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سِبَاعٌ

Root: سبع

Form: 3

Full Definition

سِبَاعٌIII Verbal.Noun of سابع, The performing of the act of coïtus, with a woman.
2 The vying with another in the endeavour to surpass him in obscene, or lewd, language, and in frequency of coïtus, and in speaking plainly of such subjects as should only be alluded to, in relation to women: such seems to be its meaning in a trad. in which the doing this is forbidden.
3 Mutual reviling, vilifying, or vituperating; when each of two men assails the other with foul language, such as displeases him: this is said by some to be its meaning in the trad. in which it is forbidden.
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