Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ضَبِعَةٌ

Root: ضبع

Full Definition

ضَبِعَةٌ A she-camel desiring [vehemently ] the stallion; as also مُضْبِعَةٌ : pl., accord. to the copies of the K, ضَبَاعٌ and ضَبَاعَى; but in the L, ضِبَاعَى and ضَبَاعَى: and sometimes it is used in relation to women.


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