غَيَابَةٌ

The part of anything that veils, or conceals, one. (K.) And hence, (K,) The bottom of a جُبّ [or well]; (S, K, * TA;) or this, according to some, is the primary signification; as also ↓ غَيْبَةٌ, according to one reading, in the Qur'an, 12:10; (TA;) [and غَيَايَةٌ;] and of a valley; (S, TA;) &c.: (TA:) plural غَيَابَاتٌ. (K, TA.) [And A covert, or place of concealment, of birds. (See ظِلَالَةٌ.)] See also غَيَابٌ, in two places: and غَيْبَةٌ.

And see غَيِبَانٌ.