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مَسْبُوعٌ

Root: سبع

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مَسْبُوعٌ A rope consisting of seven strands. (M, voce مَثْلُوثٌ.)

def.2 With ة, A cow, [app. meaning a wild cow,] or [other] female wild animal, whose offspring has been eaten by the سَبُع [or beast, or bird, of prey].
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