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رُعْبُوبَةٌ

Root: رعب

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رُعْبُوبَةٌ and and رِعْبِيبٌ A woman, or a girl, or young woman, Tall, and well-formed; soft, thinskinned, and plump; or white, or fair; goodly, or beautiful; sweet; and tender: or only white, or fair: or soft, or tender: and the first, tall: pl. رَعَابِيبٌ.
2 Also, or the first and second, applied to a she-camel, Restless, or unsteady; light, or active, brisk, lively, or sprightly.
3 For another meaning of the first, see تِرْعِيبَةٌ.
4 Also the first, The base, or lower part, (أَصْل,) of the طَلْعَة [i. e. either the spathe, or the spadix, of a palm-tree]; and so رُعْبَبٌ .
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