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غَيْبَةٌ

Root: غيب

Full Definition

غَيْبَةٌ an Verbal.Noun [See 1, in several places.]
2 Also, and غَيَابَةٌ , A low, or depressed, piece of land or ground: so in the phrases وَقَعْنَا فِى غَيْبَةٍ and غَيَابَةٍ [app. meaning We lighted upon a low, or depressed, piece &c.; or perhaps the meaning may be we fell into &c.].
3 See also غَيَابَةٌ.
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