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سَلَبُوتٌ

Root: سلب

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سَلَبُوتٌ , (Lh, M, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, سَلَبُوبٌ,]) of the measure فَعَلُوتٌ, from سَلَبَهُ الشَّىْءَ, and سَلَّابَةٌ , are [doubly intensive] epithets of which each is applied to a man and to a woman; meaning Wont to spoil, or plunder, people [very often, or] constantly.
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