[in copies of the K
↓
إِبْوَاء, and in the CK
↓
اَبْواء, both apparently mistranscriptions for
أُبُوَّة, which is well known,]
Fathership; paternity; the
relation of a father. [S, * M.) You say,
بَيْنِي و بَيْنَ
فَلَانٍ أُبُوَةٌ [
Between me and such a one is a tie of fathership]. (
S.)