قُوَبَاءُ

, (S, O, Msb, K,) feminine, and imperfectly decl., (S, O,) and قُوْبَاءٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) which is masculine, and perfectly decl., as quasi-coordinate to قُرْطَاسٌ, said by ISk to be the only word of the measure فُعْلَاءٌ except خُشَّاءٌ, (S, O,) both originally of the measure فُعَلَاءُ, (O,) but to these may be added مُزَّاءٌ, (S, O,) [and perhaps some other instances,] and ↓ قُوَبَةٌ and ↓ قُوْبَةٌ, (O, K,) both of which are said by Fr to signify the same as قُوَيَاءُ, (O,) [Ringworm, or tetter; so called in the present day;] a well-known disease, (S, O, Msb,) characterized by excoriation and spreading, and cured by spittle, (S, O, TA,) or by the spittle of one who is fasting or hungry; (TA; [see an example in a verse cited voce فِلْقٌ;]) a cutaneous eruption, in which scabs peel off from the skin, and the hair comes off: (K, TA:) see قُوَبٌ, above: ↓ قُوَبٌ is [also] plural of تُوَبَاءُ [like as نُفَسٌ is of نُفَسَاءُ], (S,) [and] so is قَوَابِىُّ: (KL:) ISd says, according to IAar, قُوَبَاءُ is singular of ↓ قُوْبَةٌ and ↓ قُوَبَةٌ; but I know not how this can be: and he [i. e. IAar] also says that ↓ قُوَبٌ is plural of ↓ قُوْبَةٌ and ↓ قُوَبَةٌ; and this is clear. (TA.) The diminutive of قُوَبَاءُ is ↓ قُوَيْبَاءُ; and that of قُوْبَاءٌ is ↓ قُوَيْبِىٌّ. (S, O.)