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مَطْمَعَةٌ

Root: طمع

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مَطْمَعَةٌ [A cause of coveting, or desiring vehemently &c.;] a thing on account of which one covets, &c. En-Nábighah EdhDhubyánee says, وَاليَأْسُ مِمَّا فَاتَ يُعْقِبُ رَاحَةً وَلَرُبَّ مَطْمَعَةٍ تَعُودُ ذُبَاحَا [And despair of what has become beyond reach occasions, as its result, rest: and assuredly many a cause of coveting is, in its result, a disease in the fauces, or a poisonous plant].
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