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وَيْبَةٌ

Root: ويب

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وَيْبَةٌ A measure consisting of twenty-two, or twenty-four, أَمْدَاد (pl. of مُدٌّ), which see in art. مك. Not mentioned by J nor by IF; and IDrd doubted respecting it. In truth it is a post-classical word, used by the people of Syria and Egypt and Africa Proper. [At present, the ويبة in Cairo is the sixth pa...


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