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قِبَةٌ

Root: وقب

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قِبَةٌ The thing that is in the belly, resembling the فَحِث: the إِنْفَحَّة [a name given to the stomach of a sucking kid, &c.] when it has grown large, of a شاة, [i. e., a sheep or goat or the like]: not in any animals but those termed شاء: mentioned before, in art. قب, [q. v., where it is also written قِبَّةٌ].
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