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أَغْبَبَ

Root: غب

Form: 4

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أَغْبَبَIV see 1, in seven places.
2 You say also, لَا يُغِبُّنَا عَطَاؤُهُ His gift will not come to us on alternate days, but will come every day.
3 And اغبّت الحَلُوبَةُ The milch camel yielded milk on alternate days. And اغبّت الإِبِلُ The camels did not yield milk every day.
4 See again 1, last sentence but two.

def.2 اغبّ الإِبِلَ He watered the camels on alternate days: from غِبٌّ [q. v.].

def.3 And أَغَبَّنِى is said by Th to signify وَقَعَ بِى [app. meaning He fell upon me in fight].
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