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كَوْكَبِيَّةً

Root: ككب

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كَوْكَبِيَّةً [They uttered an imprecation like that of Kowkebeeyeh]: a proverb. الكَوْكَبِيَّةُ was a town the people of which were oppressed by its governor, wherefore they uttered an imprecation against him, and he died immediately after it.
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