عنبس
عَنْبَسٌ The lion; (
O,
K;) as also ↓ عُنَابِسٌ: (
K: but in the O it is said, when you designate the lion, you say عَنْبَسٌ and عَنَابِسُ: [as though, by the latter, the
pl. were meant: but it is probably a mistranscription for عُنَابِسٌ:]) or the lion from whom other lions flee: (
TA in art. عبس:) when you particularize him by a [proper] name, you say ↓ عَنْبَسَةُ, [i. e. The lion,] making it imperfectly
decl.; like as you say أُسَامَةُ. (
O,
K.) It is mentioned by
Lth and
Az among quadriliteral-radical words: Hishám says, I know not whether it be a
subst. or an
epithet: and
A'Obeyd says, it is from العُبُوسُ; and if so, it is of the measure فَنْعَلٌ: (
O:) but 'Ikrimeh is related to have said that the lion is called ↓ عَنْبَسَة in the Abyssinian language. (
TA voce قَسْوَرَةٌ.) عَنْبَسَةُ: see above; the former in two places.
عُنَابِسٌ: see above; the former in two places.
