ضَبَّعَ
Root: ضبع
Form: 2
Full Definition
ضَبَّعَII
see above, in two places.
def.2 ضبّع فُلَانًا He intervened between him and the object at which he desired to shoot or cast.
def.3 And ضبّع, Verbal.Noun تَضْبِيعٌ, He was, or became, cowardly, or weak-hearted: thus say the vulgar; derived by them from الضَّبُعُ, because this beast becomes still when one comes in upon it, and then it goes forth.
def.2 ضبّع فُلَانًا He intervened between him and the object at which he desired to shoot or cast.
def.3 And ضبّع, Verbal.Noun تَضْبِيعٌ, He was, or became, cowardly, or weak-hearted: thus say the vulgar; derived by them from الضَّبُعُ, because this beast becomes still when one comes in upon it, and then it goes forth.
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