سَبَّابٌ
Root: سب
Full Definition
سَبَّابٌ
[That cuts much, or sharply]. سَبَّابُ
العَرَاقِيبِ means The sword: or is an epithet applied to the sword: because it cuts the عراقيب [or hock-tendons]: [but Z holds it to be tropical, from the signification following; for] it is added in the A, as though it were hostile to the عراقيب, and reviled them.
2 [One who reviles much or frequently; or a great reviler: a meaning indicated in the Msb, and of frequent occurrence.]
2 [One who reviles much or frequently; or a great reviler: a meaning indicated in the Msb, and of frequent occurrence.]
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