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Etymology 1

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Noun

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شَبِين or شِبِين (šabīn or šibīnm (plural شَبَائِن (šabāʔin), feminine شَبِينَة (šabīna) or شِبِينَة (šibīna))

  1. informal form of إِشْبِين (ʔišbīn).
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Etymology 2

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شَبِّين

From Latin sappīnus. Not to be confused with شَبِينَة (šabīna, savin, Juniperus sabina) (from Latin sabīna), nor with شَرْبِين (šarbīn, cypress).

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شَبِّين or شَبِين (šabbīn or šabīnm (obsolete)

  1. a species of pine or fir, Pinus picea syn. Abies pectinata syn. Abies alba
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Maimonides to this entry?)
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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شبين”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 724
  • Simonet, Francisco Javier (1888) Glosario de voces ibéricas y latinas usadas entre los mozárabes (in Spanish), Madrid: Establecimiento tipográfico de Fortanet, pages 571–572
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[2] (in German), volume 51, page 314
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “شبين”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 631