عبارت ʻibārat for A. عبارة, v.n. fr. عبر 'to cross, pass over,' c.
P عبارت ʻibārat (for A. عبارة, v.n. fr. عبر 'to cross, pass over,' &c.), s.f. Speech; a word, an expression, a phrase; a passage (in a book or writing); an explanation, interpretation; a word, or an expression, or a phrase for, or denoting (such a thing); diction; style, mode of expression; the construction or structure of sentence, composition; a trope or figure:—ʻibārat-ārāʼī, s.f. Ornamenting of style, word-painting:—ʻibārat honā (-se), To be an explanation (of), to be expressive (of), to be a word denoting, to be a phrase (for).