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لَبِيبٌ

Root: لب

Full Definition

لَبِيبٌ A person of understanding, or intelligence: pl. أَلِبَّاءُ. No other broken pl. is formed from it. Fem. with ة. See لُبٌّ, and مَلْبُوبٌ.

def.2 In the following verse of El-Mudarrib Ibn-Kaab, فَقُلْتُ لَهَا فِيئِى إِلَيْكِ فَإِنَّنِى حَرَامٌ وَإِنِّى بَعْدَ ذَاكِ لَبِيبُ by بعد ذاك is meant مع ذاك; and by لبيب, مُقِيم, or, accord. to some, مُلَبٍّ, from التَّلْبِيَة: see art. لبى.
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