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عَطِبَ

Root: عطب

Form: 1

Full Definition

عَطِبَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَطَبٌ, and مَعْطَبٌ also may be an Verbal.Noun of the same, He perished, or died: [Freytag mentions عَطَبَ also in the same sense, as from the K, in which I do not find it:] it is said of a man, and of other than man: in a trad. it is said of seed-produce.
2 And He flagged, or became powerless: or stopped with his master [or rider] from fatigue.
3 And عَطِبَ عَلَيْهِ He was, or became, violently, or most violently, angry with him.

def.2 العَطْبُ signifies لِينُ القُطْنِ and الصُّوفِ, and نُعُومَتُهُ: you say, عَطَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عَطْبٌ and عُطُوبٌ, It [i. e. cotton, and wool,] was, or became, soft. (A, O, * K. [See also عُطْبٌ, below.])
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