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قُلَّبٌ

Root: قلب

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قُلَّبٌ A man who employs himself as he pleases in journeying, for traffic or otherwise, or in the disposal, or management, of affairs: or in practising versatility, or using art or artifice or cunning, in the disposal, or management, of affairs. And حُوَّلِىٌّ قُلَّبٌ and حُوَّلٌ قُلَّبٌ and حُوَّلِىٌّ قُلَّبِىٌّ or قُلَّبٌ حُوَّلٌ One who exercises art, artifice, cunning, ingenuity, or skill, and excellence of consideration or deliberation, and ability to manage according to his own free will, with subtilty; knowing, skilful, or intelligent, in investigating, scrutinizing, or examining, affairs, [or turning them over and over in his mind,] and considering what will be their results. (S, A, * O, K, TA. [See also art. حول.])
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