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زبّى

Root: زبى

Form: 2

Full Definition

زبّىII , Verbal.Noun تَزْبِيَةٌ, accord. to the K, He spread flesh-meat upon a زُبْيَة as meaning a hill, or an elevated piece of ground, which the water did not overflow: but accord. to ISd, he threw flesh-meat into a زُبْيَة as meaning a hollow dug in the ground, in which one roasts, or broils, for himself, and bakes bread.
2 See also 5.
3 And see 1, in three places.
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