Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

إِتْبَاعٌ

Root: تبع

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إِتْبَاعٌ in language is when one says the like of حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ and قَبِيحٌ شَقِيحٌ: The putting, after a word, an imitative sequent, i. e. another word similar to the former in measure or in its رَوِىّ, by way of pleonasm, or for fulness of expression, and for corroboration; (Mz 28th نوع, and Kull p...


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