وَجْبَةٌ

verbal noun of وَجَبَ “ it fell down, &c., ” q. v.

بِجَنْبِهِ فَلْتَكُنِ الوَجْبَةُ, a proverb, (S,) [(May a disease be) in his side, or (may God afflict him, or smite him, with a disease) in his side, and may falling down upon the ground, and dying, happen (or be the result thereof) ! i. e. بجنبه داءٌ فلتكن الوجبه به; or رَمَاهُ اللّٰهُ بِدَاءٍ بجنبه الخ. (Freytag, Arab. Prov. i. 156)].

وَجْبَةٌ A falling with a sound, or noise, such as that produced by the fall of a wall or the like: (S, K:) [see 1, where it is given as a verbal noun unrestricted to the signification of a single act:] or the sound of a thing falling (K) and producing a sound such as above mentioned. (TA.)

وَجَبَهٌ An eating but once in the course of a day and night: (S, K:) or an eating but once in a day until the like eating in the following day: (K:) a verbal noun (Lh) [restricted to the signification of a single act]: you say, فُلَانٌ يَأْكُلُ وَجْبَةً Such a one eats but once (T) in the course of the day and night. (AZ, S.) [See also صَيْرَمٌ.]

In a tradition respecting the expiation of an oath, it is said, يُطْعِمُ عَشَرَةَ مَسَاكِينَ وَجْبَةً وَاحِدَةً [He shall feed ten poor men with a meal sufficient for a day and a night]. (TA.)