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عَزِيبٌ

Root: عزب

Full Definition

عَزِيبٌ A man who has gone away to a distance (تَعَزَّبَ, as in some copies of the K), or who goes away to a distance (يَعْزُبُ, as in other copies of the K), from his family and his cattle, or camels &c.
2 And Cattle, or camels &c., at a distance from the tribe: heard by Az in this sense from the Arabs: or a herd of camels, and the like of sheep or goats, that go away to a distance from their owners in the pasturage: and إِبِلٌ عَزِيبٌ camels that do not return in the evening to the tribe: عَزِيبٌ thus used is pl. of عَازِبٌ , like as غَزِىٌّ is of غَازٍ.
3 See also عَازِبٌ
4 And see عَزَبٌ, near the middle.
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