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نُدْبَةٌ

Root: ندب

Full Definition

نُدْبَةٌ , a subst., A call; a summons; an invitation to do a thing.
2 نُدْبَةٌ: a subst., The act of wailing for, weeping for, lamenting, or deploring the loss of, one who is dead, as described in the explanations of نَدَبَ الميّت, and بَدَبَتْه.
3 [هَآءُ النَّدْبَةِ The ه of lamentation].

def.2 عَرَبِىٌّ نُدْبَةٌ An Arabian of chaste speech; eloquent.
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