زِئْبِقٌ
Root: زأبق
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زِئْبِقٌ
, thus pronounced by some, and this is the form preferred by ElMeydánee, and that which is in the Fs and its Expositions, rendered quasi-coordinate to زِئْبِرٌ and ضِئْبِلٌ, (S, in which it is mentioned in art. زبق,) also pronounced زِئْبَقٌ, and it is allowable to pronounce it زِيبِقٌ, an arabicized word, of well-known meaning, [i. e. Quicksilver,] originally Pers. [ژِيوَهْ and زِيبَقْ or زِيبِقْ]; i. q.
زَاوُوقٌ: some of it is drawn in a fluid state from its mine, and some is extracted from stones of the mine by means of fire: its smoke, or vapour, puts to flight serpents and scorpions from the house, or kills such of them as remain [therein].
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, زِئْبِقٌ and زِئْبَقٌ signify also
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, زِئْبِقٌ and زِئْبَقٌ signify also
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