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عَبَسٌ

Root: عبس

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عَبَسٌ [an Verbal.Noun: see 1, latter part; and see also 4.
2 Also a subst. signifying] Urine and dung that have clung to the tails of camels, drying thereon, and on their thighs; occasioned only by fat: and also dung and urine that have clung to the wool of sheep, or to their tails and the inner sides of the roots of their things, becoming dry [thereon]; syn. وَذَحٌ: or dung and urine that have dried upon the thighs of camels: or urine and dung that dry upon the tails of sheep or goats and the like: n. un. with ة.
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