Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

عنّب, (O, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَعْنِيبٌ, (Ḳ,) said of a grape-vine, [meaning It produced grapes,] (O, Ḳ,) is from العِنَبُ. (O.)

عِنَبٌ andعِنَبَآء↓ both signify the same, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) the latter said by Kr to be the only word of its measure except سِيَرَآء, but Kh mentions also حِوَلَآء, and Ibn-Ḳuteybeh adds to these خِيَلَآء, (TA,) [whence it seems to be, accord. to analogy, عِنَبَآءُ, imperfectly decl., with the fem. ء, but in a verse cited by F, and quoted in the O and TA, it is treated as masc., and in the TA it is treated as masc. in prose, and if so it is عِنَبَآءٌ, though it may be thus only by poetic license, and improperly in prose,] Grapes, the fruit of the كَرْم; (TA;) thus called only while fresh; when dry, called زَبِيب: (Mṣb:) عِنَبَةٌ signifies a single berry thereof [i. e. a grape]; (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, Ḳ;*) and is of a form generally belonging to a pl., rarely to a sing.: (Ṣ, O:) the pl. is أَعْنَابٌ, (Ṣ, O, Mṣb,) used in speaking of many; and the pl. of pauc. [i. e. pl. of عِنَبَةٌ] is عِنَبَاتٌ. (Ṣ, O.)

عِنَبٌ also signifies † The grape-vine. (MF [as from the Ḳ, in which I do not find it: but it is used in this sense in the Ḳur-án; pl. أَعْنَابٌ, expl. as meaning كُرُوم in xviii. 31 by Bḍ].)

And † Wine: (Ḳ:) so says AḤn, asserting it to be of the dial. of El-Yemen: like as خَمْرٌ signifies “grapes” in certain of the dials. [of El-Yemen: see خَمْرٌ]. (TA.)

[عِنَبُ الثَّعْلَبِ, and عِنَبُ الذِّئْبِ: see ثَعْلَبٌ; and see also عُبَبٌ.]

عِنَبَةٌ n. un. of عِنَبٌ [q. v.].

Also A small pustule that breaks forth in a human being, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ, TA,) emitting blood; accord. to Az, it swells, and fills [with blood or humour], and gives pain; and it attacks a human being in the eye and in the fauces. (TA.)

[عِنَبِىٌّ Of, or relating to, grapes.]

عَنَبَانٌ, applied to a gazelle, (Ḳ,) to a male gazelle, (Ṣ, O,) Brisk, lively, or sprightly: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) having no corresponding verb: (Ṣ:) and, (Ḳ,) as some say, (TA,) so applied, heavy, or sluggish: thus having two contr. meanings: or one advanced in age: (Ḳ:) or, as some say, a male gazelle: pl. عُنْبَانٌ. (TA.) And A mountain-goat long in the horn: [in this sense also] having no corresponding verb. (O.) It is an epithet of a measure regularly belonging to inf. ns. (MF.)

عُنْبُبٌ, (O, and so accord. to copies of the Ḳ,) or عُنْبَبٌ, (accord. to some copies of the Ḳ,) The foremost portion of a torrent, (O, Ḳ,) and of a company of men. (O.)

And Abundance of water. (TA.)

[And accord. to Freytag, A certain plant.]

عُنَابٌ Large in the nose; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) applied to a man; (TA;) as alsoأَعْنَبُ↓, (Ḳ,) or أَعْنَبُ الأَنْفِ: (O:) and it [app. عُنَاب] is also expl. as meaning a big, ugly nose. (TA.)

And i. q. عَفَلٌ: (Ṣ, O, Ḳ:) or i. q. بَظْرٌ: (Ḳ:) [see these two words:] or the portion that is cut off of the بَظْر. (TA.)

And A small, black mountain: (Lth, O, Ḳ:) or a mountain small in circumference, black, and erect: (TA:) and a high, round mountain: (Ḳ:) or a high, isolated, sharpheaded hill, red, and black, and of any colour, but generally of a dusky yellowish hue, giving growth to nothing, and round: (Sh, O:) pl. عُنْبٌ. (TA.)

عَنَّابٌ A vender of عِنَب [or grapes]. (O, Ḳ,)

عُنَّابٌ A certain fruit [and tree], (Ḳ,) well known; (Ṣ, O, Ḳ;) [the jujube fruit and tree; rhamnus zizyphus of Linn.;] called in Pers. سِنْجِد, or سِنْجِد جِيلَانِى, (MA,) or سنجد جيلان: (PṢ:) n. un. with ة {عُنَّابَةٌ}. (Ṣ, O.) And, (Ḳ,) sometimes, (TA,) accord. to IDrd, (O,) The fruit of the أَرَاك [q. v.]. (O, Ḳ.) And The [fruit, or tree, called] غُبَيْرَآء [q. v.]. (TA.) Also [as being likened to jujubes, because dyed red,] † The fingers, or ends of the fingers, of a woman. (A, voce تُفَّاحٌ, q. v.)

عُنَّابِىٌّ [Of the colour of the عُنَّاب, or jujube]. (TA, voce سِخْتِيَانٌ, q. v.) صَبَغَ الكِيسَ عُنَّابِى [lit. He dyed the purse jujube-colour] means he became bankrupt: but this, as Esh-Shiháb says, is a phrase of the Muwelleds [or rather of the vulgar, unless ending a verse, in which case it is allowable to say عُنَّابِى for عُنَّابِيًّا, as in a verse cited in the TA]. (MF, TA.)

عَانِبٌ A man possessing عِنَب [or grapes]: like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ, (O, TA,) which mean “possessing milk” and “possessing dates.” (TA.)

مُعَنَّبٌ Tall; (O, Ḳ;) an epithet applied to a man. (O.)

And Thick; an epithet applied to tar. (O.)