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اصبع

Root: صبع

Form: 4

Full Definition

اصبعIV , followed by عَلَى, is said by Freytag, as on the authority of Meyd, to signify He fed and managed well his cattle: but this is perhaps taken from a mistranscription of the saying, mentioned by Meyd, لِلرَّاعِى عَلَى مَاشِيَتَهِ إِصْبَعٌ, q. v. infrà.]
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