سَخَبٌ
Root: سخب
Form: 1
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سَخَبٌI
[Verbal.Noun of سَخِبَ] i. q.
صَخَبٌ [Verbal.Noun of صَخِبَ], signifying The raising a loud cry, or a clamour: or it [is used as a subst., and] signifies a confusion of sounds. The substitution of س for ص is allowable in every word containing خ: [for instance,] in a trad. [cited voce خَشَبٌ, q. v., as some relate it], the hypocrites are described as خُشُبٌ بِاللَّيْلِ سُخُبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ.
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