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• ذُبَابٌ

  ذُبَابٌ [The common fly;] the black thing that is in houses, that falls into the vessel and into food; well known: so called, accord. to Ed-Demeeree, because of its fluttering about, or because it returns as often as it …

• ذَبَّابٌ

  ذَبَّابٌ A man who repels from, or defends, with energy, his wife, or wives, or the like; as also مِذَبٌّ . 2 [Hence,] يِوْمٌ ذَبَّابٌ A sultry day in which the wild animals are infested by numerous gnats, and drive them…