خِرْبَةٌ
Root: خرب
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خِرْبَةٌ
: see خَرَابٌ, in three places.
def.2 Also The state, or condition, or guise, of him who is termed خَارِبٌ: also explained as signifying a thing whereof one is ashamed: or as derived from [خَرَبَةٌ, meaning] “ contemptibleness, and disgrace, or ignominy: ” or it may be خَرْبَةٌ , meaning a single act [of a shamefal nature, or the like].
def.2 Also The state, or condition, or guise, of him who is termed خَارِبٌ: also explained as signifying a thing whereof one is ashamed: or as derived from [خَرَبَةٌ, meaning] “ contemptibleness, and disgrace, or ignominy: ” or it may be خَرْبَةٌ , meaning a single act [of a shamefal nature, or the like].
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