كَابُوسٌ
Root: كبس
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كَابُوسٌ
[Incubus, or nightmare;] what comes upon a man in the night, preventing his moving while it lasts; accord. to some, the forerunner of epilepsy. Some think that this is not Arabic, and that the proper word is نَيْدُلَانٌ, and بَارُوكٌ, and جَاثُومٌ. Hence, app.,
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