شَرَاب

$araAbN * A beverage, or drink, (Mgh, L, Msb, K,) of any of the liquids, (Mgh, Msb,) or of anything that is not chewed, (L,) or of whatever kind and in whatever state it be; thus in a copy of the K: (TA:) and syn. with $araAbN are ↓ $ariybN and ↓ $aruwbN , (K,) accord. to a saying attributed to AZ: (TA:) or these two have another meaning, expl. in the next paragraph: (K:) the pl. of $araAbN is A^a$oribapN ; (Mgh, TA;) or it has no pl., as is said in the K in art. nhr [accord. to one or more of the copies; but see nahaArN , where it is shown that in copies of the K, as well as in the S, the word to which this statement relates is saraAbN , with the unpointed s ]. (TA.) The lawyers [and generally the post-classical writers, and sometimes others,] mean thereby [ Win, and] such beverage as is forbidden. (Mgh.) [Also Sirup: pl. $araAbaAtN : so in the language of the present day.]