Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جِيبَةٌ

Root: جوب

Full Definition

جِيبَةٌ i. q. جَوَابٌ, q. v. So in the phrase, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ الجِيَبةِ [Verily he is good in respect of answer or reply or response: or here it seems rather to signify, agreeably with analogy, the mode, or manner, of answering or replying or responding].


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