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bb noun pl. emphatic
1 gate, gateway OfA-Egypt, Palm, JBA, Man.
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--(a) of a city .
(a.1) see s.v. bbˀ dˀbwlˀ JBA.
--(b) door of a residential structure OfA-Egypt, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA.
--(c) of another structure OA-East, OfA-Egypt, Palm.
(c.1) sluice gate JBA.
(c.2) see s.vv. bbˀ dˀqlydˀ , bb nhrˀ JBA.
2 court: public area of an institutional structure .
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--(a) courtroom JBA, JBAg.
--(b) of a palace OfA-Egypt, LJLA.
--(c) see bbˀ dmlkwtˀ , bbˀ dmtybtˀ .
(c.1) (metonymic for the government) Man.
--(d) lbab : at/to (an important institution or professional) Man.
3 section, major portion JBA, Man.
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--(a) account section OfA-Egypt.
4 (astrol.) astrological Syr, Man.
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--(a) heretical sect associated with each of the heavenly objects Man.
--(b) (astron.) a type of area in the sky Man.
