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جِيبَةٌ

Root: جوب

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جِيبَةٌ i. q. جَوَابٌ, q. v. So in the phrase, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ الجِيَبةِ [Verily he is good in respect of answer or reply or response: or here it seems rather to signify, agreeably with analogy, the mode, or manner, of answering or replying or responding].
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