زُبْيَةٌ

A hill, or an elevated piece of ground, which the water does not overflow: (S, K:) plural رُبًى. (S, TA.) Hence, (TA,) it is said in a prov., بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى [The torrent reached the tops of the hills which they do not usually overflow]: (S, TA:) or الزُّبَى is here plural of الزُّبْيَةُ in the sense next following: [but the meaning is virtually the same:] (Meyd:) the prov. is applied to a thing, or an affair, or a case, exceeding the ordinary bounds or limit. (Meyd, TA.)

A pitfall for a lion (S, Mgh, Msb, K) or a wolf (Mgh) &c., (Msb,) dug in a high place, (S, Mgh, Msb,) for which reason it is thus called: (S:) plural as above. (Msb.)

A hollow dug in the ground, in which a sportsman conceals himself [from the objects of the chase]. (TA.)

A hollow dug in the ground, in which one roasts, or broils, for himself, and bakes bread. (ISd, TA.)

A well: so where it is said in a tradition of an Arab of the desert, تَرَدَّى فِى زُبْيَةٍ [He fell into a well]. (Mgh.)

The excavation made by ants; which they make not save in a high place. (TA.)

Some include this word among those that have contr. significations. (TA.)