لَبِيسٌ

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لَبِيسٌ Much, or often, worn: or worn-out: applied to a garment: and to [the kind of garment called] a مِلْحَفَة: and to [the kind called] a مُلَآءَة: without ة: and to [a leather water-bag such as is called] a مَزَادَة: meaning used until worn-out: and to a rope; meaning used: and to a house (دار); [meaning impaired by time;] likened to a worn-out garment: pl. لُبُسٌ; and, when the sing. is applied to a مزادة, the pl. is لَبَائِسُ.

def.2 A like: from المُلَابَسَةُ, signifying “ the mixing ”, or “ consorting ”. You say, لَيْسَ لَهُ لَبِيسٌ He, or it, has not a like.

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