قَابَّةٌ
Root: قب
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قَابَّةٌ
A drop of rain: so in the saying مَا رَأَيْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةً [We have not seen this year a drop of rain]: and مَا أَصَابَتْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةٌ [Not a drop of rain has fallen upon us this year].
2 And Thunder; or the sound of thunder: so in the saying مَا سَمِعْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةً [We have not heard this year the sound of thunder]; accord. to As; but only he has related this.
def.2 See also 8.
2 And Thunder; or the sound of thunder: so in the saying مَا سَمِعْنَا العَامَ قَابَّةً [We have not heard this year the sound of thunder]; accord. to As; but only he has related this.
def.2 See also 8.
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