cites “Jel in lxxx. 31” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Lane cites “Bd in lxxx. 31” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Also a dialectal variant of أَبٌ: a father. (MF, from the Tes-heel of Ibn-Málik.)

أَبَّ أَبَّهُ: see sense 1.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَبّ

80:31

وَفَـٰكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And fruits and fodder,-

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Herbage, (M, K,) whether fresh or dry: (M, * K, * TA:) or pasture, or herbage which beasts feed upon, (Fr, AHn, Zj, T, S, M, A, Msb, K,) of whatever kind, (AHn, Zj,) [or] not sown by men: (Msb:) it is, to cattle and other beasts, what fruit is to men: (Mujáhid, T, Msb:) or whatever grows upon the face of the earth; (Atà, Th, T, M;) whatever vegetable the earth produces: (K, * TA:) and also, green herbage, or plants: (K, * TA:) and, as some say, straw, (Jel in lxxx. 31, and TA,) because cattle eat it: (TA:) or herbage prepared for pasture and for cutting: (TA:) accord. to IF, (Msb,) dried fruits; because prepared for winter (Bd in lxxx. 31, and Msb) and for journeying: (Msb:) pl. [of pauc.] أَوُبٌّ , originally أَأْبُبٌ . (I' Ak p. 367.) You say, فُلَانٌ رَاعَ لَهُ الحَبُّ وَطَاعَ لَهُ الأَبُّ , meaning Such a one's seed-produce [or grain] increased, and his pasture became ample. (A.) Also a dial. var. of أَبٌ , A father. (T, and MF from the Tes-heel of Ibn-Málik.) أَبَّ أَبَّهُ : see 1.

Nounأَبَابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a way, or course, of acting, or conductgenerated

1a way, or course, of acting, or conduct—إِبَابَةٌ

The headword has this same meaning. [See sense 1 of form 1.]

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and إِبَابَةٌ A way, or course, of acting, or conduct, or the like. (M, K.) [See 1.]

Nounإِبَّانٌ1 sense

Core sense — the time, or season, of a thing; the time of preparing a thinggenerated

The time, or season, of a thing; or the time of preparing, or making ready, a thing, as, for instance, of fruit.

It is of the measure فِعْلَانٌ, from أَبَّ in the first of the senses given above, the ن being augmentative; or of the measure فِعَّالٌ, from أَبَّنَ "he watched" or "observed" a thing, the ن being radical. The first derivation is the more correct.

[See also art. ابن.]

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The time, or season, of a thing: (Msb:) or the time of preparing, or making ready, of a thing: (Mgh:) as, for instance, of fruit: (Mgh, Msb:) it is of the measure فِعْلَانٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) from أَبَّ in the first of the senses assigned to it above, (Mgh,) the ن being augmentative; (Msb;) or of the measure فِعَّالٌ , (Mgh, Msb,) from أَبَّنَ “he watched” or “observed” a thing, (Mgh,) the ن being radical: (Msb:) but the former derivation is the more correct. (Mgh.) [See also art. ابن .]