مِئْزَابٌ
Root: ازب
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مِئْزَابٌ
, and مِيزَابٌ, A water-spout; a pipe, or channel, that spouts forth water: or that by which water pours down from a high place: or a water-spout of wood, or the like, to convey away the water from the roof of a house: (MF in art. زوب:) the former is from the verb above mentioned: or it is arabicized, from the Persian, signifying “make water:” its pl. is مَآزِيبُ: and the pl. of ميزاب is مَيَازِيبُ and مَوَازِيبُ, from وَزَبَ, said of water, meaning “it flowed,” accord. to IAar; or this is arabicized; or postclassical: but ميزاب, without ء, is altogether disallowed by Yaakoob [i. e. ISk]: it is also called مِرْزَابٌ, accord. to IAar; but this is disallowed by ISk, Fr, and AHát, and by Az [the author of the T]; and مِزْرَابٌ also, accord. to IAar and Lth and others, as is mentioned in the T.
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