دَعَبَ
Root: دعب
Form: 1
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دَعَبَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun دُعَابَةٌ and دُعْبُبٌ, [see the former of these two ns. below,] He jested, or joked; as also دَعِبَ, Present.T
ـَ: or he jested, or joked, with playing, or sporting.
2 And i. q. دَفَعَ [He impelled, pushed, thrust, &c.].
3 And Inivit [feminam].
4 [The last, perhaps, from the same verb signifying He trod a road; mentioned by Freytag as used in this sense in the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
2 And i. q. دَفَعَ [He impelled, pushed, thrust, &c.].
3 And Inivit [feminam].
4 [The last, perhaps, from the same verb signifying He trod a road; mentioned by Freytag as used in this sense in the Deewán of the Hudhalees.]
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