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زَاعِبٌ

Root: زعب

Full Definition

زَاعِبٌ A torrent driving along, one portion of it impelling another; as also زَعُوبٌ [but app. in an intensive sense; and مُزْلَعِبٌّ , also, has the same, or a similar, meaning]: or the first and ↓ second signify a torrent filling the valley: and the first is also applied to rain, as meaning filling everything.
2 Also A guide of the way, one who is a frequent traveller.
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