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طِبْعٌ

Root: طبع

Full Definition

طِبْعٌ A river, or rivulet; so called because first dug [and filled] by men; having the meaning of مَطْبُوعٌ, like قطْفٌ in the sense of مَقْطُوفٌ; not applied to any of those cleft by God, such as the Tigris and the Euphrates and the Nile and the like thereof: pl. أَطْبَاعٌ [properly a pl. of pauc.,] or طُبُوعٌ, as heard by Az from the Arabs, and طِبَاعٌ: or الطِّبْعُ, as some say, is the name of a particular river: or it is also thus applied, i. e. to a particular river.
2 And i. q. مَغِيضُ مَآءٍ [i. e. A place where water sinks, or goes away, into the earth; or where water enters into the earth; and where it collects]: pl. أَطْبَاعٌ.
3 And The quantity sufficient for the filling of a measure for corn or the like, and of a skin, (O, K, TA, [والسِّقآءُ in the CK being a mistake for وَالسِّقَآءِ,]) such as does not admit of any addition: and the quantity that a vessel holds, of water.

def.2 See also the next paragraph, in two places.
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