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ذَبَّابٌ

Root: ذب

Full Definition

ذَبَّابٌ A man who repels from, or defends, with energy, his wife, or wives, or the like; as also مِذَبٌّ .
2 [Hence,] يِوْمٌ ذَبَّابٌ A sultry day in which the wild animals are infested by numerous gnats, and drive them away with their tails: the act being thus attributed to the day.

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