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مَضْرَبٌ

Root: ضرب

Full Definition

مَضْرَبٌ is an Verbal.Noun [See the sentence explaining the phrase ضَرَبَ فِى الأَرْضِ; and also the sentence next following it, towards the close of the first paragraph.]
2 And it is also a noun of place [and of time, like مَضْرِبٌ, which is the regular form]. See the next paragraph, in five places.
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