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غَبِيبٌ

Root: غب

Full Definition

غَبِيبٌ : see غَابٌّ.

def.2 Also A small and narrow water-course, from the hard and elevated part of a mountain, or of a tract of land: or in plain. or level, land: and a watercourse that is not deep, and in which are [trees of the species called] طَلْح: pl. [of pauc.] أَغِبَّةٌ and [of mult.] غُبَّانٌ.

def.3 [And An affair or a business . ]
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