قَابَّةٌ

A drop of rain: (AZ, ISk, S, M, A, O, K:) so in the saying مَا رَأَيْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةً [We have not seen this year a drop of rain]: (AZ, ISk, S, O:) and مَا أَصَابَتْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةٌ [Not a drop of rain has fallen upon us this year]. (ISk, S, M, * A, * O.)

And Thunder; (A, K;) or the sound of thunder: so in the saying مَا سَمِعْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةً [We have not heard this year the sound of thunder]; (ISk, S, M, A, * O;) according to As; but only he has related this. (ISk, S, O.)

-A2- See also 8.