مَهِيبٌ
1.
and
مَهُوبٌ, (S, K,) the former agreeable with rule, (TA,) and
هَيُوبٌ, (K) [respecting which see also هَايءِبٌ,] and
هَيْبَانٌ, (Th, IM, K,) [Regarded with reverence, veneration, respect, honour, dread, or awe; with fear; with cautious fear, or caution;] a man whom others regard with reverence, &c.; (S;) a man whom others fear. (K.)
2.
مَكَانٌ مَهُوبٌ, formed from the verb هُوبَ, the original ى being changed into و (S, K,) A place regarded with awe, or fear; (S;) a place in which one is impressed with awe, or fear: as also
مَكَانٌ مَهَابٌ: (S, K:) مَهَابٌ signifies a place of awe, or fear. (IB.)
3.
المَهِيبُ and المَهُوبُ and
المُتَهَيَّبُ (assumed tropical:) The lion: (K:) because regarded with awe, or fear, by men. (TA.)