عِبْءٌ

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عِبْءٌ A load, or burden, of goods, or merchandise, &c.; or such as a debt, or some other reponsibility that one takes upon himself: a weight, of debt, &c., or of anything: pl. أَعْبَآءٌ. One says, حَمَلْتُ أَعْبَآءَ القَوْمِ i. e. [I bore] the weights, or burdens, of debt, &c., of the people, or party.
2 And A half-load; or burden borne on one side of a beast, equiponderant to another on the other side; syn. عِدْلٌ; of goods [&c.]: each of what are termed عِبْآنِ: pl. as above.
3 And [hence] A like; as also عَبْءٌ : pl. as above. One says, هٰذَا عَبْءُ هٰذَا This is the like of this.

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