عَابِسٌ
1.
[and
عَبِسٌ, mentioned above,] A man frowning, or contracting his face: (Msb:) [grimfaced; or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely:] or contracting the part between his eyes; &c.: (TA:) and
عَبَّاسٌ one who does so much [or habitually; stern, austere, or morose, in look or countenance; as also
عَبُوسٌ and
مُعَبِّسٌ]: (Msb:) or
عَبَّاسٌ and
مُعَبِّسٌ signify a man having a hateful face: and
عَبَّاسِىٌّ, hateful to encounter or meet; stern, austere, or morose, in countenance. (TA.)
2.
[Hence,] العَابِسُ signifies The lion; (O, K;) as also
العَبُوسُ, and
العَبَّاسُ, (IAar, O, K,) and
العَنْبَسُ, (S, and mentioned in the K in article عنبس, q. v.,) [according to some,] of the measure فَنْعَل, (S,) and
العُنَابِسُ: (K in article عنبس:) or the lion from whom other lions flee. (TA.)
3.
See also عَبُوسٌ.