خَبٌّ
Root: خب
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خَبٌّ
[said in the Msb to be originally an Verbal.Noun] and
خِبٌّ [originally an Verbal.Noun accord. to most authorities] and
خُبٌّ , applied to a man, fem. خَبَّةٌ, [which casts doubt upon the assertion that خَبٌّ is originally an Verbal.Noun, for were it so the masc. and fem. accord. to a general rule would be the same, as well as the sing. and pl.,] applied to a woman, A great deceiver, or very deceitful; wicked and deceitful; a mischief-maker; deceitful, guileful, artful, crafty, or cunning; syn. مَكَّارٌ.
def.2 Also the first of these words, A long, elevated tract (حَبْل, in some copies of the K erroneously written جبل, TA) of sand, cleaving to the ground.
2 And A plain, or soft,
def.2 Also the first of these words, A long, elevated tract (حَبْل, in some copies of the K erroneously written جبل, TA) of sand, cleaving to the ground.
2 And A plain, or soft,
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