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سابّهُ

Root: سب

Form: 3

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سابّهُIII , Verbal.Noun سِبَابٌ and مُسَابَّةٌ, He reviled him, vilified him, upbraided him, reproached him, defamed him, or gave a bad name to him, being reviled, &c., by him. You say, بَيْنَهُمَا سِبَابٌ Between them two is mutual reviling, &c. And المِزَاحُ سِبَابُ النَّوْكَى [Jesting is the mutual reviling, &c., of those that are foolish, or stupid]. And it is said in a trad., سبَابُ المُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ The mutual reviling of the Muslim is a departure from obedience to God.
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