مُدَابِرٌ
Root: دبر
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مُدَابِرٌ
[act. part. n. of 3, q. v.:]
2 Also A man whose arrow does not win [in the game called المَيْسِر]: or one who is overcome in the game called الميسر: or one who has been overcome [therein] time after time, and returns in order that he may overcome: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, he who turns about, or shuffles, the arrows in the رِبَابَة in that game. [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. خض.]
2 Also A man whose arrow does not win [in the game called المَيْسِر]: or one who is overcome in the game called الميسر: or one who has been overcome [therein] time after time, and returns in order that he may overcome: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, he who turns about, or shuffles, the arrows in the رِبَابَة in that game. [See an ex. in a verse cited in art. خض.]
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